{"id":3523,"date":"2018-11-30T08:12:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T08:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/?p=3523"},"modified":"2018-12-06T09:16:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T09:16:39","slug":"television-announcement-for-new-zealand-car-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/press-releases\/television-announcement-for-new-zealand-car-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Television announcement for New Zealand Car of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The New Zealand Car of the Year, involving the majority of the country\u2019s motoring commentators, is being announced on one of the country\u2019s highest-rating television shows.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The vehicle that has won the New Zealand Motoring Writers\u2019 Guild\u2019s annual award will be revealed live on TV One\u2019s Seven Sharp on Wednesday, December 5.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Host Hilary Barry\u2019s experience of the 10 finalists for the Peter Greenslade Trophy will also be part of the reveal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Guild president Richard Edwards is excited by the opportunity partnering with Seven Sharp presents for an award in its 31st year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He notes this is the first time the prize giving has achieved a live television reveal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWorking with Seven Sharp allows us to bring the award to a new audience, and present the award in a new and fun way,\u201d Edwards says.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOur members\u2019 media outlets have great coverage across the country already, and this is icing on the cake.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHaving Hilary Barry experience all 10 finalists and capturing it for television has been much fun. She was not only hilarious but genuine and insightful.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Guild has members from all over the country, from Kawakawa to Otago. Those eligible to vote have driven each candidate vehicle for a determined period on their home roads. They score on 10 different categories, including fitness for use, value for money and environmental responsibility.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Voting closes tonight, November 30.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The finalists in alphabetical order are the BMW X3, Holden Commodore, Hyundai Kona, Kia Stinger, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Skoda Karoq, Subaru Forester, Toyota Camry and two Volvos, the XC40 and XC60.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For more information contact Richard Edwards, 021 55 66 55.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand Car of the Year, involving the majority of the country\u2019s motoring commentators, is being announced on one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzmwg.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}