1997 Winners

WINNER: ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Strawpeople – Vicarious

WINNER: SINGLE OF THE YEAR
DLT Featuring Che Fu – Chains

WINNER: BEST MALE VOCALIST
Che Fu – Chains

WINNER: BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Bic Runga

WINNER: BEST GROUP
Garageland

WINNER: MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST
Daniel Haimona (Dam Native)

WINNER: MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST
Lole Usoalii

WINNER: MOST PROMISING GROUP
Dam Native

WINNER: INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
OMC

WINNER: BEST VIDEO
Sigi Spath & Joe Lonie – If I Had My Way (Supergroove)

WINNER: BEST PRODUCER
Malcolm Welsford / Karl Steven – Backspacer (Supergroove)

WINNER: BEST ENGINEER
Rick Huntington / Alan Jansson – How Bizarre (OMC)

WINNER: BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Bluetrain – No Free Lunch

WINNER: BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
The NZSO, Janos Furst, Michael Houston – Live : Tower Beethoven Festival

WINNER: BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Coalrangers – Coast To Coast

WINNER: BEST FOLK ALBUM
Wild Geese – Betwixt Time And Place

WINNER: BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
Max Jacobson – Found

WINNER: BEST MANA MAORI ALBUM
Emma Paki – Oxygen Of Love

WINNER: BEST MANA REO ALBUM
St Josephs Maori Girls College – A Gift Of Song

WINNER: BEST CHILDRENS ALBUM
Universal Childrens Audio – Waiata Karahere

WINNER: BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM
Annie Crummer – Seventh Wave

WINNER: BEST SONGWRITER
DL Thompson, C Ness, A Mcnaughton, K Rangihuna – Chains (DLT Feat Che Fu)

WINNER: BEST COVER
Wayne Conway – ENZSO (ENZSO)