On the 16th of October 2010, The 2010 Westpac Northland Business Excellence Awards were held at the Northland Event Centre (Toll Stadium).

The night was filled with many surprises, with many hopefuls waiting to get an award.  Even I won the best dressed Award for the men and Shirley Weimer won it for the women.

The following is a list of the awards and who won them:

Business Coaching New Zealand - Best Emerging Business Award.

Highly Commended - Pear Tree Restaurant and Bar & Elevate CA

Winner - Smart Energy Solutions

Argon Construction - Excellence in Professional Services Award.

Highly Commended - Buchanans Amcal Pharmacy

Winner - Staffcare Limited.

Scene Magazine - Excellence in Retail Award.

Winner - Super Sunny Store Ltd (trading as The Paparoa Store and Sunshine Organics Store)

Destination Northland - Excellence in Tourism & Hospitality Award.

Highly Commended - Hell Pizza

Winner - Waitangi National Trust.

91.6 More FM - Customer Choice Award.

Highly Commended - Oceans Resort Hotel and Hell Pizza

Winner - Paper Plus Whangarei

NorthTec - Excellence in Technology, Education & Communication Award

Winner - Small Poppies

Golden bay Cement - Excellence in Construction, Manufacturing & Trades Award.

Highly Commended - Airzone

Winner - Rintoul Civil Ltd

The NZ Refining Company Ltd - Excellence in Business Award

Winner - Sport Northland

ACC - Workplace Safety Award

Highly Commended - Staffcare Ltd

Winner - Independent Petroleum Laboratory

Northland Regional Council - Sustainable Business Award.

Winner - Forest Protection Services

Massey University - Judges Special Commendation Award.

Winner - Channel North Television.

Westpac - Supreme Business of the Year.

Winner - Waitangi National Trust

The Northern Advocate Hall of Fame Inductee.

2008 - Tom McKay

2009 - Michael Hill

2010 - Monty Knight