| Album of the Year† | Single of the Year† |
- Bic Runga – Birds
- *Don McGlashan – Warm Hand
- *Dave Dobbyn – Available Light
- *Concord Dawn – Chaos By Design
- *Elemeno P – Trouble in Paradise
| Pluto – "Long White Cross"*Bic Runga – "Winning Arrow"*Goldenhorse – "Out of the Moon" *Mt Raskil Preservation Society feat. Hollie Smith – "Bathe in the River"*The Feelers – "Stand Up" |
| Best Group† | Best Male Solo Artist† |
| Elemeno P – Trouble in Paradise*Bleeders - As Sweet As Sin *Fly My Pretties – The Return of Fly My Pretties | Dave Dobbyn – Available Light*Don McGlashan - Warm Hand*Che Fu – Beneath The Radar |
| Best Female Solo Artist† | Breakthrough Artist of the Year† |
| Bic Runga – Birds*Aaradhna – I Love You *Anika Moa – Stolen Hill | Bleeders – As Sweet As Sin*Aaradhna – I Love You *Frontline – Borrowed Time |
| Highest Selling NZ Album† | Highest Selling NZ Single† |
| Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story |
Rosita Vai – "All I Ask" |
| Radio Airplay Record of the Year† | Best Rock Album† |
The Feelers – "Stand Up" |
- Bleeders – As Sweet As Sin
- *Blindspott – End The Silence
- *Elemeno P – Trouble in Paradise
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| Best Urban / Hip Hop Album† | Best Dance / Electronica Album† |
| Frontline – Borrowed Time*Nesian Mystik – Fresh Men*Opensouls – Kaleidoscope | Concord Dawn – Chaos By Design*Recloose – Hiatus on the Horizon*Sola Rosa – Moves On |
| Best Aotearoa Roots Album† | Best Music Video† |
| Fly My Pretties – The Return of Fly My Pretties*Anika Moa – Stolen Hill*Rhombus – Future Reference | Mark Williams – "Wandering Eye" *Alyx Duncan -"Fuji" *Adam Jones – "Long White Cross" |
| Peoples Choice Award† | Best Producer‡ |
| Fat Freddy's Drop*Pluto *Frontline*Elemeno P*Bic Runga *Goodnight Nurse | Bic Runga – Birds*Don McGlashan, Sean Donnelly, Ed McWilliams – Warm Hand *David Holmes & Paul McLaney – Like Stray Voltage |
| Best Engineer‡ | Best Album Cover‡ |
| Andre Upston – Birds *Andrew Spraggon / Angus McNaughton – Moves On *Lee Prebble – The Return of Fly My Pretties | Chris Knox – As Sweet As Sin *Joe Garlick – The Return of Fly My Pretties *Stephen Tolfrey – End The Silence |
| Best Classical Album† | Best Maori Album† |
| Tower Voices New Zealand – Spirit of the Land*Bridget Douglas and Rachel Thomson – Taurangi *The New Zealand Trio – Spark | Te Reotakiwa Dunn – Te Reotakiwa Dunn*Mahara Tocker – Hurricane's Eye *Rodger Cunningham – Toto |
| Best Gospel / Christian Album† | Best Country Music Album† |
| Juliagrace – Juliagrace*Mumsdollar – A Beautiful Life*Shooting Stars – Over The Water | Shane Warner – Absolutely*Jacqui Watson -Uncut*Ron Mitchell – Low Down Country |
| Best Pacific Music Album† | Best Folk Album† |
| Mt Vaea Band – Mama*JXN & LavaBoyKila – First off the Plane *Annie Puletiuatoa – Childhood | Lorina Harding – Clean Break*Chris Priestley – Uncovered: A Collection Of New Zealand Folk Songs*Sean Kelly & Friends – See The Light |
| Best Jazz Album† | Outstanding Contribution to the Growth Of NZ Music on Radio† |
| The Vaughn Roberts Big Band – Grrreat Stufff!*Colin Hemmingsen – The Rite of Swing*Paul Dyne – Shelter of the Ti Tree | David Innes |
