After a call-out to over 100,000 Remix readers inviting them to nominate their favourite brands, businesses and individuals, the results are in! Here are your Remix Lifestyle Awards 2025 finalists.

Help Remix crown the best in New Zealand's cuisine, fashion, entertainment, lifestyle, and beauty! Cast your vote and go in the draw to win over $5000 in prizes from our Lifestyle Awards winners. Don’t forget to enter your name and email to be in to win!

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The Lifestyle Awards is a curated shortlist of the Remix community’s favourite people, places and products. Whether it’s a skincare routine, pre-work pitstop at a local café or your most favourite new artist. Our awards seek to celebrate and support our local industries, as well as our most beloved brands.

The Categories

Hospitality & Cuisine

From iconic institutions to explosive newcomers, our cuisine finalists are your port of call for every dining and drinking occasion.

Best New Opening

Jacuzzi

Bodega

The Wine Room

Takapuna Surf Club

269 Parnell 

Best Bar

SOUL Bar and Bistro

Goblin

Hotel Ponsonby

Kemuri Hi-Fi

Nami

Best Special Occasion

Bivacco

Gilt

Trivet

Advieh

Onslow

Best Cheap Eats

Broke Boy Taco

Lucky 8

Parade

Ramen Takara

Eden Noodles

Most Iconic Dish

SOUL Bar Mac & Cheese

Fed Deli Chicken Sandwich

Blue Breeze Inn Pork Buns

Pici Cacio e Pepe

Elmo's Truffle Shuffle

Fashion & Beauty

The brands, businesses and products of our ever-evolving and always stylish fashion and beauty industry.

Fashion Brand of the Year

Wynn Hamlyn

Porter James Sports

Caitlin Crisp

Zambesi

Harris Tapper

Accessory Designer of the Year

Bored George

Stolen Girlfriends Club

Karen Walker

Jasmin Sparrow 

Saben

Best Hair Salon

Colleen

Dakota

Rodney Wayne

Servilles

Blaze Newmarket

Beauty Product of the Year

Murad Mult-Vitamin Clear Coat SPF 50

Joico 7 Second Bond Builder

Dior Micro-Huile de Rose Activated Serum

Lancôme Génifique

Shark FlexStyle Air Styling and Drying System

RevitaLash Advanced Eyelash Conditioner

Favourite Skincare Brand

Murad

Dermalogica

ed&i body

Lancôme

Shiseido

Pure Fiji

Best Beauty Destination

Caci

endota spa

Clinic 1

Hana

About Face

Best Health and Wellness Brand

Lipo-Sachets

Maxigesic

Comvita

Prochaine

Swisse

Best Sustainable Brand or Business

Skinsmiths

Kowtow

Oosterom

EmbodyMe

Emma Lewisham

Scent of the Year

Jo Malone Taif Rose

Glossier You

Issey Miyake Le Sel d'Issey

Kate Spade Bloom

Glasshouse Midnight in Milan

Lifestyle & Entertainment

The local talent filling our feeds, headphones and festival schedule.

Best New Zealand Hotel and/or Boutique Accommodation

Hotel Britomart

Horizon by SkyCity

SO/Hotel

Pullman

Hotel Fitzroy 

TikToker of the Year 

Georgia Pemberton

Brit Cunningham

Lisa Perese Cullen

Jessie Kirk

Brooklyn Opetaia

Fashion Content Creator of the Year

Brooklyn Ellis

Troi Atkins

Elbee

Asian Bella Hadid

Jess Molina

Favourite New Zealand Up & Coming Musician 

Mikeyy

Erny Belle

Jude Kelly

Crystal Chen

Riiki Reid

Model of the Year

Sakura Matches

Juliette Perkins

Tia Harris

Lily Hoffman 

Sophie Song

Best New Zealand Festival 

Deep Hard & Funky

Womad

Laneway

Electric Avenue

Synthony 

Voting closes 12am Sunday 11th May