Richard Taylor - Tall Poppy!

On 1 April, Richard Taylor was honoured with the supreme award at the 2009 World Class New Zealand Awards in Auckland, New Zealand.

We're all incredibly proud of the achievement and congratulate Richard on the award.

The Supreme World Class New Zealand Award is this year going to a truly remarkable and iconic New Zealander. Richard Taylor the Founder of Weta Workshop represents the very best of Kiwi creativity, ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurship. Richard and his wife Tania and their World Class colleagues have built Weta Workshop into a global business which is the envy of the world."

John Stace, World Class New Zealand Judge and KEA Board Member

This is not our only involvement with the awards... Weta designed and made the actual award statue, the Tall Poppy.

View Richard's speech on YouTube!