Eleven New Zealand-based organisations have been selected as finalists in the 2012 Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards (the ANZIAs), according to InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc).

Run by InternetNZ and the .au Domain Administration, the ANZIAs are an annual Trans-Tasman showcase – recognising those who have made significant contributions to the development and use of the Internet in New Zealand and Australia.

This year, an unprecedented amount of entries were received across the six Award categories. Following a short-listing process, the field has been narrowed to 32 finalists from across New Zealand and Australia.

The judging panel – consisting of subject matter experts from both countries – will now convene to decide on the category winners. These will be announced at a gala dinner in Canberra on 10 October, 2012.

The finalists in the 2012 ANZIAs are:

Diversity category

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

Cultural Infusion

Hika Group Ltd (NZ)

LatinHub

Te Ipukarea - The National Maori Language Institute, AUT University (NZ)

Te Potiki National Trust (NZ)

Information category

Futureye Pty Ltd

GNS Science (NZ)

Land Information New Zealand (NZ)

Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ)

OurSay

West Australian Museum

Innovation category

Australasian Legal Information Institute

Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Futureye Pty Ltd

National Library of Australia

Payload Ltd (NZ)

Service Seeking Pty Ltd

Internet Access & Digital Skills category

2020 Communications Trust (NZ)

Vision 2020 Australia

Media Access Australia

Sonokids Australia

Tapestry Pty Ltd

The Deaf Society of New South Wales

IPv6 category

DTS Ltd (NZ)

Internode

Studentnet

Security & Privacy category

Aura RedEye Security (NZ)

CommsNet Group Pty Ltd

New Zealand Internet Task Force (NZ)

Sophos

Studentnet