Entries now open for the 2025 Aotearoa Children’s Music Awards | Ngā Manu Tīrairaka

Entries for all categories close 5pm Monday 3 March.

We are now welcoming entries for the 2025 Aotearoa Children’s Music Awards | Ngā Manu Tīrairaka. If you released a song, video, or album between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 you could be eligible!

To enter the Recorded Music NZ Te Manu Taki Kerekahu o te Tau | Best Children's Artist category click here. View the eligibility criteria here

Click here to enter APRA Best Children’s Song | Waiata Tamariki Toa:

• Preschool – He Manu Pīpī
• Primary – He Pī Ka Rere

To enter NZ On Air Best Children’s Music Video | He Manu Tūtei click here

Entries for these categories close 5pm Monday 3 March.

Entries for the Kōkako Award for Best Children's Performance will open in coming weeks. The award is a collaboration between Kiwi Kids Music, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and NZ Opera, and serves to highlight the wonderful performances from the tamariki of Aotearoa.

The Aotearoa Children’s Music Awards | Ngā Manu Tīrairaka are brought to you by APRA AMCOS NZ, Recorded Music NZ, NZ On Air, and Suzy Cato.