Our first top prize, in our third year as a finalist. The category was sponsored by Barfoot & Thompson, who manage rental properties across Auckland as we do, and their director presented the trophy. The whole team came along to the evening at the Cordis.
Shortlisted in the same category we went on to win a year later. The judging looks at how a business treats its customers the whole way through, from the first enquiry to how a problem gets sorted out.
Our first year as a finalist. People's Choice is decided by public vote rather than by a judging panel, so the shortlisting came from our owners and tenants rather than from anything we wrote in an entry form.
The 2026 win was covered by NZ Property Investor. See Aspire in the media.
Lauren won the Residential Property Managers Association's North Auckland Rising Star award in her first year as a property manager. RPMA singled out how she meets landlords, building managers and body corporates face to face wherever she can, and how quickly she grew from a residential portfolio into commercial properties and bringing on new clients. Lauren is still part of the Aspire team today.
