2014 Tuis
Affectionately know as The Tuis, the annual awards for popular music are run by the record label's industry body Recorded Music New Zealand, and can trace their history back to 1965.
Radio New Zealand News coverage of the 2014 NZ Music Awards.
The Wireless report on the 2014 NZ Music Awards.
Aaron Tokona plays a welcoming waiata at the 49th annual Silver Scroll Awards held at TSB Arena in Wellington on 30th October 2014:
See more videos of the Silver Scroll Awards from APRA NZ on YouTube
NZ Music Awards Ceremony 2014
On stage at the NZ Music Awards. Broods perform live. Photo Topic Images.
The New Zealand Music Awards at Auckland's Vector Arena hosted a field of contenders led by Lorde, Sol3 Mio, Ladi6 and David Dallas.
Henry Oliver braves the schmoozing and boozing to report back on New Zealand music's annual night on the red carpet.
Here is a speedy, hangover-free version of the evening from NZ On Air:
Lorde takes top prizes at New Zealand Music Awards
Lorde wins at Tuis. Photo: Topic Images.
Singer-songwriter Lorde has taken home a bundle of trophies from last night's New Zealand Music Awards.
Nicole Pryor reports on the event.
Lorde is pop star "royalty"
Ella Yelich-Oconnor onstage with siblings India and Angelo, watched by parents parents Vic O'Connor and Sonja Yelich at the NZ Music Awards 2014. Photo Topic Images.
Lorde was the big winner from last night's New Zealand Music Awards.
Vodafone NZ Music Awards - Nick Atkinson
Tonight is the biggest night of the New Zealand music year with the Vodafone NZ Music Awards - with all eyes on Lorde, who's up for 5 gongs.
Randa - Critics Choice at NZ Music Awards 2014
Randa talks with Henry Oliver after the NZ Music Awards Critic's Choice show at the King's Arms in Auckland.
Best album covers
We chat to three finalists for this year’s best album cover designs, to find out if musicians insist on having a say and if the music has to relate to the cover.
This year’s finalists couldn’t be more different – Liam Finn’s The Nihilist, designed by Anns Taylor and Ken Clark, Ladi6’s Automatic, with a cover by Robert Wallace, and Grayson Gilmore’s Infinite life, cover by Henrietta Harris.
Anika Moa - Children's Music Awards
Earlier this week Anika Moa picked up the Apra Best Children's song of the year for 'Colours are Beautiful', and the Tui for best Children's album, for her album Songs for Bubbas, inspired by her young twins Barry and Taane. She speaks to Emma Smith about her win.
Hear Anika talk about making the album 'Songs For Bubbas' here.
Playlist
Artist: Anika Moa
Song: Colours Are Beautiful
Composer: A.Moa
Album: Sungs For Bubbas
Label: Diamond Kowhai
Che Fu's lifetime achievement award
Che Fu is one of New Zealand's most successful hip hop vocalists.
In 2009 the Samoan musician received the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music.
On the 8th May 2014 he was given a lifetime achievement award at the tenth Pacific Music Awards.
The father of four has more local top ten singles than any other performer in New Zealand music history, but it didn't come easy.
In this revealing interview with fellow Supergroove band-mate Nick Atkinson we hear the surprising stories about how he met his wife on the school bus, his plans for the future, and the way he learnt to sing.
Pacific Music Awards 2014
Pacific Music Awards ceremony 2014 by James Ensing-Trussell Topic Images.
Now in their 10th year, The Pacific Music Awards have gone from being a small ceremony as part of Pasifika Festival in Western Springs, to having their own big name sponsored glitzy event.
Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua has been on the Pacific Music Awards trust from the beginning. He's a poet, youth worker, Presbyterian minister, radio presenter, and the father of Nesian Mystic's MC Feleti.
Radio NZ Concert's Eva Radich speaks to Mua Strickson-Pua about the awards.
Mua Strickson Pua
Pacific Music Awards Trust Spokesperson Rev. Mua Strickson Pua talks to Eva Radich about the 2014 Awards. Full interview.
Jazz Footprints: Tui Award for Best Jazz Album of the Year
In the lead up to the awards, the three finalists for the Tui Award for Best Jazz Album of the Year 2014 chat about their albums; Reuben Bradley for 'Mantis: The Music of Drew Menzies', Phil Broadhurst for 'Flaubert's Dance', and eventual winner Nathan Haines for 'Vermillion Skies'.
Pianist Phil Broadhurst recording ‘Flaubert’s Dance’ photo by Steve Garden. The album cover for ‘Flaubert’s Dance’.
Nathan Haines (left) with Ben Turua (bass) and Alain Koetsier (drums) at CJC Jazz Club, 1885, Auckland 2013. Photo by Adrian Malloch. The album cover for Vermillion Skies.
Reuben Bradley, photo by The International Office. The album cover for ‘Mantis: The Music of Drew Menzies’
Music Details
Artist: Phil Broadhurst
Songs: First Shot (For Herbie Hancock), Loping
Album: Flaubert’s Dance
Label: Rattle
Artist: Reuben Bradley
Song: Ladies Man
Album: Mantis
Label: Rattle
Artist: Nathan Haines
Title: First Light
Album: Vermillion Skies
Label: Haven
The Tuis
The Music Awards trophy is a stylised representation of New Zealand’s native songbird, the tui. Find out more about the design history of the award.
Legacy Award 2014: Supergroove
The Legacy Award recognises talented musicians who have shaped and influenced NZ’s musical landscape. The winners are inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
Explore Radio NZ's Supergroove collection
Critic's Choice 2014
The Critics' Choice Prize recognises up-and-coming artists.
A panel of industry experts select 3 emerging acts that have not released an album or been a finalist in the New Zealand Music Awards.
The artists perform a short set in front of the panel and other industry guests at The Kings Arms in Auckland, and a winner is selected on the night.
Listen to our report on the 2014 Critics Choice Prize
The 2014 Critic's Choice winner, announced on 29 October 2014, is:
Randa
Randa introduces the song 'Brave New Galaxy
The other two finalists were:
Estère
Wellington producer/ vocalist Estère Dalton and her MPC Lola share insights into the debut album Estère.
Lake South
Lake South is a project of Lake McKenna, known for his previous work with the Wellington Sea Shanty Society and Urban Tramper.
Previous Critic's Choice winners are: Street Chant (2010), Kimbra (2011), Watercolours (2012) and Sheep, Dog & Wolf (2013).