Paula Penfold

2023 Voyager Media Awards (New Zealand)
Best Documentary: Fire and Fury

2022 Voyager Media Awards 
Best Innovation in Digital Storytelling: Deleted

2021 Voyager Media Awards 
Best Documentary: Emma

2021 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Reporter of the Year: for Stuff Circuit

2020 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Current Affairs Programme: Stuff Circuit 

2020 Voyager Media Awards 
Best TV/Video Documentary: Infinite Evil
Nominated for Broadcast Reporter of the Year 

2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards
Reporter of the Year: for Stuff Circuit
Nominated for Best Current Affairs Programme (with Phil Johnson, Eugene Bingham and Toby Longbottom): for Stuff Circuit

2019 Voyager Media Awards
Best Innovation in Digital Storytelling: Caught
Nominated in the same category: Drug Deals

2018 Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Current Affairs Programme (shared with Eugene Bingham, Phil Johnson and Toby Longbottom): for Stuff Circuit
Nominated for Best Documentary (with Eugene Bingham, Phil Johnson, Toby Longbottom and Jon Stephenson): for The Valley
Nominated for Reporter of the Year: for Stuff Circuit

2017 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Current Affairs Programme (with Eugene Bingham, Toby Longbottom, Phil Johnson and Suyeon Son): for Stuff website

2012 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Current Affairs Series: for 60 Minutes

2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Investigation of the Year (with Eugene Bingham): for 60 Minutes, Secrets and Lies story
Nominated for Best Current Affairs Series: 60 Minutes

2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Best Current Affairs Reporting for a Weekly Programme (shared with Sarah Hall, George Murahidy and Catherine Hallinan): for 60 Minutes, Suicide for Sale story
Nominated for Best Current Affairs Series: 60 Minutes

2007 Qantas Television Awards
Best Current Affairs Series: 60 Minutes

2005 Qantas Television Awards
Best Current Affairs Series: 60 Minutes