| Album of the Year† | Single of the Year† |
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| Sponsor Scribe – "Stand Up"* Brooke Fraser – "Lifeline"* Dimmer – "Getting What You Give"* Goldenhorse – "Maybe Tomorrow"* Goodshirt – "Buck It Up" |
| Best Group† | Breakthrough Artist of the Year† |
| Sponsored by Export Gold Dimmer – You've Got to Hear the Music* Elemeno P – Love & Disrespect* Goodshirt – Fiji Baby | Sponsored by Export Gold Brooke Fraser – What to Do with Daylight* Adeaze – Always and for Real* Minuit – The 88 |
| Best Male Solo Artist† | Best Female Solo Artist† |
| Sponsor Scribe – The Crusader* Greg Johnson – Here comes the Caviar* Nathan Haines – Squire tor Hire | Sponsor Brooke Fraser – What to Do with Daylight* Bic Runga – Live in Concert with the Christchurch Symphony* Hayley Westenra – Pure |
| Highest Selling NZ Album† | Highest Selling NZ Single† |
| Sponsor Hayley Westenra – Pure* Bic Runga – Beautiful Collision* Scribe – The Crusader | Sponsor Ben Lummis – "They Can't Take That Away"* Blindspott – "Phlex"* Scribe – "Stand Up |
| Songwriter of the Year† | Best Rock Album† |
| Sponsor Scribe, P-Money, Con Psy and Savage – "Not Many"* Brooke Fraser – "Lifeline"* Greg Johnson – "Save Yourself" | Sponsored by Channel Z Dimmer – You've Got to Hear the Music* Elemeno P – Love & Disrespect* Goodshirt – Fiji Baby |
| Best Urban/Hip Hop Album† | Best Dance/Electronica Album† |
| Sponsored by L&P Scribe – The Crusader* King Kapisi – 2nd Round Testament* Mareko – White Sunday | Sponsor Salmonella Dub – One Drop East* Concord Dawn – Uprising* Shapeshifter – Riddim Wise LP |
| Best Music Video† | People's Choice Award† |
| Sponsored by C4 Chris Graham – "Stand Up" * Gary Sullivan – "Getting What You Give" * Mark Trethewey & Shane Mason – "Fools Love" | Sponsored by Vodafone New Zealand Scribe* Brooke Fraser* Elemeno P* Goodshirt* Steriogram* Zed |
| Best Producer‡ | Best Engineer‡ |
| Sponsor P-Money – The Crusader * Chris Van De Geer & Andrew McLaren – Passenger – * Murray Fisher – Fiji Baby * Nic McGowan – The Taming of the Wasps * Paddy Free & Tiki Taane – One Drop East | Sponsor Chris Van De Geer – Passenger – *Clint Murphy – You Are Here * Dr Lee Prebble – Horsepower |
| Best Album Cover‡ | Best Gospel / Christian Album† |
| Sponsor Ben Sciascia – Postage * Kelvin Soh, Simon Oosterdijk & Jay Sandler – You've Got to Hear the Music * Matt Barnes & Aaron McKirdy – Collider * Tana Mitchell – 'Horsepower | Sponsor Magnify – In Wonder* Parachute Band – Glorious* Peter Posa – My Pick |
| Best Classical Album† | Best Maori Album† |
| Sponsor John Psathas – Psathas: Fragments* New Zealand String Quartet – Szekely / Dvorak* NZSO – David Farquhar: Three Symphonies | Sponsor Ruia – Hawaiki* Hirini Melbourne, Richard Nunns and Aroha Yates-Smith – Te Hekenga-a-rangi* Whirimako Black – Tangihaku |
| Best Country Music Album† | Best Country Music Song† |
| Sponsor Donna Dean – Money | Sponsor Donna Dean – "Work It Out" |
| Best Folk Album† | Best Pacific Music Album† |
| Sponsor Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine – Mountain Air | Sponsor Te Vaka – Tutuki* Adeaze – Always and for Real* The All Stars – Pele Ea |
| Best Jazz Album† | International Achievement Award† |
| Sponsor The Rodger Fox Big Band – A Rare Connection* Charmaine Ford – Blues For Guppy* The Frank Gibson Quartet – Rainbow Bridge'' | Sponsor Hayley Westenra Bic RungaScribe |
| Airplay Record of the Year† | Lifetime Achievement Award† |
| Sponsor Goldenhorse – "Maybe Tomorrow" | Sponsor Shaun Joyce |
