# 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 (the NZ Radio Awards, Technical Awards, Gold Guitar Awards, Pacific Music Awards, Auckland Folk Festival, and the Wellington International Jazz Festival).
Multiple winners on the night included The Mint Chicks with five awards (including guitarist Ruban Nielson's Best Cover), Hollie Smith with three awards and Evermore with two.

## Awards and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

### 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.