In a report released today by AMR, Toyota New Zealand has the strongest corporate reputation in the country.

The corporate reputation index is produced by AMR, the Australasian associate of the worldwide Reputation Institute. The results are based on the public perception of New Zealand's largest companies across their products and services, innovation, workplace, governance, citizenship, leadership and financial performance.

Toyota had risen from sixth place last year to win the overall top ranking, as well as first in products and services, innovation and governance.

Toyota New Zealand managing director and chief executive Alistair Davis said it was pleasing to know Kiwis thought highly of the company.

"At Toyota, we try to take a long-term perspective and we fundamentally believe that business cannot survive in a society, or on a planet, that fails. Within the framework of the business of moving people, we are trying to build a better planet," he said.

"Good values underpin our business, and we genuinely take our role as a good corporate citizen very seriously."

The Bowater Toyota Landcruiser 70 Series Double Cab - the perfect vehicle for the job when the hills are slippery and covered in mud!

For the second year running the team at Bowater Toyota came along to the Wakefield Annual Boar & Stag Hunt at the Wakefield Hotel in the midst of snow down low on the surrounding hills, a bitterly cold wind and some heavy rain.

This was nothing compared to the hard slog faced by the 151 entrants in the Annual Hunt though, who had spent at least some of the previous 24 hours out in the thick of it hunting down their hopefully prize winning specimens.

Event organiser Sue Ferguson from the Wakefield Hotel said that this year has been the most successful yet. The event has been running for the past 3 years with the generous support of sponsors such as Bowater Toyota putting up a plethora of prizes to make the event complete.

Competitors must have caught their prey within the 24 hours preceeding the weigh in at 4pm Saturday afternoon in the back carpark of the Wakefield Hotel. Unfortunately for all concerned it was bitterly cold with rain and snow to low levels during that 24 hour period, so there were plenty of cold hunters showing up at weigh in. It was a record year for the hunt, with a much larger number of animals brought into the official weigh in, most of them quite a decent size.

A few of the team from Bowater Toyota came along to show their support, show off some hard working bush bashing Hiluxes and to present a bunch of Bowater Toyota vouchers to lucky competitors.

One of the world's largest brand consultancy firms Interbrand has just released it's Top 50 Best Global Green Brands List for 2013. Toyota takes out the top spot, for the third year in a row!

Toyota leads the pack with a consistent commitment to environmental responsibilities with its ever expanding Hybrid models and Future Fuels Programme.

The Prius model range is leading the charge, with more than 2.9 million models sold worldwide in 2012 (1.2 million in the US alone), and just recently Toyota Global made quite a song and dance over the 5 millionth hybrid being delivered - check out that video further down the page.