Nominations close on June 27.
Winners will be announced at the national HR Summit NZ on 19 November at The Cloud, Auckland.
Past winners include Christine van Hoffen, head of people at brand tracking platform Tracksuit, who was named as one of the HR Rising Stars of the Year in 2024.
van Hoffen, who describes her career path to people leadership as a “squiggly journey”, oversees Tracksuit’s “radical” pay transparency policy, which allows everyone to see what others are paid.
Last year’s HR Director of the Year was Mark Lewis, from electrical infrastructure provider Connetics, who came to HR via a passion for for mountaineering, ski touring and white-water rafting.