In a total David vs Goliath scenario last night, this little website beat all of its competitors to take out the Netguide Best Lifestyle Site award!! I found out last night by text message (I had been offered free tickets at the last minute but opted instead to come home and pack my bags and get ready for the DYNZ conference) and many hours later I am still shocked!

To put this into perspective, the winners of the other categories are the likes of TVNZ , Telstra Clear, The Warehouse, Mighty Ape, Stuff.co.nz and Google. Does the song “one of these things is not like the other ones” spring to mind?

Overall, the out-take from this is that you lot…

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Hi guys

Great news, little ‘ol beingdiabetic.co.nz has been officially recognised as in the running for Best Lifestyle Site in the Netguide Web Awards (up there with Grownups, Huggies, Healthy Food and NZ Dating, all of which have much larger audiences, a few of which have big corporate backing and have won in past). This means that you guys have been awesome in getting some votes on the board for us – thanks so much!!

Entries are still open and you can vote as many times as you wish, so please take a moment to do the following again for us:

1. Go to http://www.techday.co.nz/webawards

2. Scroll down to Best Lifestyle Site, click the…

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