The 2006 New Zealand Music Awards took place on 18 October 2006 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. The best Jazz album was presented at the New Zealand Jazz Festival in November.[ 1]
Bic Runga, the Bleeders and Fat Freddy's Drop each won two awards each. Dave Dobbyn won his 15th award as a musical artist.
Awards and nominees
The Maori Album awards were merged into one category.[ 2]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .[ 3]
Key
† – Non-technical award ‡ – Technical award
Album of the Year†
Single of the Year†
Pluto – "Long White Cross"
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
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
Best Urban / Hip Hop Album†
Best Dance / Electronica Album†
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" (Fat Freddy'S Drop)Alyx Duncan -"Fuji" (Minuit)
Adam Jones – "Long White Cross" (Pluto)
Peoples Choice Award†
Best Producer‡
Bic Runga – Birds Don McGlashan, Sean Donnelly, Ed McWilliams – Warm Hand (Don McGlashan)
David Holmes & Paul McLaney – Like Stray Voltage (Gramsci)
Best Engineer‡
Best Album Cover‡
Andre Upston – Birds (Bic Runga )
Andrew Spraggon / Angus McNaughton – Moves On (Sola Rosa)
Lee Prebble – The Return of Fly My Pretties (Fly My Pretties)
Chris Knox – As Sweet As Sin (Bleeders )Joe Garlick – The Return of Fly My Pretties (Fly My Pretties)
Stephen Tolfrey – End The Silence (Blindspott)
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
Live Performances on the night
Frontline & Aaradhna performed "Lost in Translation"
The Bleeders performed "Out of Time"[ 4]
Elemeno P & Friends (Carly Binding, Boh Runga and Brad Carter) performed "S.O.S" (Lani Purkis was absent from the awards and this performance as she had just given birth)
Bic Runga performed "Say After Me"
Concord Dawn performed "Broken Eyes"
Don McGashen & Hollie Smith performed "Bathe in the River"
References
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