The Sports Achievement Award recognise local athletes and sports personal who have excelled in the past year at any sporting level. Nominations could be made for any athlete, coach, technical official in an individual or team sport.

Criteria:

Excels or is a high performer in sports.

Demonstrated respect for officials, fellow team members and the sport.

Demonstrate and promote good sports values.

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The Primary Industries Award recognises outstanding achievement by individuals, or a candidate from a farming business in implementing new initiatives and innovative concepts that have led to successful and sustainable operation. Applicants must be active in the agriculture, fisheries or forestry sectors.

Criteria:

Demonstrates measurable scale and diversity in production .

Sustainable and innovative methods of farming.

Ability to satisfy a domestic or export market need.

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The Entrepreneur Award recognises the outstanding achievements as the Director or Owner of a new or existing business, successfully built the organisation and has ultimate control over the business, leaving all the risk of success or failure lying in their hands. The person should be innovative and have a zest for commerce with the best traits of entrepreneurship, including willingness to take risk, drive, perseverance and business creativity.

Criteria:

Overcome challenges to their success.

Minimum of two years in operation and progressing (financially and innovatively).

Positive impact made to people or community.

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The Community Champion Award recognises individuals who are making significant contributions to their community through their time, action, talent and dedication (outside any volunteer work done for their employer). The person should serve as a role model for compassion and service, and strive to make Fiji and the world a better place.

Criteria:

Challenges they had to overcome to make lives better.

Level of impact made to the community.

Commitment and consistency of service provided.

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The Music and Dance Award recognises outstanding achievement of a person or an artist in a particular work. This includes, but not limited to, performance, production, direction, lighting design, sound design, composition, choreography, production and recording of production music.

Criteria:

Recognised and popular music and dance performance.

Message portrayed through music and dance performance.

Originality of work in music and dance performance.

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The Fashion, Arts and Creativity Award recognises the highest achievement in creativity, innovation and design. The award celebrates excellence in traditional or contemporary art, including commercial ventures.

Criteria:

Sustainable business in producing traditional or contemporary art.

Creativity and innovation in craft production.

Sustainable use of resources.

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The Eco-Champion Award recognises efforts by individuals who demonstrate outstanding resilience of the nation's natural resources through a project or business. The project or business must address one or more of the goals identified in the Green Growth Framework, that is, creative problem solving, solutions or other initiatives that harness creativity and seek to positively impact the community and the world.

Criteria:

Engagement with eco-friendly management activities and use of green energy.

Climate champions in raising awareness on climate change and promoting green initiatives.

Level of impact the project brought to the community and nation as a whole.

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The Inspirational Leadership Award recognises individuals who by their energy, enthusiasm and motivation inspire others to follow their example of leadership. The award will be given to a person who others have aspired to be like and who always acts as an excellent role model, with personal values and goals, setting high standards, championing these and providing mentoring for others to do the same.

Criteria:

At the forefront driving positive change at community or national level.

Good leadership characteristics and personal values who is role model to others.

Inspires others to excel in life and is a good mentor.

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The Digital Innovator Award recognises achievement of the most outstanding professional in their field of information and communication technology, who has contributed to the nation’s development.

Criteria:

Contributing significantly to Fiji becoming the digital and information hub of the Pacific and bridging the digital divide.

Complementing the Fijian Government’s digitalFIJI initiative - digitising services and expanding access to digital technology.

Outstanding and innovate solution/product development that meets the requirement of a modern Fiji.

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The Youth of the Year Award is a Judges’ choice Award, which recognise individuals who have excelled and contributed to national development, and seek to provide a platform for youth to showcase their achievements in various fields.

Criteria:

A person who is an all-rounder in all the categories.

Excelled in professional career life.

Contribution to Fijian economy.