Discover previous winners

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Search the history of the Aotearoa Music Awards, from its single-award beginnings in 1965 to the 20+ categories presented today.

YearAwardWinner
1979Te Pukaemi o te TauAlbum Of The Year
1979Te Waiata Tōtahi o te TauSingle Of The Year
1979Te Tino Kāhui Manu Taki o te TauBest Group
1979Album Cover
1979Engineer
1979Male
1979Most Promising Female
1979Most Promising Female
1979Most Promising Group
1979Most Promising Male
1979Producer

Delve deeper into the history of the Music Awards on Audioculture:

History of the Music Awards 1965-1972 (Loxene Golden Disc period)
History of the Music Awards 1973-2015 (RATA, RIANZ and VNZMA periods)
A visual guide to the Official Programmes and Trophies

Note for researchers

Category names have evolved over the 50+ years of the Awards. If you intend to use the information in this database for any public purpose, we strongly recommend verifying the data you wish to use with us first.

There is incomplete data in relation to nominees in the 1973-1980 period. If you are a nominee from this period or have verifiable data, please let us know.

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