Apprentice of the Year Awards 2025

The Apprentice of the Year awards was held recently in Auckland celebrating our 2024 apprentices. 
The evenning was a great success and couldn’t have been done without the support from industry.

Floor NZ would like to congratulate all the winners!

Stage 1 award
Apprentice: Maika Mason
Employer: The Art of Floor

Stage 2 award
Apprentice: Tybias Bird
Employer: On All Floors Flooring Xtra

Stage 3 Hayden McKenzie Memorial award
Apprentice: Charlie Gruppelaar
Employer: TAK Flooring

Villars award
Apprentice: Jan-Able van Pareen
Employer: Ingrain Limited

Flooring Planning & Design award
Apprentice: Marcus Marques
Employer: Queenstown Flooring Xtra

Scott Cato Supreme award
Apprentice: Charlie Gruppelaar
Employer: TAK Flooring

Wayne Young Employers Award
Winner: TAK Flooring