2008 Te Pukaemi o te Tau Album of the Year Anika Moa – In Swings The Tide Liam Finn – I'll Be Lightning Scribe – Rhymebook Tiki Taane – Past, Present, Future
2008 Te Tino Waiata o te Tau Single of the Year Liam Finn – Gather To The Chapel Shihad – One Will Hear The Other The Phoenix Foundation – Bright Grey Tiki Taane – Always On My Mind
2008 Te Tino Kāhui Manu Taki o te Tau Best Group Shihad – Beautiful Machine The Phoenix Foundation – Happy Ending
2008 Tohu Tutuki o te Ao International Achievement
2008 Tā te Iwi People's Choice Horsemen Family Nesian Mystik Antiform The Defenders
2008 Te Iti Rearea o te Tau Breakthrough Artist of the Year Cut Off Your Hands – Blue On Blue Tiki Taane – Past, Present, Future
2008 Best Classical Album NZTrio – Bright Tide Moving Between Gillian Whitehead – Puhake ki te rangi
2008 Best Country Album Jackie Bristow – Crazy Love The Cattlestops – Back To Rosetta Road
2008 Te Manu Taki Ahurea o te Tau Best Folk Artist Owen Hugh – You & I The Hobnail Boots – The Fortune Horses
2008 Best Urban / Hip Hop Album Mareko – White Sunday 2: The Book Of Mark Young Sid – The Truth
2008 Best Jazz Album The Rodger Fox Big Band – No Exit Norman Meehan – Modigliani
2008 Best Pacific Island Album Three Houses Down -Dreadtown Cydel - Soul Finder
2008 Best Rock Album Liam Finn – I'll Be Lightning The Phoenix Foundation – Happy Ending
2008 Te Taumata o te Pūkenga Oro Best Engineer Tiki Taane & Evan Short – Past, Present, Future (Tiki Taane) Andre Upston – In Swings The Tide (Anika Moa)
2008 Best Video Carey Carter – Tangaroa (Tiki Taane) Joe Lonie – Gather To The Chapel (Liam Finn)
2008 Best Producer Tiki Taane – Past, Present, Future (Tiki Taane) Anika Moa – In Swings The Tide (Anika Moa)
2008 Highest Selling NZ Album Various – Outrageous Fortune: Westside Rules Hollie Smith – Long Player Prince Tui Teka – The Man, The Legend Will Martin – A New World
2008 Highest Selling NZ Single Flight of the Conchords – Distant Future EP OpShop – Maybe The Underdogs – SPCA: A Very Silent Night Horsemen Family feat. Sweet & Irie – Feels Like Magic
2008 Te Taumata o te Horapa Radio Airplay Record of the Year Opshop – One Day Anika Moa – Dreams In My Head Annabel Fay – Strong Brooke Fraser – Shadowfeet
2008 Best Album Cover Liam Finn – I'll Be Lightning (Liam Finn) Tim Gummer – Inland (Michael Houstoun)
2008 Best Aotearoa Roots Album Katchafire – Say What You're Thinking Kora – Kora
2008 Best Dance/Electronica Album Magik Johnson – You Are Sound Shapeshifter – Live
2008 Best Female Solo Artist Aaradhna – Sweet Soul Music Annabel Fay – Annabel Fay
2008 Best Gospel/Christian Album Parachute Band – Roadmaps and Revelations The Ember Days – Your Eyes Light Up
2008 Best Male Solo Artist SJD – SJD Songs From A Dictaphone Tiki Taane – Past, Present, Future
2008 Best Māori Album Moana & the Tribe – Wha Tiki Taane – Past, Present, Future
2008 Legacy Award