Finalists Announced
Today, the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
(RIANZ), announced the finalists in 23 categories of the Coca-Cola
New Zealand Music Awards 99 - "The Tuis".
(Full list below.)
The awards will be presented on Saturday, March 13 at the Auckland
Town
Hall in a ceremony to be broadcast by TV4 and TV3, produced by
Livingstone Productions.
The Feelers dominate this year's awards as finalists in nine
categories,
including Coca-Cola Single of the Year ("Venus"), Album of the Year
("Supersystem"), Top Male Vocalist (James Reid) and Top Group. Last
year,
in their first year of national prominence with Warner Music, the
Christchurch rock group was a finalist in six categories.
Neil Finn in his first solo year is a finalist in six categories,
including Album of the Year, Top Male Vocalist for "Try Whistling
This"
and the Songwriter Award for "She Will Have Her Way".
He is also a finalist in the International Achievement Award,
alongside
The Feelers and last year's major award winner Bic Runga.
Che Fu features in four categories, including Single of the Year for
"Scene III" and Album of the Year ("2bSPacific") and current
chart-topper
Ardijah in three categories - Single of the Year ("Love So Right"),
Top
Female Vocalist (Betty Anne Monga) and Top Group.
Apra Silver Scroll winner Dave Dobbyn is up for the Songwriter Award
for
"Beside You" and Top Male Vocalist for "The Islander". Moana and the
Moahunters are finalists in both the Mana Reo Award and the Mana
Maori
Award with the album "Rua". Debbie Harwood and Friends Christmas
charity
album "Angels - The New Zealand Christmas Album" is a finalist in the
Gospel category.
There are four finalists in the award introduced last year, the New
Zealand Music Radio Programmer of the Year: Tony Nielsen of Radio
Otago
Group, Melanie Wise of Q92 FM Queenstown, Jo Hampton of NRG FM and
Robert
Taylor of Radio Hauraki.
This award is decided by the Kiwi Music Action Group.
Introducing the new sponsorship arrangement for the awards, RIANZ
president, Michael Glading, says: "RIANZ is delighted that Coca-Cola
has
become sponsor of the awards and joins us in honouring the tremendous
musical talent in this country. The past year has been extremely
successful for New Zealand music, as demonstrated by this impressive
list
of finalists and we are proud to celebrate these achievements."
Listen to the Coca-Cola New Zealand Music Awards finalists on the
website: www.nzmusicawards.co.nz
NOTE:
'COCA-COLA', 'COKE' AND THE CONTOUR BOTTLE DESIGN ARE REGISTERED
TRADE
MARKS OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
For information and access to the Awards ceremony on March 13, call
Awards Publicist Sue May ph 09 834 7242 025 739 318
Beta and VHS tapes of the finalists reel are available from Sue May.
FINALISTS
Coca-Cola Single of the Year
The Feelers - Venus
Che Fu - Scene III
Ardijah - Love So Right
Album of the Year
Che Fu - 2bS'Pacific
The Feelers - Supersystem
Neil Finn - Try Whistling This
Top Male Vocalist
Neil Finn - Try Whistling This
Dave Dobbyn - The Islander
James Reid - The Feelers - Supersystem
Top Female Vocalist
Sulata Foa'i - Te Vaka
Betty Anne Monga - Ardijah
Alesha Siosiua - Urban Pacifika
Top Group
Ardijah - Love So Right
The Feelers - Supersystem
Shihad - Blue Light Disco
International Achievement Award
Neil Finn - Try Whistling This
Bic Runga - Drive
The Feelers - Supersystem
Most Promising Male Vocalist
Nathan King - Zed
Andrew Tilby - Breathe
King Kapisi
Most Promising Female Vocalist
Liz Fa'alogo - NV
Boh Runga - Stellar
Sina Saipaia
Most Promising Group
Breathe - Pop Life
Stellar - What You Do
Zed - Oh Daisy
Top Producer
Eddie Rayner - ENZSO 2
Malcolm Welsford & The Feelers - Supersystem, The Feelers
Che Fu - 2b S'Pacific
Top Engineer
Malcolm Welsford - Supersystem, The Feelers
Sam Gibson - Try Whistling This, Neil Finn
Andy Morton - 2bS'Pacific, Che Fu
Country Award
Coalrangers - Home Tonight
Barry Saunders - Magnetic South
Glen moffat - A Place To Play
Songwriter Award
James Reid - Venus, The Feelers
Dave Dobbyn - Beside You
Neil Finn - She Will Have Her Way
Best Cover Design
Marcus Ringrose - Supersystem, The Feelers
Elroy Finn - Try Whistling This, Neil Finn
Mark Roach & Andrew Durno - HLAH-IV Are You Gonna Kiss It ot Shoot
It?
Best Music Video
Sima & Makerita Urale - Sub-Cranium Feeling - King Kapisi
Rubin Sutherland - Wait & See - Shihad
Mark Tierney & Fiona Champtaloup - Unlikely - NV
Mana Reo Award
Ngati Rangiwewehi Maori Group - Wairua, Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
Taoufa Waiata - He Waiata Onemata
Moana & The Moahunters - Rua
Waihirere Maori Club - Waihirere, National Champions
Mana Maori Award
Hoir Chapman - Toku Reo
Moana & The Moahunters - Rua
Waihirere Maori Club - Waihirere, National Champions
Ngati Rangiwewehi - Wairua, Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
Jazz Award
Wil Sargisson - Steppin Out
Chris White/Aaron Nevezie Quartet - Take Me With You
Rodger Fox Quartet - Back to Being One
Classical Award
New Zealand String Quartet - Bartok The Six Quartets
Alexander Ivashkin - Under the Southern Cross
Tamas Vesmas - Debussy, Bartok Piano Music
Folk Award
Gallowglass - Sparven
Windy City Strugglers - On Top of the World
Philip Riley & Jayne Elleson - The Blessing Tree
Gospel Award
The Parachute Band - Always & Forever
Debbie Harwood & Friends - Angels, The New Zealand Christmas Album
Steve Apirana - It's Inevitable
Childrens Award
David LaPlanche - A Hand Full of Songs
Jennifer Moss - Jennifer's Garden
Universal Children's Audio - Kori Kori/Busy Bodies/Lue Lue Mai
Tessarose Productions - Dancing to the Beat Volume 2
The New Zealand Music Radio Programmer Of The Year Award
Tony Nielsen - Radio Otago Group
Melanie Wise - Q92 FM
Jo Hampton - NRG FM
Robert Taylor - Radio Hauraki
