The 2008 Vodafone

New Zealand Music Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously called the New Zealand Music Awards), conferred annually by Recorded Music NZ, honour outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the recording industry. The awards are among the most significant that ...

took place on 8 October at the Vector Arena in Auckland. Straitjacket Fits were induced into the

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame , Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa is a figurative hall of fame dedicated to noteworthy New Zealand musicians. The hall was created in 2007 by Recorded Music NZ (then known as the Recording Industry Associati ...

. The Technical awards took place on 3 September.

Awards and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Multiple winners included Flight of the Concords and Opshop, who each received four awards. ;Key : – Non-technical award : – Technical award

Performances

Performances on the night included the following: * Cut off your Hands * Anika Moa * Tiki Taane * Scribe * Julia Deans, Anika Moa, Lani Purkis and Greta Anderson performed a version of Legacy Award winner Straitjacket Fits' "Fast Women".

References

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Music Awards Aotearoa Music Awards October 2008 events in New Zealand