10 May 19: The Ministry of Health last night scooped the top award at the annual New Zealand Procurement Excellence Awards. The Awards, hosted at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland, are in their fourth year running and were established to lift the standards of the country's procurement profession to improve long-term social, commercial and environmental success. The Most Effective Teaming Project of the Year Award went to the Ministry of Health's national air ambulance team for their project which created the national Air Ambulance Service. This award was added this year.