Press Release: 2019 Most Trusted Business Awards Results 20-11-2019
Throughout 2019 we have been running the Most Trusted Business Awards in Tauranga, Whakatane, Waikato and Rotorua. Businesses can only run in the awards once personally verified and nominated with proven links to their local business community. Once profiled the public must vote and review them. The companies with the most votes/ reviews/ references wins.
Each vote/ review/ reference is verified by the Most Trusted Team and then published LIVE on their Most Trusted Business profile page. Please click the company names below to view their LIVE votes/ references that led to them winning an award.
After speaking with our winners we found a common theme in that they all have very passionate and personable staff. They are surprisingly welcoming and enjoyable with all communications. Perhaps this is the key to being the Most Trusted business, but check out their votes/ reviews for yourself below.
Congratulations everybody!
Please note their is more information to come including photos!
Press Release: 2018 Most Trusted Business Awards Winners. 15-11-2018
Throughout 2018 Businesses have been getting votes and reviews for the hotly contested Most Trusted Business Awards.
The awards were judged based on 830 public submissions. The winner based on the number of legitimate, positive, 5-star reviews made by clients of each participating company in the 12 months ending 14 November 2018.
Whilst all of the winners have proven themselves to be the Most Trusted Business in their industry, there has to be one overall winner per region.
Overall Winner
The Overall Winner of the 2018 Most Trusted Business Awards is – The Staff Room
Pictured – Jill Cachemaille (Director), Jo Oxenham, Natalie Brant)
The Staffroom is a recruitment agency based in Tauranga and operates in the Bay of Plenty and the main centers throughout New Zealand including Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch. Specializing in the placement of permanent office based positions and call center employment, they are committed to sourcing high caliber candidates that will increase productivity and enable clients to accomplish their desired outcomes.
The Staff Room received outstanding client reviews from 97 public submissions, 58 of these received in 2018. If you want to review all 97 votes/ reviews then please do so as they are available on the Most Trusted Business Profile Page – click here.
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Industry Winners
There was a very small margin between the overall winners and industry winners. For each winner, you can view each reference/ review/ vote that they publicly received by clicking their link.
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Business Services
- Office Recruitment – The Staffroom, 97 Votes (58 in 2018)
- Accountants – Upshot NZ, 116 Votes (46 in 2018)
- Runners Up Accountants – SBA Small Business Accounting Tauranga 15
- Signage – Computastyle Signs, 17 Votes
- Special Mention goes to – Daltonplan Business Action Planning (Business Planning), Ingham Mora (Accounting), Lyon Oneil (Lawyers), Manage Company (ACC Management), Seaview Law (Legal), Out Of Court (Legal/ Mediation), 1st Call Recruitment.

Photo Above: Tamika Marston, Jill Fryer, Chris Fryer, Kirsty Tod, Claudia Hearsey, Kathryn Black. Missing Roxanne Gifkins (Upshot Accounting Team)

Photo Above: Megan Tomalin (SBA Accounting)
Construction Trades and Engineering
- Plumbers – Laser Plumbing Tauranga, 56 Votes
- Heat Pumps and Air Conditioning – HVAC-I Air Conditioning, 40 Votes
- Home Building Company – Federation Homes, 34 Votes
- Project Management – Independent Project Management Services, 28 Votes
- Gas Provider – Rockgas, 22 Votes
- Roofing – Roofing Ironclad Roofing, 8 Votes
- Architects – Architectural Design Group, 4 Votes
- Special Mention – Bay of Plenty Electrical, Asbestos Surveys Environmental, Rubix Design Collective and Higgins Contractors

Photo Above: Clyde & Linda Andrews (Laser Plumbing)
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Local Shopping and Services
- Dog Care – Grange Spa, 53 Votes
- Motorcycles Sales – Bay Ride Motorcycles, 41 Votes
- Hairdressers – The Hair Lounge, 36 Votes
- Nails Salon – Tip2Toe Nailz, 36 Votes
- Honey Shop – Mossop’s Honey, 31 Votes
- Swimwear – TEAMLINE, 19 Votes
- Raw Meat for Pets – Raw Pawz, 15 Votes
- Jewellery Store – Hammon Diamond Jeweller, 6 Votes
- Kitchens – Creative Kitchens & Interiors, 5 Votes
- Car Mechanics – Merivale Motors, 5 Votes
- Catering – Lemongrass Catering Company, 4 Votes
- Special Mention – Ultimate Motor Group and Farmer Auto Villiage

