2016 Te Pukaemi o te Tau Album of the Year Aaradhna – Brown Girl Fat Freddy's Drop – BAYS Hollie Smith – Water Or Gold Tami Neilson – Don't Be Afraid
2016 Te Tino Waiata o te Tau Single of the Year Aaradhna – Brown Girl KINGS – Don't Worry Bout It MAALA – Kind Of Love The Naked and Famous – Higher
2016 Te Tino Kāhui Manu Taki o te Tau Best Group Fat Freddy's Drop – BAYS The Phoenix Foundation – Give Up Your Dreams Sol3 Mio – On Another Note
2016 Te Kaituhura Puoro Toa o te Tau Breakthrough Artist LEISURE – All Over You nomad – Oh My My SACHI – Lunch With Bianca
2016 Alternative The Phoenix Foundation - Give Up Your Dreams Silicon - Personal Computer
2016 Childrens Anna Van Reil - Cooking Up A Storm Peter Weatherall - Lollipop Man
2016 Classical Kenneth Young - Shadows and Light Zephyr - Zephyr
2016 Te Manu Taki Tuawhenua o te Tau Best Country Music Artist Eb & Sparrow – Sun/Son Jody Direen – Breaks Out
2016 Electronic Electric Wire Hustle - Aeons Opiuo - Omniversal
2016 Te Manu Taki Ahurea o te Tau Best Folk Artist Amiria Grenell - Autumn Nadia Reid – Listen To Formation, Look For The Signs
2016 Urban / Hip Hop PNC - The Luke Vailima EP SWIDT - SmokeyGotBeatz Presents SWIDT vs EVERYBODY
2016 Jazz Michael Houstoun and the Rodger Fox Big Band - Concerti Kevin Field - The A List
2016 Pacific Annie Grace - The Journey Sol3 Mio - On Another Note
2016 Pop Avalanche City - We Are For The Wild Places MAALA - Composure
2016 Te Manu Taki Rakapioi o te Tau Rock Beastwars - The Death Of All Things Jordan Luck Band - Not Only But Also
2016 Roots Fat Freddys Drop - BAYS Rob Ruha - Pumau
2016 Te Taumata o te Pūkenga Oro Best Engineer Miller & Phil Yule - Shoot Me In The Heart (Miller Yule) Samuel Flynn Scott & Lee Prebble - Harmony House (Dave Dobbyn)
2016 Music Video Sam Peacocke - Buried By The Burden (Pacific Heights ft: Louis Baker) Simon Oliver - Secret Lives of Furniture (Ha The Unclear)
2016 Producer Devin Abrams - The Stilness (Pacific Heights) Josh Fountain - Composure (MAALA)
2016 Highest Selling NZ Album Six60 - Six60(2) Fat Freddys Drop - BAYS Gin Wigmore - Blood To Bone Sol3 Mio - Sol3 Mio
2016 Highest Selling NZ Single Avalanche City - Inside Out Six60 - Purple Broods - Free Six60 - Special
2016 Radio Airplay Avalanche City - Inside Out Six60 - Stay Together Broods - Free Six60 - Purple
2016 Album Cover Henrietta Harris - Ill Forget 17 (Lontalius) Simon Faisandier - Road To You (ARISE)
2016 International Achievement
2016 Legacy Award
2016 Male Avalanche City - We Are For The Wild Places Dave Dobbyn - Harmony House Lawrence Arabia - Absolute Truth
2016 Most Promising Female Hollie Smith - Water Or Gold Ladyhawke - Wild Things Tami Neilson - Dont Be Afraid
2016 Māori Dennis Marsh - Maori Songbook 2 Kirsten Te Rito - Aiotanga
2016 People's Choice Fat Freddys Drop KINGS MAALA Sol3 Mio
2016 Worship Grace Vinyard Music - Seek You LIFE Worship - By My Spirit