The next Aotearoa Music Awards will take place on Thursday 30 May 2024, at the Viaduct Events Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau – closing out Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa | New Zealand Music Month in style. Nominations are now open and will close on 20 December 2023 at 5pm. The eligibility period for AMA 2
Pacific musicians recognised at in-person awards ceremony in Manukau, Auckland This evening, the Pacific music community was celebrated at the 2023 Pacific Music Awards at the Due Drop Events Centre (formerly named the Vodafone Events Centre) in Manukau, Auckland. Avondale born artist Melodownz to
The finalists for the 2023 Pacific Music Awards were announced last night at an event hosted at the recording studio, live music venue and community space Big Fan in Morningside, Auckland. Across 13 awards categories, this year’s 24 finalists encompass a wide range of new artists and established m
APRA AMCOS, Recorded Music NZ, and NZ On Air are all wiggly with excitement to announce the winners for the 2023 NZ Children’s Music Awards | Ngā Manu Tīrairaka – celebrating music written and recorded for children. Recorded Music New Zealand Te Kaipuoro Waiata Tamariki Toa | Best Children’s
hat do singing unicorns, elephants on the moon, persistent pirate-biting fleas, stealth bunnies and an operatic hippopotamus have in common? They are all topics explored by some of this year’s finalists for the NZ Children’s Music Awards Ngā Manu Tīrairaka – an annual presentation celebrat
As a result of the organisation-wide review Recorded Music undertook in 2022, we are making some changes to the usual timeline for the Aotearoa Music Awards. The next event will take place in the first half of 2024, nominations will open November 2023, and the eligibility period for AMA 2024 will b
Folk group T-Bone have been awarded the 2023 Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Folk Artist Tūī, following the release of their debut album, Good ‘n Greasy. Featuring Gerry Paul, Dusty Burnell, Richard Klein, Michael Muggeridge, and Aaron Stewart, T-Bone’s debut album Good ’n Greasy contains cl
Recorded Music NZ are pleased to announce that nominations for the 2023 Te Kaipuoro Waiata Tamariki Toa | Best Children’s Music Artist, for all of those artists who have released a Children’s Music album (or 5 single releases) during the period 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022 The awards will
Recorded Music NZ are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Folk Artist Tūī – Butter Wouldn’t Melt, Mel Parsons, and T-Bone. The winner will be presented with their Tūī at the 2023 Auckland Folk Festival on 29 January 2023. Butter Wouldn’t Melt
A selection of photos from our AMA event honouring our 2022 Tūī finalists and winners at Everybody’s in Auckland central. Heartfelt, authentic, and so much fun. Congratulations to you all For more photos from the night, go to our Facebook photo album page. All photos by Topic Photography
