page_title: 2010 New Zealand Music Awards
section_title: Nominees and winners
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 New Zealand Music Awards / Nominees and winners
caption_attribution_description: The Phoenix Foundation's gig at the Festival Club as part of the NZ Arts Festival.
context_page_description: The 2010 New Zealand Music Awards was the 45th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical artists based in or originating from New Zealand. Finalists for the three technical awards were announced on 16 August 2010 with winners announced on 1 September, the date on which finalists for 16 'non-technical' categories were revealed. Five 'non-technical' awards were presented without a group of finalists being selected. The awards ceremony took place on 7 October 2010 at Vector Arena, Auckland. Hosted by television presenter Shannon Ryan and comedian Ben Hurley, the ceremony was broadcast on television channel C4. Various musicians, most of whom had been nominated for awards, performed songs on the awards night.
  Gin Wigmore and Dane Rumble each received six nominations, while The Phoenix Foundation received eight nominations, including three in technical categories. Wigmore's album Holy Smoke won three of the categories in which it was nominated, including Album of the Year, as well as the award for the highest selling New Zealand album. New Zealand-born Australian Idol winner Stan Walker won the People's Choice Award, as well as three awards featuring no finalists.
context_section_description: Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
  Key
   – Non-technical award
   – Technical award
caption: The Phoenix Foundation's album Buffalo won all three technical awards for its album cover, engineering and production.
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