Congratulations to the following recipients of prizes presented at NZAE Conference 2016. More detail on each prize is available at https://nzae.org.nz/prizes/
| Honours Dissertation Prize | Michael Callaghan |
| New Zealand Economic Policy Prize | Sina Mashinchi |
| NZIER Poster prize – open | Andrea Menclova |
| NZIER Poster prize – student | Nazila Alinaghi |
| People’s choice poster | Andrea Menclova |
| Jan Whitwell Doctoral | Yonatan Dinku |
| Jan Whitwell Doctoral | Lan Anh Tong |
| Jan Whitwell Bachelors / Masters | Wilbur Townsend |
| Seamus Hogan Research Prize | Anthony Anyanwu |
| Statistics NZ prize | Lisa Meehan |