The 2020 Pacific Music Awards
Celebrating Pacific Music
Our Pacific Music Awards Trust acknowledge the challenging and uncertain times we are in. Our hearts and thoughts are especially with our Pacific community and music industry as we navigate through this time together. Through the Pacific Music Awards, we want to continue to support our Pacific artists and keep our community connected and look forward to sharing the celebration that is the Pacific Music Awards.
After postponing the event earlier in the year, we are very happy to confirm that the 2020 Pacific Music Awards will take place on:
Wednesday 30 September
BNZ Theatre, Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau
The 2020 awards will celebrate music released by Pacific artists in 2019, acknowledging music in all genres and languages. The majority of the award categories are for our Aotearoa Pacific artists and our Best International Pacific Artist category, allows us to connect with Pacific artists from around the world. We wanted to continue to support our Pacific artists and keep our community connected and look forward to sharing the celebration that is the Pacific Music Awards.
The Pacific Music Awards Trust took on the challenge to announce our 2020 finalists virtually this year, with the online Finalist Announcement for the 2020 Pacific Music Awards, held on Wednesday 29 April. Alongside all the entered categories, the following awards will also be presented:
The voting for the SunPix People’s Choice Award – Best Pacific Artist, took place during NZ Music Month in May. All our 2020 finalists were up for this award, with the winner determined by public vote. It was awesome to see the public support for our 2020 finalists and we received the highest number of votes to date for this award.
The 2020 Pacific Music Awards will be filmed by SunPix, for broadcast as a television special on Tagata Pasifika; and will also be streamed live on the night, so we can connect with our national and international audience.
The Pacific Music Award Trust confirms our commitment to honouring Pacific music, and are looking forward to the ceremony for the 2020 Pacific Music Awards.
Pacific Music Awards Trust
After postponing the event earlier in the year, we are very happy to confirm that the 2020 Pacific Music Awards will take place on:
Wednesday 30 September
BNZ Theatre, Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau
The 2020 awards will celebrate music released by Pacific artists in 2019, acknowledging music in all genres and languages. The majority of the award categories are for our Aotearoa Pacific artists and our Best International Pacific Artist category, allows us to connect with Pacific artists from around the world. We wanted to continue to support our Pacific artists and keep our community connected and look forward to sharing the celebration that is the Pacific Music Awards.
The Pacific Music Awards Trust took on the challenge to announce our 2020 finalists virtually this year, with the online Finalist Announcement for the 2020 Pacific Music Awards, held on Wednesday 29 April. Alongside all the entered categories, the following awards will also be presented:
- Phillip Fuemana Most Promising Pacific Artist
- NZ On Air Radio Airplay Award
- NZ On Air Streaming Award
- SunPix People’s Choice Award – Best Pacific Artist
- Ministry for Pacific Peoples - Special Recognition Award
- Manukau Institute of Technology Lifetime Achievement Award
The voting for the SunPix People’s Choice Award – Best Pacific Artist, took place during NZ Music Month in May. All our 2020 finalists were up for this award, with the winner determined by public vote. It was awesome to see the public support for our 2020 finalists and we received the highest number of votes to date for this award.
The 2020 Pacific Music Awards will be filmed by SunPix, for broadcast as a television special on Tagata Pasifika; and will also be streamed live on the night, so we can connect with our national and international audience.
The Pacific Music Award Trust confirms our commitment to honouring Pacific music, and are looking forward to the ceremony for the 2020 Pacific Music Awards.
Pacific Music Awards Trust