Aotearoa Music Award for Best Māori Artist

Best Māori Artist (Māori: Te Manu Taki Māori o te Tau) is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand music artists for outstanding recordings which reflect a unique Māori identity and/or are an expression of an artist's Māori culture. The nominated work can be in te reo Māori, English or be bilingual.[1] The award is presented annually at the New Zealand Music Awards where the winner receives a Tui trophy.

The award was established in 1992 as Best Māori Album, however it was soon criticised for being too broad. The category was withdrawn in 1994 and 1995, and relaunched in 1996 as two separate categories: Best Mana Māori Album (for albums from Māori artists) and Best Mana Reo Album (for Māori language albums). From 2004, the award reverted to only the Best Māori Album category.[2] In 2017 the award was changed to Best Māori Artist with the entry criteria changed to require either an album or a minimum of five single releases in the eligibility period. [3] The award was not presented in 2005, 2009 and 2010 due to insufficient entries.

At the 2015 ceremony, the presentation of the Best Māori Album award was not shown in the live broadcast, as the network cut to an ad break, resulting in complaints from viewers and musicians.[4]

Recipients

Best Māori Album (1992 to 1993)

Year Winner Album Other finalists Ref.
1992 Moana and the Moahunters AEIOU
  • John Rowles – E Te Tamaiti
  • The Whanau Funksters – Funky Whanau Feeling
 [5]
1993 Southside of Bombay All Across the World [6]
1994 No award presented [7]
1995 No award presented [8]

Best Mana Māori Album & Best Reo Māori Album (1996 to 2003)

Year Award Winner Album Other finalists Ref.
1996 Best Mana Māori Album Southside of Bombay with Mina Ripia "Kia Mau" [9]
Best Mana Reo Album Southside of Bombay with Mina Ripia "Kia Mau"
1997 Best Mana Māori Album Emma Paki Oxygen of Love [10]
Best Mana Reo Album St Joseph's Māori Girls' College He Koha Waiata – A Gift of Song
  • Te Kura Tuatahi Me Te Ropu Kapahaka O Ranana – Te Wainui A Rua
  • Turakina Māori Girls College – Mana Wahine
1998 Best Mana Māori Album Te Matapihi Te Matapihi
  • Māori Volcanics – Kia Ora
  • Dam Native – Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted
 [11]
Best Mana Reo Album St Joseph's Māori Girls' College E Hine
  • The Willie Matthews Quartet – A Treasury of Māori Songs
  • Nga Kura O Hananah – Nga Kura O Hananah
1999 Best Mana Māori Album Moana and the Moahunters Rua
  • Hori Chapman – Toku Reo
  • Waihirere Māori Club – Waihirere: National Champions
  • Ngati Rangiwewehi – Wairua: Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
 [12]
Best Mana Reo Album Traditional Waiata He Waiata Onemata (Songs From the Past)
  • Ngati Rangiwewehi – Wairua: Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
  • Moana and the Moahunters – Rua
  • Waihirere Māori Club – Waihirere National Champions
2000 Best Mana Māori Album Southside of Bombay Live In Aotearoa
  • Maisey Rika – 20 Favourite Māori Songs
  • Hato Paora College – Hato Paora: 50 Years On
 [13]
Best Mana Reo Album Iwi Iwi
  • Maisey Rika – 20 Favourite Māori Songs
  • Hato Paora College – Hato Paora: 50 Years On
  • He Taonga Reo – Tahi/Rua
2001 Best Mana Māori Album Wai Wai 100%
  • Ruia & Ranea – Whare Māori
  • Big Belly Woman – Dance with the Wind
 [14]
Best Mana Reo Album Whirimako Black Shrouded in The Mist/Hinepukohurangi
  • Ruia & Ranea – Whare Māori
  • Wai – Wai 100%
2002 Best Mana Māori Album Rangiatea Rangiatea Concert Party
  • Ruia and Ranea – Waiata of Bob Marley
  • Te Ati Kimihia – Te Ati Kimihia and the Children of Tane
 [15]
Best Mana Reo Album Ruia and Ranea Waiata of Bob Marley
  • Brannigan Kaa – Taputapu
  • T-Sistaz – Whakamanahia
2003 Best Mana Māori Album Upper Hutt Posse Te Reo Māori Remixes
  • Soul Paua – Pohewa
  • Mahinarangi Tocker – Hei Ha
 [16]
Best Mana Reo Album Ngahiwi Apanui E Tau Nei
  • Hareruia Aperama – Waiata of Bob Marley Vol 2
  • Adam Whauwhau – He Hua O Roto

Best Māori Album (2004 to 2016)

Year Winner Album Other finalists Ref.
2004 Ruia Hawaiki [17]
2005 No award presented [18]
2006 Te Reotakiwa Dunn Te Reotakiwa Dunn
  • Mahara Tocker – Hurricane's Eye
  • Rodger Cunningham – Toto
 [19]
2007 Richard Nunns & Hirini Melbourne Te Whaiao: Te Ku Te Whe Remixed
  • Adam Whauwhau – Tukuna Mai
  • Toi Hautu – Na Te Atua
 [20]
2008 Ruia 12:24 Tekau Ma Rua – Rua Tekau Ma Wha [21]
2009 No award presented [22]
2010 No award presented [23]
2011 Tiki Taane In the World of Light
  • Miss Black – Black Light
  • Wai – Ora
 [24]
2012 Ria Hall Ria Hall [25]
2013 Maisey Rika Whitiora
  • Kirsten Te Rito – Te Rito
  • Ngatapa Black – I Muri Ahiahi
2014 Rob Ruha Tiki Tapu
  • House of Shem – Harmony
  • Tama Waipara – Fill up the Silence
 [26]
2015 Ranea Tihei Mauri Ora
  • Whaia and the Mahician – Whaia
  • Moana and the Tribe – Rima
 [27]
2016 Rob Ruha Pumau
  • Kirsten Te Rito – Aiotanga
  • Dennis Marsh – Māori Songbook 2
 [28]

Best Māori Artist (2017 to present)

Year Winner Other finalists Ref.
2017 Teeks [29]
2018 Troy Kingi
2019 Troy Kingi & The Upperclass – Holy Colony Burning Acres
2020 Maimoa – Rongomaiwhiti
2021 Teeks
2022 Ka Hao – Ka Hao: One Tira / One Voice
2023 No awards held
2024 TAWAZ
2025 Stan Walker

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