Clarisa loves to read books and her favourite author is Paolo Coelho.
Andy asked his parents for a C++ reference for his 16th birthday.
Ben’s dream is to become a carpenter.
Darren played drums in college.
Bobby has 1 first cousin on his mum's side of the family, and a whopping 26 first cousins on his dad's side!
Emma likes to snowboard, paint with oils, play chess and eat yams.
Lun knows too many fun facts about whales.
Shan was a swimming athlete in high school and dreamt of joining the Olympics.
With six siblings, Tiana is a world-class babysitter.
Gus used to sleepwalk when he was younger.
You can often find Jeongeel at the beach after she spent most of her life living over 1600 km from the ocean.
Eman met his wife in high school. Turned out they attended the same preparatory school.
The first live concert Cierra attended was The Rolling Stones, who performed at her university football stadium in Missoula, Montana, USA.
Nick loves all things savoury, cheese is his weakness.
Rebecca loves knitting and has a side hustle where she makes toys for kids.
Nathan surfed his way through college.
Isabel picked the spelling of her nickname 'Izzi' when she was 12 for its rotational symmetry.
At one point both of Eoin's flatmates at uni in Ireland were also named Eoin.
While Izzy is the only coffee drinker in her house, she has managed to collect five different brewing methods.
Maryam has a passion for letterpress and recently bought her own 300kg printing press.
Paul once played tennis with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Daniela is a big fan of sauerkraut on just about everything!
Richard is the vocalist of a death metal band.
Sean’s hobbies are playing guitar and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Tom loves to forage for edible mushrooms and (so far) has not poisoned anyone!
Here are some of the ways our positive and lasting impacts have been recognised. Some awards are for the unique way we work, and others for the work itself.
2020
Tinypulse Happiest Team
We use TinyPulse to measure the happiness of our team and, in 2020, we won the TinyPulse award as the happiest IT company in the world.
2019
Wellington Gold Awards
The award recognises the groundbreaking initiatives we’ve introduced in our mission to make Boost the best place to work in New Zealand.
Learn more2018
WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards
We took out the Top Practice Award for the way we use one-on-one coaching to create an employee-centred culture.
Learn more2018
WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards
Boost CEO Nathan Donaldson was honoured for his decade-long drive to create a freedom-centred culture at Boost, and beyond.
2015
WorldBlu Freedom-Centred Workplace Awards
Recognising Boost’s open, honest, no-blame culture that lets us constantly improve by learning from successes and mistakes alike.
Learn moreNew Zealand Open Source Awards 2016
Open Source Use in Government
National Digital Forum Awards 2015
New digital exhibition or collection
BoosterSeat 2011
San Francisco innovation residency
TUANZ Awards 2007
Education Award
TUANZ Awards 2005
Best of the Best Award
Education Award
GOVIS Awards 2005
Buzzie Award for Technology in Society
LIANZA Awards 2005
3M Award for Innovation in Libraries
SOLGM Awards 2005
NZ Post Award for Process Management