1997 Winners
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Winner
Strawpeople - Vicarious
Finalists
Emma Paki
Garageland
OMC
The Mutton Birds
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Winner
DLT Featuring Che Fu - Chains
Finalists
Bic Runga
Garageland
Strawpeople
The Mutton Birds
BEST MALE VOCALIST
Winner
Che Fu - Chains
Finalists
Jeremy Eade (Garageland)
Jon Toogood (Shihad)
BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Winner
Bic Runga
Finalists
Emma Paki
Fiona McDonald (Strawpeople)
BEST GROUP
Winner
Garageland
Finalists
Shihad
The Mutton Birds
MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST
Winner
Daniel Haimona (Dam Native)
Finalists
Andrew Tilby (Breathe)
Ed Cake (Bressa Creeting Cake)
MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST
Winner
Lole Usoalii
Finalists
Andrea Cook
Maryanne Antonuvich (D Faction)
MOST PROMISING GROUP
Winner
Dam Native
Finalists
Bike
Bressa Creeting Cake
Cinematic
INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
Winner
OMC
Finalists
Crowded House
Jane Campion
Peter Jackson
BEST VIDEO
Winner
Sigi Spath & Joe Lonie – If I Had My Way (Supergroove)
Finalists
Kevin Sprig - La La Land (Shihad)
Jonathan King - Behold My Kool Style (Damn Native)
BEST PRODUCER
Winner
Malcolm Welsford / Karl Steven - Backspacer (Supergroove)
Finalists
Alan Jansson - How Bizarre
Eddie Raynor - ENZSO
BEST ENGINEER
Winner
Rick Huntington / Alan Jansson – How Bizarre (OMC)
Finalists
Chris Van Der Geer (Strawpeople)
Malcolm Welsford - Backspacer (Supergroove)
BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Winner
Bluetrain – No Free Lunch
Finalists
Jazz In The Present Tense - Jazz In The Present Tense
Nairobi Trio - Shelf Life
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Winner
The NZSO, Janos Furst, Michael Houston – Live : Tower Beethoven Festival
Finalists
New Zealand String Quartet - Bartok String Quartet 1-5
Alexander Ivashin & Tama Vesmas - Sergie Prokofiev
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Winner
Coalrangers – Coast To Coast
Finalists
Dennis Marsh - Out Of Nashville
Bartlett, Dugan, Vaughan - Together Again
BEST FOLK ALBUM
Winner
Wild Geese – Betwixt Time And Place
Finalists
Michael Scorey - Angel Station
Bob Bickerton - Music In The Glen
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
Winner
Max Jacobson – Found
Finalists
The Lands - Arbor Day
Evan Silva - Aint No Two Ways About It
BEST MANA MAORI ALBUM
Winner
Emma Paki – Oxygen Of Love
Finalists
DLT - The True School
Dam Native - Behold My Kool Style
BEST MANA REO ALBUM
Winner
St Josephs Maori Girls College - A Gift Of Song
Finalists
Te Kura Tuatahi Me Te Ropu Kapahaka O Ranana - Te Wainui A Rua
Turakina Maori Girls College - Mana Wahine
BEST CHILDRENS ALBUM
Winner
Universal Childrens Audio - Waiata Karahere
Finalists
Helen Willberg - Ranona Moemoea
Love To Sing Choir - Love My First Songbook
BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM
Winner
Annie Crummer – Seventh Wave
Finalists
Felise Mikaele - Se Taitau
The Five Stars - Samoa Ea
BEST SONGWRITER
Winner
DL Thompson, C Ness, A Mcnaughton, K Rangihuna – Chains (DLT Feat Che Fu)
Finalists
Paul Casserley, Fiona McDonald, Greg Johnson - Boxers (Strawpeople)
Bic Runga - Bursting Through
BEST COVER
Winner
Wayne Conway – ENZSO (ENZSO)
Finalists
Jeremy Takacs, Karl & Jon - Shihad
Rick Huntington And Alan Jansson - How Bizarre (OMC)
