​ The Pacific Music Awards Trust are dedicated to celebrating Pacific music and are happy to confirm date for the 2025 Pacific Music Awards will be Thursday 21 August.   The awards will return to the Due Drop Events Centre and we will be celebrating our 21st awards event.  Entries for this year's awards will open in March and we are encouraging all our Pacific artists who released music in 2024, to submit their nominations and be part of the awards.
 
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 2024.  All entries need to be submitted online through the official entry system, with the deadline for entries being Tuesday 15 April 2025.
 
For all the information about nominations for the 2025 Pacific Music Awards, including the 2025 PMA Terms & Conditions of Entry, please go to the Entries page on the awards website.  For any questions or assistance with the nomination process, please contact the Trust on:  [email protected] 

Our Trust is looking forward to the time ahead as we prepare for the upcoming awards.  We are grateful for the opportunities and connections music provides us all.   We hope that everyone can be part of the journey and join us for the collective celebration at the 2025 Pacific Music Awards.