The 2024 Pacific Music Awards will be the 20th awards ceremony held. The Pacific Music Awards Trust are proud to have reached the 20th anniversary and to have been celebrating Pacific music and honouring Pacific artists for two decades. The Trust acknowledges this is a significant milestone for the Pacific music community and are planning a very special awards ceremony, which will be held on Thursday 29 August, at the Due Drop Events Centre, Manukau, Auckland.
Reaching the 20th anniversary signals the importance and growth of the Pacific music community. To honour the 20th year, the Pacific Music Awards Trust, through their Tautua Programme, will host events throughout the year in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, to celebrate and connect with communities around Aotearoa. The Trust also has plans for a signature music project, supporting new original songs in Pacific languages.
The awards journey begins with the entry process and entries for the 2024 Pacific Music Award are now open. All entries need to be submitted online through the official entry system, with the deadline for entries being Friday 26 April 2024.
All Pacific Music Awards entries are submitted online. Local Pacific artists, i.e. New Zealand citizens/residents, can be nominated for all the entered award categories except for the Best International Pacific Artist Award, which is open to Pacific artists from overseas. The recordings eligible for entry, can be singles, EPs or albums that have been released during the last year, i.e. between 1 January – 31 December 2023. For all the information about nominations for the 2024 Pacific Music Awards, including the 2024 PMA Terms & Conditions of Entry, please go to the Entries page on the awards website.
If you have any questions about the Pacific Music Awards or the nomination process, please contact the Trust on: pacificmusicawardstrust@gmail.com
The Trust are encouraging everyone to celebrate and honour Pacific music this year – past, present and future. The Trust also looks forward to sharing the 20th anniversary celebration of Pacific music and the 2024 Pacific Music Awards with the Pacific music community, family, friends and the music industry.
Pacific Music Awards Trust