After a ten year absence, the Tui award for Best Children’s Music Album is back.

Awards to be presented in Gore on May 30

‘The Poet’s Embrace’ wins Best Jazz Album for 2013

The finalists for the 2013 Pacific Music Awards have been announced and it’s the ladies who are racking up multiple nominations.

‘Halves’, by Auckland-based group Great North, has taken the Tui for Best Folk Album 2013.

Nominations are now open for the 2013 awards!

Highlights from November 1st!

2013 finalists include two established and one newcomer

Brenda Liddiard, Great North and French For Rabbits all first-time finalists

Six60, Kimbra dominate at hottest night in New Zealand music

The full list of winners

Behind the scenes in the Vodafone RedRoom at the Vodafone NZ Music Awards.

Watercolours takes the prize

Kimbra, Home Brew, Six60, Gin & Opossom lead finals list

The complete list

NZ music’s backstage talent gets its time in the spotlight

Attention all Folk & Jazz Musicians!

Kas Futialo takes out Best Pacific Music Album; Adeaze big winners

Tami Neilson takes out third Tui in four years; Delaney Davidson wins APRA Best Song

Call for entries!

Awards to be presented in Gore on 31 May

‘Journey Home’ wins Best Jazz Album of the Year

Amiria Grenell’s second album ‘Three Feathers’ is the winner of the Best Folk Album Tui for 2012.

Call for entries from Country and Pacific music artists

Rodger Fox again in the mix…

South Island artists dominate the finalists for New Zealand’s Best Folk Album 2012.

The Naked and Famous and Brooke Fraser lead Tuis haul at NZ’s biggest night in Kiwi music

Winners and Finalists For The Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2011…

Check out all our pics from the Vodafone NZ Music Awards 2011….

The VNZMAs like you’ve never seen them before!

It used to be that phones were for making phone calls and t-shirts were for, well, wearing. But from today, Vodafone is turning the world on its head by showing that phones can make t-shirts play music.

Kimbra takes out 2011 prize

The Naked and Famous, Ladi6 and Brooke Fraser lead finalists list

Click to view the full list of finalists here…

The winners are…

The first round of finalists in the 46th Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards has been revealed…

NZ’s biggest night in music now in November

Donna Dean album & title track claim dual honours

Nesian Mystik big winner on Pacific music’s biggest night

Nominations for the Vodafeon New Zealand Music Awards will close at 5pm on Tuesday 31st May, 2011. Read more for further details on how to enter…

The finalists for the RIANZ Best Country Music Album 2011 have been announced today.

The music event of the year is set to kick off for 2011 with a new award announced…

The Tui Award for Best Jazz Album has been presented at the National Jazz Festival in Tauranga.

Nesian Mystik leads the pack, while South Island groups join the mix for the first time.

Read on for further for terms

‘Over The Moon’ by Auckland-based bluegrass quartet Wires & Wood has taken out the Best Folk Album Tui for 2010/11.

Entries are now open for all categories including Best Pacific Music Album 2011..

Artists from Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland make up the four finalists announced today for New Zealand’s Best Folk Album of 2010.

The three finalists for the best Jazz Album of 2010 have been announced and they include one musician who gets two shots at taking home a Tui.

View all the performances from the 2010 VNZMA…

Check out all of the photos (backstage, red carpet, you name it) from the 2010 VNZMAs at Vector Arena…

Gin Wigmore and Stan Walker are the big winners at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2010.

The official, limited edition Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2010 t-shirt, designed by Stitch Ministry, is now available.

Auckland band Street Chant has been named as the first winner of the Critics’ Choice Prize, presented by Gravity Coffee.

The organisers of the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards regret to advise that the two Finalists Showcase performances this month – in Wellington and Christchurch – have been cancelled.

Three VNZMA finalists hit the road for Finalists Showcase events in Wellington and Christchurch.

Gin, Dane Rumble, and The Phoenix Foundation lead the finalists list for the 45th annual music awards.

Legacy Award and NZ Music Hall of Fame induction for Shihad.

Street Chant, The Naked & Famous and Home Brew form critics’ choice line-up.

The first round of finalists in the 45th installment of the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards (VNZMA) has been announced.

