2007 New Zealand Music Awards


The 2007 New Zealand Music awards took place on 18 October at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, which also included the first inductee into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. A number of awards were presented at parallel ceremonies.
Multiple winners on the night included The Mint Chicks with five awards, Hollie Smith with three awards and Evermore with two.

Awards and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
;Key
*Album of the Year†Single of the Year†

  • Evermore – Light Surrounding You
  • * Brooke Fraser – Deciphering Me
  • * Liam Finn – Second Chance
  • * Opshop – Maybe
  • * The Tutts – K
  • Best Group†Best Male Solo Artist†
  • The Mint Chicks – Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
  • * Evermore – Real Life
  • * Opshop – Second Hand Planet
  • Tim FinnImaginary Kingdom
  • * Paul McLaney – Edin
  • * Greg Johnson – Anyone Can Say Goodbye
  • Best Female Solo Artist†Breakthrough Artist of the Year†
  • Hollie Smith – Long Player
  • * Brooke Fraser – Albertine
  • * Hayley Westenra – Treasure
  • Hollie Smith – Long Player
  • * Liam Finn – Second Chance
  • * AtlasCrawl
  • Highest Selling Nz Album†Highest Selling Nz Single†
  • Brooke Fraser – Albertine
  • Atlas – Crawl
  • Radio Airplay Record of the Year†Best Rock Album†
  • Brooke Fraser – Deciphering Me
  • The Mint Chicks – Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
  • * Evermore -Real Life
  • * Opshop – Second Hand Planet
  • Best Urban / Hip Hop Album†Best Dance / Electronica Album†
  • PNCRookie Card
  • *Deceptikonz – Heavy Rotation
  • *4 Corners – The Foundations
  • Shapeshifter – Soulstice
  • * Bulletproof – Shake The Foundations
  • * State of Mind – Take Control
  • Best Aotearoa Roots Album†Best Music Video†
  • Hollie Smith – Long Player
  • * The Black Seeds – Into The Dojo
  • * Age Pryor – Shanks' Pony
  • Sam Peacocke – Crazy?Yes!Dumb?No!
  • * Angus Sutherland & Liam Finn – Second Chance
  • * Stephen Tolfrey – Maybe
  • Peoples Choice Award†International Achievement Award†
  • Opshop
  • * Evermore
  • * Brooke Fraser
  • * The Black Seeds
  • Evermore
  • Outstanding Contribution to the Growth of NZ Music on Radio†Best Producer‡
  • Noel McIntosh – Bayrock
  • Jeremy Toy & Hollie Smith – Long Player
  • * Nick Roughan & Shayne Carter – "There My Dear"
  • * Chris Nielson/ Kody Nielson /Ruban Nielson – "Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!"
  • Best Engineer‡Best Album Cover‡
  • Chris van de Geer – Parlour Games
  • * Clint Murphy – Second Hand Planet
  • * Mike Gibson – Long Player
  • Ruban Neilson – Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
  • * Dylan Pharazyn – There My Dear
  • * Tim Gummer – "View From Olympus"
  • Best Classical Album†Best Maori Album†
  • John Psathas – View From Olympus
  • * New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and James Judd – Lilburn – Orchestral Works
  • * Dame Kiri Te KanawaKiri Sings Karl
  • Richard Nunns & Hirini Melbourne – Te Whaiao: Te Ku Te Whe Remixed
  • * Adam Whauwhau – Tukuna Mai
  • * Toi Hautu – Na Te Atua
  • Best Gospel / Christian Album†Best Country Music Album†
  • Rapture RuckusI Believe
  • * Magnify – Alive Within
  • * Hannah Donald – Unfinished Journey
  • Presented at the Gold Guitar Awards, 1 June 2007
    Best Pacific Music Album†Best Folk Album†
  • SpacifixMuch Love
  • * Vaniah Toloa – Tukua
  • * Amene – In Your Name We Pray
  • Ben The Hoose – The Little Cascade
  • * Bob Bickerton – The Likes of Us
  • * The WarratahsKeep On
  • Best Jazz Album†Legacy Award†
  • Charmaine Ford – Busy Silence
  • * Kevin Clark – Zahara
  • * Whirimako Black – Soul Sessions
  • Johnny Devlin
  • New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

    This year was the first to include an award for the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, a split award shared between RIANZ and APRA. The first inductee was Johnny Devlin.