New Zealand Music Awards

The New Zealand Music Awards , Māori Ngā Tohu Puoro o Aotearoa , are annual awards that honor artists in the New Zealand music industry for their outstanding achievements. Since 2004, the awards have been named after the main sponsor Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards .

history

Loxene Golden Disc

The origins of the New Zealand Music Awards go back to 1965 when the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) came up with the idea of presenting a New Zealand music award annually. The idea was submitted to the then popular radio DJ Neville Chamberlain , who in turn used his good contacts with Charles Haines , the owner of an advertising company, to find a sponsor . It was through him that the British shampoo manufacturer Reckitt & Colman was won as main sponsor and the New Zealand Federation of the Phonographic Industry (NZFPI) to formulate the access conditions and define the decision criteria for the jury. The award, known as the Loxene Golden Disc , was first awarded in 1965 and honored musicians for their outstanding achievements for the next seven years until 1972.

Recording Arts Talent Award

The NZFPI, which was represented on the Loxene Golden Disc committee, took control of the award ceremony in 1973, established new structures and with them created the Recording Arts Talent Award (RATA), which is regarded as the forerunner of the New Zealand Music Awards . While the Loxene Golden Disc award honored special singles, the RATA, which was awarded from 1973 to 1976, honored music albums, musicians, producers and technicians.

RIANZ Music Awards

Financial problems and political upheavals led to the fact that the music industry in New Zealand reorganized in 1977 and the NZFPI was renamed Phonographic Performances NZ (PPNZ). One year later she founded the Recording Industry Association of NZ (RIANZ), with which the RIANZ Music Awards were presented from 1978 to 1982 .

New Zealand Music Awards

From 1983 the prize was finally renamed the New Zealand Music Awards , but from 1992 onwards the name of the respective main sponsor of the prize was added to the name. So became the honors

from 1987 under the name L&P New Zealand Music Awards ,
from 1988 under Listener New Zealand Music Awards ,
from 1992 and 1993 under Pepsi New Zealand Music Awards ,
from 1996 and 1997 under Clear New Zealand Music Awards ,
from 1999 under Coca-Cola New Zealand Music Awards ,
from 2000 to 2003 under Tui New Zealand Music Awards ,
from 2004 under The Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards ,
and completed under Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards since 2006 .

The winners of the individual awards can be found in the database of the music award.

Web links

Homepage . Recorded Music NZ,accessed August 18, 2019.

Individual evidence

↑ Simon Grigg : Loxene Golden Disc . Audio Culture , October 27, 2015, accessed on August 18, 2019 .
^ Mark Roach : The RATA era 1973-1976 . Audio Culture , November 4, 2015, accessed August 18, 2019 .
^ Mark Roach : RIANZ and the New Zealand Music Awards . Audio Culture , November 4, 2015, accessed August 18, 2019 .
^ The New Zealand Music Awards programs and trophies . Audio Culture , November 11, 2015, accessed August 18, 2019 .
^ Award history . Recorded Music NZ , accessed August 18, 2019 .

[AC_Loxene_Golden_Disc-1] Simon Grigg : Loxene Golden Disc . Audio Culture , October 27, 2015, accessed on August 18, 2019 .

[AC_The_RATA_Era-2] Mark Roach : The RATA era 1973-1976 . Audio Culture , November 4, 2015, accessed August 18, 2019 .

[AC_RIANZ-3] Mark Roach : RIANZ and the New Zealand Music Awards . Audio Culture , November 4, 2015, accessed August 18, 2019 .

[AC_NZMA-4] The New Zealand Music Awards programs and trophies . Audio Culture , November 11, 2015, accessed August 18, 2019 .

[Award_History-5] Award history . Recorded Music NZ , accessed August 18, 2019 .