Aotearoa Music Awards

21/08/2025

A huge congratulations to the excellent Jordyn with a Why for taking home Recorded Music NZ Te Tino Pukaemi Moana Nui a Kiwa o e Tau | Best Pacific Music Album at last night's Pacific Music Awards - NZ 🏆

The artist received the Tūī for her 2024 record Hibiscus Moon, Love & Justice 💜

She was also a finalist for Auckland Council Best Pacific Female Artist and RNZ Best Pacific Soul/R&B Artist 🌸

See who else picked up at the PMAs via Pacific Music Awards - NZ

23/07/2025

Get your votes in for the 2025 Pacific Music Awards - NZ Sunpix People's Choice Award! 🏆

The category is sponsored by Sunpix Post Ltd, and all 2025 PMA finalists are eligible ⭐ Vote for your favourite artist here >> https://loom.ly/rVCqUBI

Voting closes 1 August ✅

14/07/2025

Fazerdaze absolutely killed it with 'Cherry Pie' live at 🎤🍒

Catch the full performance now on our YouTube channel 🔥🙌

After taking home the tūī for Spotify Best Solo Artist and NZ On Air Album of the Year, Fazerdaze performed 'Cherry Pie' at the Aotearoa Music Awards. https:...

07/07/2025

A huge pakipaki mai to Single of the Year winner Lorde for a huge first week on the Aotearoa Music Charts with Virgin!

Debuting at #1 on the Top 40 in Aotearoa, Virgin has also hit the charts globally – securing Lorde her first ever #1 on the UK Official UK Charts and going to #1 in Australia on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart 🚀

Lorde won Te Tino Waiata o te Tau at for her collaboration with Charli XCX 'Girl, so confusing featuring lorde' ✨

01/07/2025

Time flies! It's been a month since 🫨 Hit play for a short trip down memory lane...

30/06/2025

We are so excited to reveal LOOPY TUNES Preschool Music as the winners of the Recorded Music NZ Te Manu Taki Kerekahu o te Tau | Best Children's Music Artist Tūī!

Siu Williams-Lemi and Leah Williams-Partington won an exceptional three categories at the Aotearoa Children's Music Awards | Ngā Manu Tīrairaka yesterday 🏆 The Ōtautahi-based sibling duo released their first recordings for children in 2019, and this was their first time entering the Awards. Bringing a super-fun vibe to the children’s music world, they create waiatareorua / bilingual Māori and Pasifika children’s music, sung in their own harmonious style 🎶

With Māori and Tongan ancestry, Loopy Tunes’ kaupapa is to normalise the use of Māori and Pacific languages in everyday life, through music 🌺

Check out the full winner list here >> https://loom.ly/msEafYc

23/06/2025

The finalists for the 2025 Pacific Music Awards - NZ have been announced!

Recorded Music is very proud to sponsor the Te Tino Pukaemi Moana Nui a Kiwa o te Tau | Best Pacific Music Album category, and to share this year's finalists for the Tūī:

🔥 Aaradhna for Sweet Surrender
🔥 Jordyn with a Why for Hibiscus Moon, Love & Justice
🔥 Lomez Brown Music for UNDER-RATED
🔥 SWIDT for Taking Care Of Business

Visit the PMAs profile to view all finalists. This year's winners will be awarded at the Pacific Music Awards event on Thursday 21 August ✨

15/06/2025

AMA is proud to collaborate with Waiata Anthems to amplify Māori artists and waiata Māori, and we're excited to share this short doco about produced in partnership with Waiata Anthems by Notable Pictures 🎬

The video features footage of Paige preparing to perform the Prince Tui Teka classic 'E Ipo' as part of the AMA 2025 finale medley. It also features footage from the Awards and interviews with artists including Stan Walker, Matiu Walters, Lorde, MOHI and Don McGlashan

Settle in for an excellent watch. Mauri ora ❤️🤍🖤

08/06/2025

Legends HOLLIE SMITH & Don McGlashan 's powerful performance of their hit song "Bathe in the River" 🤍

Watch the performance in full here: https://loom.ly/xQGAdVk 📺

AMA 2025 is brought to our screens by NZ On Air NZ On Air Music & Te Māngai Pāho

08/06/2025

Fazerdaze ✨

07/06/2025

We couldn't have an anniversary medley without Sir Dave Dobbyn's "Slice of Heaven" from 1986 🍰 Performed by the incredible Troy Kingi and co 🔥🎸

Watch the Show in full here: https://loom.ly/xQGAdVk 📺

is brought to our screens by NZ On Air NZ On Air Music and Te Māngai Pāho

07/06/2025

Listen back to Sports Team's Callum Devlin's moving speech on behalf of Earth Tongue, winners of the Te Tino Kāhui Manu Taki o te Tau | Best Group Tūī 🏆🙈

View AMA in full via TVNZ+ >> https://loom.ly/xQGAdVk

AMA 2025 is brought to our screens by NZ On Air NZ On Air Music & Te Māngai Pāho