2009 Te Pukaemi o te Tau Album of the Year The Mint Chicks – Screens Midnight Youth – The Brave Don't Run Cut Off Your Hands – You & I Fat Freddy's Drop – Dr Boondigga and the Big BW
2009 Te Tino Waiata o te Tau Single of the Year Midnight Youth – All On Our Own P-Money – Everything feat. Vince Harder Smashproof – Brother Kids of 88 – My House
2009 Te Tino Kāhui Manu Taki o te Tau Best Group The Mint Chicks – Screens Fat Freddy's Drop – Dr Boondigga and the Big BW
2009 Tā te Iwi People's Choice Fat Freddy's Drop Ladyhawke Midnight Youth The Black Seeds
2009 Te Iti Rearea o te Tau Breakthrough Artist of the Year Midnight Youth – The Brave Don't Run Smashproof – Brother
2009 Best Classical Album Ogden Trio and NZ Chamber Solo Artistists - Ahi Gareth Farr - Gareth Farr: Tangaroa
2009 Best Urban / Hip Hop Album Smashproof – The Weekend Savage – Savage Island
2009 Best Jazz Album Broadbent Gibson Smith – Together Again Samsom Nacey Haines Trio – Open To Suggestions
2009 Best Rock Album Cut Off Your Hands – You And I The Mint Chicks – Screens
2009 Te Taumata o te Pūkenga Oro Best Engineer Lee Prebble – When The Fever Takes Hold (Spartacus R) Chris Faiumu – Dr Boondigga And The Big BW (Fat Freddy's Drop)
2009 Best Producer Andrew Spraggon – Get It Together (Sola Rosa) Don McGlashan & Sean Donnelly – Marvellous Year (Don McGlashan & The Seven Sisters)
2009 Highest Selling NZ Album Tiki Taane – Past, Present, Future Rob Guest – Rob Guest: 1950-2008 Flight of the Conchords – Flight Of The Conchords The Black Seeds – Solid Ground
2009 Highest Selling NZ Single Tiki Taane – Always On My Mind P-Money feat. Vince Harder – Everything Nesian Mystik – Nesian 101 Nesian Mystik – Mr Mista
2009 Te Taumata o te Horapa Radio Airplay Record of the Year P-Money feat. Vince Harder – Everything Midnight Youth – The Letter Nathan King – Never Too Late Opshop – Big Energy In Little Spaces
2009 Best Album Cover Sam Yong – The Brave Don't Run (Midnight Youth) Otis Frizzell – Dr Boondigga and the Big BW (Fat Freddy's Drop)
2009 Best Aotearoa Roots Album The Woolshed Sessions – The Woolshed Sessions The Black Seeds – The Black Seeds
2009 Best Country Album Kylie Austin – When It Rains Annette & Kim – Something Between Us
2009 Best Dance/Electronica Album Antiform – City In Exile Sola Rosa – Get It Together
2009 Best Female Solo Artist Boh Runga – Right Here Ladi6 – Time Is Not Much
2009 Best Folk Album Hamilton County Bluegrass Band – Way Down South Martin Curtis – Sea to Summit
2009 Best Gospel/Christian Album Mumsdollar – Ruins The Ember Days – EP primalband – Your Way
2009 Best Male Solo Artist Don McGlashan & The Seven Sisters – Marvellous Year Dave Dobbyn – Anotherland
2009 Best Music Video Sam Peacocke – I Can't Stop Being Foolish (The Mint Chicks) Tim Van Dammen – Turn Around feat. Iva Lamkum (Sola Rosa)
2009 Best Pacific Album Ladi6 – Time Is Not Much Angela Afeaki – Tongan Rendezvous
2009 Legacy Award