Nominations are now open for the 2023 Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Folk Artist. In 2023 Auckland Folk Festival celebrates 50 years! New Zealand’s largest folk festival is back and better than ever, with 2023 promising a very special occasion as the festival celebrates half a century of toget
Today the Aotearoa Music Awards | Nga Tohu Puoro o Aotearoa announce the 2022 finalists, with the winners to be announced on November 10th. With six nominations Rob Ruha emerges as the frontrunner for this year’s awards. Rob is nominated for six awards: Recorded Music NZ Te Pukaemi o te Tau | Albu
Today we celebrate the winners of the Recorded Music NZ Te Kaipuoro Tautito Toa | Best Jazz Artist and the APRA Best Jazz Composition, which were announced today live on Radio New Zealand’s Music 101. Aotearoa-born, London-based jazz musician Myele Manzanza has won the Tūī for Recorded Music NZ
Pacific musicians recognised at in-person awards ceremony in Manukau, Auckland This evening the Pacific music community was celebrated at the 2022 Pacific Music Awards at the Vodafone Event Centre in Manukau, Auckland. Onehunga-based hip hop crew SWIDT took out three awards for Flava Best Pacific Gr
As the local scene continues to develop and grow, today we celebrate the talented finalists for Recorded Music New Zealand Te Kaipuoro Tautito Toa | Best Jazz Artist and APRA Best Jazz Composition awards. Aotearoa-born, London-based jazz musician Myele Manzanza leads the nominations as a finalist fo
The Pacific Music Awards will take place Thursday 4th August Last night, the finalists for the 2022 Pacific Music Awards were announced at an event at The 312 Hub in Onehunga. Across 13 awards categories, this year’s 26 finalists are a mix of new musicians debuting music, established Pacific music
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR 2022 The call is out to artists across the country with nominations now open for the 2022 Aotearoa Music Awards. From today, musicians, producers, engineers, and visual artists who have contributed to the local music industry can be put forward for a 2022 Tūī.
APRA AMCOS and Recorded Music NZ are all wiggly with excitement to announce the winners for the 2022 NZ Children’s Music Awards – celebrating music written and recorded for children. APRA Best Children’s Song winner: – Kath Bee, Ryan Beehre, Luke Epapara for E Tū Tāngata – Stand
Multi-award-winning musician Troy Kingi (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) has been awarded the 2022 Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Folk Artist Tūī for his album Black Sea Golden Ladder. A collaboration between himself and award-winning singer/songwriter/producer Delaney Davidson, the
Dreamy Good Night melodies, an imaginary backwards world, Itty Bitty Bubbles, standing together against bullying, the importance of caring for Papatūānuku and ‘nothing’ are all subjects that have burst into the taringa of tamariki this past year. The 2022 NZ Children’s Music Awards are an an
