2007 New Zealand Music Awards

Awarded for

Excellence in New Zealand music

Awards and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[3]

Key: † – Non-technical award; ‡ – Technical award

*Album of the Year†	Single of the Year†
The Mint Chicks – Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! Brooke Fraser – Albertine Evermore – Real Life Hollie Smith – Long Player Opshop – Second Hand Planet	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 Finn – Imaginary 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 Atlas – Crawl
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†
PNC – Rookie 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!* (The Mint Chicks)** Angus Sutherland & Liam Finn – Second Chance (Liam Finn) Stephen Tolfrey – Maybe (Opshop)
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 (Awarded at the NZ Radio Awards, April 2007)	Jeremy Toy & Hollie Smith – Long Player (Hollie Smith) (Presented at the Technical Awards on 12 September) Nick Roughan & Shayne Carter – "There My Dear" (Dimmer) Chris Nielson/ Kody Nielson /Ruban Nielson – "Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!" (The Mint Chicks)
Best Engineer‡	Best Album Cover‡
Chris van de Geer – Parlour Games (Revolver)(Presented at the Technical Awards on 12 September) Clint Murphy – Second Hand Planet (Opshop) Mike Gibson – Long Player (Hollie Smith)	Ruban Neilson – Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! (The Mint Chicks)(Presented at the Technical Awards on 12 September) Dylan Pharazyn – There My Dear (Dimmer) Tim Gummer – "View From Olympus" (John Psathas)
Best Classical Album†	Best Maori Album†
John Psathas – View From Olympus New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and James Judd – Lilburn – Orchestral Works Dame Kiri Te Kanawa – Kiri 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 Ruckus – I Believe Magnify – Alive Within Hannah Donald – Unfinished Journey	Presented at the Gold Guitar Awards, 1 June 2007 Topp Twins – Flowergirls & Cowgirls Johnny Possums Good Time Hootin' Band – Tickets Warren Love Band – Warren Love Band
Best Pacific Music Album†	Best Folk Album†
Spacifix – Much Love (Presented at the Pacific Music Awards, 31 May 2007) Vaniah Toloa – Tukua Amene – In Your Name We Pray	Ben The Hoose – The Little Cascade (Presented at the Auckland Folk Festival, 26 – 29 January 2007) Bob Bickerton – The Likes of Us The Warratahs – Keep On
Best Jazz Album†	Legacy Award†
Charmaine Ford – Busy Silence (Presented at the Wellington International Jazz Festival, 6 November 2007) 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.

References

^ "2007 New Zealand Music Award Nominees". Amplifier. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
^ "2007 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ "Awards 2007". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

External links

NZ Musician coverage of the winners

Aotearoa Music Awards

Ceremonies