Sue May – 26/2/99
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.
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