Property and Rentals
- Property Rentals – Bay City Rentals – 16 Votes
- Real Estate Agents – Mike Pero Real Estate -Tauranga – 12 Votes

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Above Photo – Bay City Rentals
Education Provider
- EmployNZ Ltd, 7 Votes
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Horticultural Services
- Special Mention to Eastpack, Jenkins Freshpac Systems Ltd, Seeka and Aongatete Coolstores
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Overall ROTORUA Winner
- Office Professionals Rotorua, 23 Votes
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Congratulations to all of the 2018 Winners of the Most Trusted Business Awards. Be sure to check out all the Most Trusted Businesses in your area at https://mosttrusted.co.nz/. If you have questions or would like to contact Most Trusted please email Karen – info@Mosttrusted.co.nz.
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Click Here to View the PDF of the 3 page Feature in Newspaper Featuring 2018 Winners
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Press Release Date: 1-11-2017
2017 Most trusted Business Awards
Published by the BOP Times & Sunlive, as well as other BOP Media Outlets – To see BOP Times Article click here. To see SunLive Article click here
Winners: 2017 Tauranga Most Trusted Business Awards
The Tauranga Most Trusted Business Awards have concluded with hundreds of votes and testimonials received for many Tauranga businesses between October 1st, 2017 and November 1st, 2017.
Most Trusted provided each business with an online platform to be rated, by the Public, out of 5 stars for each of the following criteria: Value, Location, Service, Expertise, Features. Voters also leave a testimonial about the business they voted for. Each and every vote/ testimonial is publicly available – simply click the company link below to view that companies votes/ testimonials.
Winners – Upshot NZ:
Receiving 70 Votes with incredibly favourable testimonials the Winners of the Most Trusted Tauranga Business Awards 2017 are: Upshot NZ.
Upshot NZ – For over 30 years, we’ve been working in – or alongside – small businesses in Tauranga, assisting owners with their accounts and bookkeeping, payroll and PAYE returns
Top 10 Winners – Most Trusted Businesses Tauranga 2017
If you click each company link you are able to view the testimonials and votes received by each company.
- 70 Votes – Upshot NZ Ltd – Small business help
- 41 Votes – Bay Ride Motorcycles – All about motorcycles, from sales to servicing
- 39 Votes – The Staffroom Ltd – Staff, that’s what we do
- 31 Votes – Grange Spa – Doggy Day Care, Dog Groomers, & Dog Boarding Resort
- 27 Votes – IPMS – Independent Project Management Services
- 26 Votes – 1st Call Recruitment – 1st in Safety, 1st in People, 1st in Results
- 21 Votes – Rockgas Tauranga – Get Connected with LPG
- 19 Votes – TEAMLINE – Online shopping for Aquatic Sport equipment and apparel
- 15 Votes – Computastyle Signs – The answer to all your signage needs
- 11 Votes – Mike Pero Real Estate Tauranga – Real Estate Sales, Rental and Management
Also – Massops Honey, Iron Clad Roofing, RawPawz & Architectural Design Group.
About the Most Trusted Team
- The Most Trusted Business Awards are run by the Most Trusted team who are based in Tauranga.
- Most Trusted profiles trusted, personally verified Tauranga businesses.
- Most Trusted invested in building an online platform for voting and a promotional website that is SEO / Google Search Engine Optimised.
“The success of the awards as well as the increasing number of people visiting the site has made clear that we will run the awards again in 2018, as well as expand the awards to other regions of New Zealand”.
Any business that wants to participate in next years awards or have their business profiled on https://mosttrusted.co.nz should contact info@mosttrusted.co.nz.




