North & South, Metro scoop Qantas Magazine Awards

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North & South and Metro scoop Qantas Magazine Awards

North & South and Metro magazines scooped nine awards at the 2007 Qantas Media Awards announced in Wellington tonight. Both titles were also finalists for the Best News-stand Magazine.

North & South Senior Writer Mike White was named Magazine Feature Writer of the Year. Margot Butcher, North & South, Peter Malcouronne, Metro and North & South, and Amanda Cropp, North & South, were finalists for the award.

North & South also won Best Magazine Cover.

North & South and Metro writers were winners of a number of editorial award categories: Crime & Justice Mike White, North & South Environment & Conservation Margot Butcher, North & South Human Relations Sarah Lang, North & South Science & Technology Mike White, North & South Sport & Racing Bevan Rapson, Metro Tourism & Travel Amanda Cropp, North & South Freelance illustrator Anna Crichton won Best Editorial Graphics for an illustration published in Metro magazine.

Runwayreporter.co.nz was a finalist for Best Website Feature and Best Website Single Report.

ENDS

ACP Media

ACP Media is New Zealand’s leading magazine publisher. The company’s ACP Magazines division publishes some of the country’s most popular magazines, including Woman’s Day, The Australian Women’s Weekly and Next, and iconic titles such as Metro and North & South.

ACP Digital includes a number of websites including taste.co.nz, netguide.co.nz, magshop.co.nz, sellmefree.co.nz and autotrader.co.nz. ACP Media’s Trader Group includes Auto Trader, Deals On Wheels, Motorcycle Trader & News, Trade-A-Boat and Buy Sell & Exchange. ACP Media’s Property Magazines division publishes a range of real estate advertising titles including Property Press and Real Estate magazines. ACP Media operates a national distribution network through its division Netlink Distribution Company, which distributes publications to retailers across the country. ACP Media is a subsidiary of ACP Magazines Limited in Australia, a division of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited.

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