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The Aotearoa Music Awards is the annual showcase event for the music industry, celebrating artists and music from Aotearoa. The event recognises the biggest musical successes of the year while also providing a platform to promote emerging artists. Grounded in nearly 60 years of history, the Aotearoa Music Awards has evolved to reflect our unique cultural identity.

Contact: sarah.illingworth@recordedmusic.co.nz

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The APRA Silver Scroll Awards | Kaitito Kaiaka celebrate New Zealand’s songwriters and composers. Alongside the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka, also presented on the night are the APRA Maioha Award, the SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha, the APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award | Tohu Pūmanawa and the APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award | Tohu Paerangi.

Contact: kiaora@apra.co.nz

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The two-day GOING GLOBAL MUSIC SUMMIT is a gateway for any local artist, manager, publicist, A&R, producer, music writer, record label and venue manager to connect with, question and hear ideas from some of the international music industry's most relevant and forward-thinking superstars.

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The Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition gives New Zealand pre-tertiary pianists the opportunity to showcase their talents and compete at a national level. The LENJPC Competition is part of the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, presenting recitals from international concert pianists, piano masterclasses and workshops.

Contact: info@clef.nz

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Since 2013, the biennial Lewis Eady National Piano Competition has inspired, surprised, and delighted music enthusiasts, and has successfully launched the careers of many Kiwi artists. The National String Competition, presented by the Hill FaLENPCmily Foundation for Art and Music (formerly the Michael Hill International Violin Competition) knows a thing or two about competitions.

Contact: info@clef.nz

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Put simply, the purpose of NZ Music Month is to celebrate music from New Zealand, and the people who make it. Firmly entrenched as part of our cultural landscape, the month of May has gone from a period of encouraging radio to play more local tunes, to a 31 day celebration of homegrown talent across the length and breadth of the country.

Contact: info@nzmusic.org.nz

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The Pacific Music Awards is the annual awards event, which celebrates Pacific music. The event provides the opportunity to honour the achievements and success of our current Pacific artists and also pay tribute to legacy and developing artists. The awards night allows the wide audience for Pacific music to be involved in the night, starting with the family and friends of the artists, to their fans, the Pacific community and the local music industry.

Contact: info@pacificmusicawards.org.nz

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Play It Strange has operated for almost 20 years, striving to provide secondary students with a platform they can use to pursue their musical adventures. Through our songwriting competitions we provide a stimulating environment from which students can gain confidence, self-belief and an impetus for a career path.

Contact: info@playitstrange.org.nz

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New Zealand's nationwide, live, original music, youth event giving young musicians the opportunity to perform live in a professional setting, in venues from Northland to Southland. Smokefreerockquest 2024, powered by Rockshop, aims to motivate young musicians to strive for success, to realise the opportunities available in music careers, and to encourage their peers to support original New Zealand Music.

Contact: help@smokefreerockquest.co.nz

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Named after the late Dylan Taite, one of the country’s most highly respected music journalists, The Taite Music Prize‘s purpose is to recognise outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained on one album. The winner receives a cash prize of $12,500, to be spent as they wish – with thanks to Founding Partner of the Taite Music Prize, Recorded Music NZ.

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Smokefree Tangata Beats is a live, original music, nationwide, youth event that recognises and reflects the unique cultural identity of Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific. The event started in 1994 as the Urban Beats Award within Smokefreerockquest. The event has steadily built over the years into a competition in its own right, and was originally called Smokefree Pacifica Beats.

Contact: help@smokefreerockquest.co.nz

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The Waiata Māori Music Awards seeks to develop, encourage and honour the achievements of outstanding traditional and contemporary musical compositions and performances annually. This is the most prestigious music awards ever to acknowledge our Māori composers.

Contact: info@waiatamaoriawards.co.nz

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