Ren, our VNZMA Roving Reporter, will keep you up to date with the latest behind the scenes news…

A new prize judged by some of New Zealand’s top music critics is set to honour up-and-coming Kiwi musicians and provide some tangible support to help nurture promising talent.

Finalists Showcases announced for Wellington and Christchurch.

Tami Neilson has followed up her 2009 win by picking up the Recording Industry Association (RIANZ) Best Country Music Album while Matt Langley has taken out the APRA Best Country Song for 2010.

Pacific music celebrates another bumper year with South Auckland’s Three Houses Down taking home two top awards at the S3 (pron: ess-cubed) Pacific Music Awards 2010 announced tonight (May 29) in Manukau City.

The finalists for the RIANZ Best Country Music Album 2010 are…

Savage, Te Vaka and Three Houses Down named finalists for the S3 Best Pacific Music Album tui award…

Nominations for the 45th annual RIANZ Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards are now open.

Nominations for the 45th annual RIANZ Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards are set to open – and for the first time a Tui is being awarded for the best Pop album.

The VNZMA 2009 show was voted winner of the TV Guide, Best on the Box Peoples choice award for Best Special Event!

A recording project for Wellington’s NZ School of Music Big Band has been awarded the Tui for Best Jazz Album of 2009.

Entries are now open for Best Country Music Album 2010.

Wellington singer-songwriter Chris Prowse has taken out the 2009 Tui for Best Folk Album of the year with ‘Trouble On The Waterfront’.

The three finalists for the Best Jazz Album of 2009 have been announced and include some of the biggest names in the genre in the global music scene.

Entries are now open for all categories including the Tui Award for Best Pacific Music Album 2010.

Artists from Wellington, Christchurch and the South Island’s West Coast are the finalists for New Zealand’s Best Folk Album of 2009.

March 2010 sees the commencement of a new and very special award on the New Zealand music landscape, which will be known as The Taite Music Prize. Named after the late Dylan Taite.

Sixties classic ‘She’s a Mod’ by Ray Columbus and The Invaders has been given a reworking by The Mint Chicks.

Check out photos from the Red Carpet, Performances, Backstage and After Party!!

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Pop sensation Ladyhawke has taken home six Tuis at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, including the prestigious Tuis for Vodafone Single of the Year and Vodafone Album of the Year.

Do you have a GA ticket to the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards? Then find out how you can upgrade yourself to the VNZMA mosh pit!

Are YOU keen to catch all the Red Carpet action this Thursday at Vector Arena? You won’t need a ticket to the VNZMA’s to be part of the Red Carpet crowd! Simply grab a free ride to Vector Arena on a coach provided by Auckland City…

Sixties classic She’s a Mod has been given a reworking by The Mint Chicks.

Respected for his great talent and cherished for his role as a mentor, Sir Howard Morrison died in Rotorua on the morning of 24 September, aged 74.

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Ladyhawke, Midnight Youth, Smashproof feat Gin Wigmore, Sola Rosa, The Mint Chicks, Ladi 6 and Fat Freddy’s Drop are on stage at the 2009 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards – and Kiwi music fans are invited to be part of the action.

Check out our stage usher’s in their Stitch Ministry custom frocks, designed especially for the VNZMAs!

Fancy a night out at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards? Well its FREE and really easy to put yourself in the running to get a double pass …the hard part is deciding who to take with you.

Watch the amazing entries from schools around the country! Thanks to C4, one lucky class will get to walk the red carpet on October 8th!

Music and fashion are to join forces as Stitch Ministry collaborates with the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards once more as the official ‘fashion partner’.

Check out some great up & coming NZ talent at the Gravity Music Series in Wellington, Christchurch & Auckland…

Midnight Youth, Smashproof and Ladyhawke lead finalists list for ‘blockbuster’ music awards.

The trail-blazing rock band’s contribution to our nation’s popular musical heritage has been recognised with The New Zealand Herald Legacy Award at the 2009 Vodafone NZ Music Awards.

View all of the finalists for 2009.

If you can’t resist the thrill of being a winner, then check out all the ways you can be in to win tickets to the VNZMA’s on Oct 8th.

RIANZ announces the first finalists for the 2009 awards, with Fat Freddy’s Drop, Don McGlashan and Sean Donnelly, Sola Rosa and the Mint Chicks lining up for the Technical Awards section.

The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand presents the 44th annual Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Thursday 8th October, 2009.