Aotearoa Music Awards

Since 1983, an award for Best Video has been presented at the annual Aotearoa Music Awards (formerly the New Zealand Music Awards). When the music video funding scheme started, for the first 15 years or so, the best video nominees were pretty much all NZ On Air funded.

That changed in 2007 when non-funded videos started appearing in the nominees list. Since that year, seven non-funded videos have been nominated, including four wins.

Winners are in bold; non-NZ On Air funded videos in italics. Links will go to the entry on 5000 Ways, or if there isn’t one here, then it’ll go to the video.

1983

• Andrew Shaw – “Outlook For Thursday” (DD Smash)
• Greg Rood – “Sierra Leone” (Coconut Rough)
• Mark Ackerman, Craig Howard – “Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang” (Monte Video and the Cassettes)

1984

• Bruce Morrison – “I’m In Heaven” (The Pink Flamingos)
• William Keddell – “Elephunk In My Soup” (Low Profile)
• Tom Parkinson – “I’ll Say Goodbye (Even Though I’m Blue)” (Dance Exponents)

1985

• Fane Flaws – “Diamonds On China” (The Narcs)
• Debra Bustin – “Krazy Legs” (The Pelicans)
• Roger Guise – “I Like To Drive” (Scotty & Co)

1986

• Kerry Brown – “As The Sun Goes Down” (Everything that Flies)
• Stuart Stuart Dryburgh – “Good Luck To You” (Peking Man)
• Fetus Productions/MEC – “Flicker” (Fetus Productions)

1987

• Matt Box Films – “Sensitive To A Smile” (Herbs)
• Kerry Brown/Bruce Sheridan – “Glad I’m Not A Kennedy” (Shona Laing)
• Paul Middleditch – “The Game Of Love” (Tex Pistol)

1988

• Fane Flaws – “Sweet Lovers” (Holidaymakers)
• Janine Morell – “Haere Mai” (Cara Pewhairangi)
• Paul Middleditch – “Nobody Else” (Tex Pistol & Rikki Morris)

1989

• Paul Middleditch, Polly Walker, Debbie Watson – “I Feel Love” (Fan Club)
• Warrick (Waka) Attewell – “St Peter’s Rendezvous” (The Warratahs)
• Tony Johns – “She’s A Mod/Mod Rap” (Double J & Twice The T)

1990

• Niki Caro – “Bad Note For A Heart” (Straitjacket Fits)
• Paul Middleditch – “One Good Reason” (Strawpeople)
• Lance Kelliher – “Don’t Let Me Fall Alone” (The Fan Club)

1991

No awards are presented in 1991.

NZ On Air Music video funding starts in early 1991.

1992

• Mauger Bros “Trippin'” (Push Push)
• Moana & The Moahunters “AEIOU”
• Headless Chickens “Cruise Control”

1993

• Kerry Brown / Bruce Sheridan “Four Seasons In One Day” (Crowded House)
• Fane Flaws & The Mutton Birds “Nature” (The Mutton Birds)
• Nigel Streeter “Fish Across Face” (Head Like A Hole)

1994

• Matt Noonan/Josh Frizzell “System Virtue” (Emma Paki)
• Fane Flaws “The Beautiful Things” (Front Lawn)
• Jonathan Ogilvie “Mr Moon” (Headless Chickens)

1995

• Jo Fisher & Matt Noonan “Can’t Get Enough” (Supergroove)
• Jonathan Ogilvie “Cruise Control” (Headless Chickens)
• Gideon Keith, Marcus Ringrose, Stephen McGlashan “George” (Headless Chickens)

1996

• Sigi Spath/Jo Fisher “You Gotta Know” (Supergroove)
• Greg Page “Honeyblonde” (Throw)
• M Noonan and J Frizzell “Static Part 1” (Joint Force)

1997

• Sigi Spath & Joe Lonie “If I Had My Way” (Supergroove)
• Kevin Sprig “La La Land” (Shihad)
• Jonathan King “Behold My Kool Style” (Dam Native)

1998

• Mark Hurley “Home Again” (Shihad)
• Joe Lonie “Pressure Man” (The Feelers)
• Wayne Conway “Suddenly Strange” (Bic Runga)

1999

• Reuben Sutherland “Wait & See” (Shihad)
• Sima & Makerita Urale “Sub Cranium Feeling” (King Kapisi)
• Mark Tierney & Fiona Champtloup “Unlikely” (NV)

2000

• Reuben Sutherland “My Mind’s Sedate” (Shihad)
• Marc Swadel “Birthday” (The Stereo Bus)
• Jonathan King “Violent” (Stellar*)

