The New Zealand Music Awards, show is a major annual New Zealand music award that have been awarded yearly since 1965 to outstanding New Zealand musicians and groups. The awards are presented by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ).

Contents 1 History and overview 2 Hosts 3 Sponsors 4 Winners by year 5 Sources 6 External links

[edit] History and overview

The first awards for recorded music were given in 1965. The concept was co-founded by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS) and soap manufacturer Reckitt & Colman. Initially a single award was given for the best album. These early awards were known as 'The Loxene Gold Disc'.

Additional categories were gradually added, with an award for producer being first given in 1969.

The Loxene awards continued until 1972 when the NZFPI decided to institute its own system; these awards became known as RATAs - an acronym for Recording Arts Talent Awards. From 1978 the awards became known as the RIANZ Awards after the NZFPI changed its name to the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. In 1999 the name of the awards was changed again, to ‘The Tuis’ after the trophy that was presented to winners. In recent years, and since 2005 it has officially become known as the New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)'S.

In 2008 the awards ceremony moved to Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Prior to this move the event was invitation only, and the increased size of the Vector Arena enabled the event to be attended both by invitation and by the public by sale tickets. The show began television viewing of the ceremony in 2004.

[edit] Hosts

Since 2007 the awards have been hosted by New Zealand comedian Dai Henwood.

[edit] Sponsors

The show is currently sponsored by Vodafone New Zealand and has viewing credits with the awards. Up until 2009 the awards was known as the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards or VNZMA'S but has recently changed to the New Zealand Music Awards or the NZMA'S.

[edit] Winners by year

No awards were presented in 1977 and 1991

					1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976		1978	1979
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

[edit] Sources

For the record: a history of the recording industry in New Zealand. ISBN 1-86953-508-1

[edit] External links

• NZ Music Awards website