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VNZMA 2019 Finalists (by category)

1. THREE Album of the Year | Te Pukaemi o te Tau

Winner: Avantdale Bowling Club –

Avantdale Bowling Club

Aldous Harding – Designer

The Beths – Future Me Hates Me

Broods – Don’t Feed The Pop Monster

Mitch James – Mitch James

Marlon Williams – Live at Auckland Town

Hall

2. Vodafone Single of the Year | Te Waiata Tōtahi o te Tau

Winner: BENEE – ‘Soaked’

Aldous Harding – ‘The Barrell’

The Beths – ‘Little Death’

Church & AP – ‘Ready or Not’

Drax Project – ‘All This Time’

Six60 – ‘The Greatest’

3. Best Group | Te Roopu Toa

Winner: The Beths – Future Me Hates Me

Beastwars - IV

Broods – Don’t Feed The Pop Monster

L.A.B. – L.A.B. II

4. Best Solo Artist | Te Kaipuoro Takitahi Toa

Winner: BENEE – FIRE ON MARZZ

Aldous Harding - Designer

Avantdale Bowling Club – Avantdale

Bowling Club

Mitch James – Mitch James

5. Smirnoff Pure Potential Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Te Kaituhura Puoro Toa o te Tau

Winner: BENEE

BAYNK

The Beths

Church & AP

6. Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Artist | Te Kaipuoro Māori Toa

Winner: Troy Kingi

Louis Baker

Rei

7. The Edge Best Pop Artist | Te Kaipuoro Arotini Toa

Winner: BENEE

Broods

Mitch James

8. Best Alternative Artist | Te Kaipuoro Manohi Toa

Winner: The Beths

Aldous Harding

Tiny Ruins

9. KFC Best Soul/RnB Artist | Te Kaipuoro Awe Toa

Winner: Bailey Wiley

Louis Baker

Rei

10. Best Hip Hop Artist | Te Kaipuoro Hipihope Toa

Winner: Avantdale Bowling Club

Church & AP

Diggy Dupè

11. Best Roots Artist | Te Kaipuoro

Taketake Toa

Winner: Troy Kingi

L.A.B

Lost Tribe Aotearoa

12. rova Best Electronic Artist | Te Kaipuoro Tāhiko Toa

Winner: TALI

Pacific Heights

Sweet Mix Kids

13. Best Rock Artist | Te Kaipuoro Rakapioi Toa

Winner: Villainy

Beastwars

Racing

14. Best Worship Artist | Te Kaipuoro Kairangi Toa

Winner: Harbourside Worship

Equippers Worship

Jules Riding

15. Best Classical Artist | Te Kaipuoro Inamata Toa

Winner: Simon O’Neill & Terence Dennis

The Linkwood Guitar Duo

Michael Houstoun & Bella Hristova

16. Vodafone People’s Choice Award | Te Kōwhiri o te Nuinga

Six60

17. Recorded Music NZ Legacy Award |

Tohu Whakareretanga

Th’ Dudes

18. Vodafone Highest Selling Artist I Te Toa Hoko Teitei

Six60

19. NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year | Te Rikoata Marakerake o te Tau

Six60

20. Recorded Music NZ International

Achievement | Tohu Tutuki o te Ao

Drax Project

Additional Tuis presented in 2019

21. Music Teacher of the Year | Kaiārahi Puoro o te Tau

Winner: Duncan Ferguson – St Andrews

College, Christchurch

Jane Egan – Gisborne Girls High School,

Gisborne

Sue Banham – Rosehill College,

Papakura, Auckland

22. Massey University Best Producer | Te Kaiwhakaputa Toa:

Winner: Josh Fountain – (Various)

Simon Gooding, Ji Fraser, Eli Paewai -

Mitch James (Mitch James)

Tom Healy - Olympic Girls (Tiny Ruins)

23. NZ On Air Best Music Video | Te Puoro Ataata Toa:

Winner: Vision Thing – ‘Rock Bottom’

(Randa)

Jason Brock – ‘Feeling Free’ (LEISURE)

Martin Sagadin and Aldous Harding – ‘The

Barrel’ (Aldous Harding)

24. Best Album Artwork | Te Toi Ataata Pukaemi Toa:

Winner: Jaime Robertson - A Quiet Divide

(Rhian Sheehan)

Mike Braid - Raised in The Dark (Villainy)

Tim Harper & Dick Frizzell - Offering

(Various Artists)

25. Best Engineer | Te Kaipukaha Toa:

Winner: Ben Lawson & Vivek Gabriel -

Avantdale Bowling Club (Avantdale

Bowling Club)

Josh Fountain – (Various)

Simon Gooding - Mitch James (Mitch

James)

26. Best Folk Artist | Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa

Winner: The Frank Burkitt Band –

Raconteur

Great North – The Golden Age

Jono Heyes – 9 Pilgrims

27. Best Pacific Music Album | Te Pukaemi Toa o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa

Winner: Tomorrow People – BBQ Reggae

Kings – Lov3 & 3go

SWIDT – The Most Electrifying

28. Best Country Artist | Te Kaipuoro Tuawhenua Toa

Winner: Jenny Mitchell – Wildfires

Jamie McDell – Extraordinary Girl

Tami Neilson – Sassafrass!

29. Best Jazz Artist | Te Kaipuoro Tautito Toa

Winner: GRG67 – The Thing

Antipodes – Good Winter

Dog – No Dogs Allowed

30. Best Children’s Artist | Te Kaipuoro Waiata Tamariki Toa

Winner: Craig Smith – Not Just For Kids 2

Marian Burns – Songs For Kids

Anna van Riel – Fishing For Stars