2001

• Alex Sutherland & Michael Lonsdale “Touchdown” (The Stereobus)
• Greg Page “One Day Ahead” (Eye TV)
• Wade Shotter & Jamie Dower “Silent Film” (Augustino)

2002

• Matthew Metcalfe/Greg Rewai “Fade Away” (Che Fu)
• Garry Sullivan “Seed” (Dimmer)
• Ed Davis and Paul McLaney “Complicated” (Gramsci)

2003

• Joe Lonie “Sophie” (Goodshirt)
• Che Fu “Misty Frequencies” (Che Fu)
• Chris Graham/Bic Runga “Something Good” (Bic Runga)

2004

• Chris Graham “Stand Up” (Scribe)
• Gary Sullivan “Getting What You Give” (Dimmer)
• Mark Trethewey and Shane Mason “Fools Love” (Misfits Of Science)

2005

• Chris Graham “We Gon Ride” (Dei Hamo)
• Greg Page “Stop The Music” (P-Money)
• Reuben Sutherland “Hitchcock” (The Phoenix Foundation)

2006

• Mark Williams “Wandering Eye” (Fat Freddy’s Drop)
• Alyx Duncan “Fuji” (Minuit)
• Adam Jones “Long White Cross” (Pluto)

2007

• Sam Peacocke “Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!” (The Mint Chicks)
• Angus Sutherland and Liam Finn “Second Chance” (Liam Finn)
• Stephen Tolfrey “Maybe” (Opshop)

2008

• Ian Hart “Her Hairagami Set” (The Brunettes)
• Carey Carter “Tangaroa” (Tiki Taane)
• Joe Lonie “Gather To The Chapel” (Liam Finn)

2009

• Chris Graham “Brother” (Smashproof)
• Sam Peacocke “I Can’t Stop Being Foolish” (The Mint Chicks)
• Tim Van Dammen “Turn Around” (Sola Rosa feat. Iva Lamkum)

2010

• Tim Van Dammen “Just A Little Bit” (Kids Of 88)
• Nathan Hickey “Buffalo” (The Phoenix Foundation)
• Sam Peacocke “Sleepeater” (Shihad)

2011

• Special Problems “Punching in a Dream” (The Naked and Famous)
• Special Problems “Broken Machine” (Zowie)
• Faye McNeil “Like Water” (Ladi6)

2012

• Special Problems “The Sun” (The Naked and Famous)
• Special Problems “Take a Picture” (David Dallas)
• Special Problems “My Calculator” (Zowie)

2013

• Joel Kefali “Royals” (Lorde)
• Nick Dwyer “In Colour” (Shapeshifter)
• Thunderlips “Frankenstein” (Randa)

2014

• Campbell Hooper “Hearts Like Ours” (The Naked and Famous)
• Thunderlips “Stranger People” (Doprah)
• Tom Gould “Runnin'” (David Dallas)

2015

• Shahir Daud – “Cymatics” (Nigel Stanford)
• Reuben Bonner – “Her Heart Breaks Like a Wave” (Dictaphone Blues)
• Shae Sterling – “Aotearoa” (Stan Walker featuring Ria Hall, Troy Kingi & Maisey Rika)

2016

• Chris Lane – “Inside Out” (Avalanche City)
• Sam Peacocke – “Buried by the Burden” (Pacific Heights feat. Louis Baker)
• Simon Oliver – “Secret Lives of Furniture” (Ha the Unclear)

2017

• Joel Kefali – “Got It Bad” (Leisure)
• Dan Watkins – “Her” (Shapeshifter)
• Sam Kristofski – “Lucky Girl” (Fazerdaze)

2018

• Marlon Williams – “Vampire Again” (Marlon Williams)
• Chris Graham – “Black Crow” (Louis Baker)
• Shae Sterling- “Bloodlines” (The Adults)

2019

• Vision Thing – “Rock Bottom” (Randa)
• Jason Bock – Feeling Free (Leisure)
• Martin Sagadin & Aldous Harding – “The Barrel” (Aldous Harding)

2020

• Anahera Parata – “Bunga” (SWIDT)
• Callum Devlin & Annabel Kean – “I’m Not Getting Excited” (The Beths)
• Connor Pritchard – “All Your Ships Have Sailed” (Troy Kingi)

2021

• Alexander Gander – “No One Knows” (Georgia Lines)
• Anahera Parata – “Brighter Day” (Louis Baker)

2022

• Joel Kefali and Ella Yelich-O’Connor – “Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen It All)” (Lorde)
• Alyx Duncan- “Kingmaker” (Tami Neilson)
• Nicole Horan; Marara Katipa; Dahnu Graham; Hayden Aull; Thomas Rose; Huhana Ruri-Panapa; Xavier Horan – Black Sea Golden Ladder: The Visual Album (Troy Kingi)