 Media release: April 2023 The Pacific Music Awards Trust is dedicated to celebrating Pacific music and honouring our Pacific artists, with the annual Pacific Music Awards. We are happy to announce that the 2023 Pacific Music Awards will be held on Wednesday 9 August, at the Due Drop Events Centre. Holding tight to the memories of unity and family, when we returned to a live awards ceremony last year. The happiness in the room affirmed to us how important it is to gather as a community and to celebrate. We are so motivated and excited to be working towards the 19th awards ceremony. It takes all of us, as an extended family, as a collective community, to bring the awards to life each year. The Trust wishes to sincerely thank all our artists, families, audience, sponsors, funders and the team that work on the awards event, for their support for the Pacific Music Awards. The journey to the awards ceremony, begins with the entry process and we are happy to confirm that entries for the 2023 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 5 May 2023. 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 year of 1 January – 31 December 2022. For all the information about nominations for the 2023 Pacific Music Awards, including the 2023 PMA Terms & Conditions of Entry, please go to the Entries page on the awards website. The entered categories for the 2023 Pacific Music Awards are as follows:
The Pacific Music Awards Trust are also continuing their Tautua Programme, to provide support to Pacific artists. Our last two activities were the PMA OMAC Showcase and Music in Park Favona events, which were awesome live events featuring our PMA artists. Priorities for the year ahead are partnerships, mentoring and live showcases. Thank you to everyone who contributes and supports this programme. If you have any questions about the awards or the nomination process for entries, please contact the Trust on: pacificmusicawardstrust@gmail.com We look forward to providing more details with you over the next coming months and sharing the celebration of Pacific music, that is the 2023 Pacific Music Awards. Save the date of Wednesday 9 August 2023! Issued by the Pacific Music Awards Trust
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PMA Music in Parks - Favona The Pacific Music Awards Trust is very happy and proud to present our first showcase of the year, hosting the Music in Parks Favona event with Auckland Council. This will be on: Sunday 19 March 1 – 4pm Boggust Park Lenore Road, Favona, Auckland. Celebrating all things Pacific music, the PMA Music in Parks event will showcase previous PMA winners alongside up and coming artists: Diggy Dupé, TJ Taotua, Razé, Junior Soqeta, Heiressofthegame, and Dmoney Da Don. With support from DJ AlGoodie and MCs GiantKilla and Queen Shirle. The event will continue our 2022PMA theme of: Connection, Collaboration, Community. Huge thanks to Auckland Council for this opportunity to celebrate Pacific music with our communities. As the 2022 event was cancelled, this will only be the second time the PMAs have presented a Music in Parks event with Auckland Council. We appreciate the opportunity for this live performance showcase and extend a sincere thank you to Auckland Council for their support. The Trust also contributes to the showcase through its Tautua Programme. The Trust is grateful to have this chance to further celebrate our PMA artists and to provide our community with an amazing live showcase. We know this day can provide some light and love through music – we hope you can join us! #celebratingpacificmusic http://www.musicinparks.co.nz/events/  Media release 4 August 2022 An evening of celebration at the 2022 Pacific Music Awards Pacific musicians recognised at in-person awards ceremony in Manukau, Auckland This evening the Pacific music community was celebrated at the 2022 Pacific Music Awards at the Vodafone Event Centre in Manukau, Auckland. Onehunga-based hip hop crew SWIDT took out three awards for Flava Best Pacific Group, Base FM & Island Base Best Pacific Hip Hop Artist and APRA Best Pacific Song for ‘Kelz Garage’, written by Daniel Latu, Amon McGoram, Isaiah Libeau, Lomez Brown, and Samuel Verlinden. Fellow artist Kings was named for NZ Music Comission Best Pacific Male Artist, and received both the NZ On Air Radio Airplay Award and NZ On Air Streaming Award for his track ‘Help Me Out’ featuring Sons of Zion. Barbecue favourites Tomorrow People were honoured with One Love Best Pacific Roots/Reggae Artist as well as the Recorded Music Te Pukaemi Toa o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa | Best Pacific Music Album for their album 21. For their work on The Panthers OST, Diggy Dupé, choicevaughan & P. Smith were recognised with the MPG/SAE Best Producer award. Furthermore, the song ‘Ain't The Same’ featuring Melodownz & Summer Vaha'akolo won NZ On Air Best Pacific Music Video and was directed by Tom Hern and Timēna Apa. Several first time finalists won their respective categories as well. Anthem were recognised with 531pi Best Pacific Gospel Artist, while Sam V and Lisi were awarded Best Pacific Soul/RnB Artist and Niu FM Best International Pacific Artist respectively. Auckland Council Best Pacific Female Artist was awarded to Emily Muli, while Kas Futialo received the award for SunPix Best Pacific Language for the album Grandmasta Kas. Sibling outfit Samson Squad were the crowd favourites, taking out SunPix People’s Choice Award for Best Pacific Artist, while newcomer Jarna was awarded the Phillip Fuemana Award for Most Promising Pacific Artist. Receiving the first Creative New Zealand Awards are Shepherds Reign, recognising their contributions to the Pacific music scene and to help further the impact of their art. The inaugural Arch Angel Independent Artist Award was presented to lilbubblegum to support his burgeoning career, after his breakout hit ‘af1s’ went viral last year - reaching over 20 million Spotify streams. There were three recipients of this year’s Ministry for Pacific People’s Special Recognition Award – Ngaire Fuata, Tagata Pasifika and Niu FM – Pacific Media Network. All three deserve to be celebrated for the impact they’ve made on the local Pacific community in Aotearoa.Finally, Fa’anana Jerome Grey was selected as the 2022 recipient of the Manukau Institute of Technology Te Pukenga Lifetime Achievement Award. Grey’s iconic song ‘We Are Samoa’ became the unofficial anthem of the country, and his legacy was celebrated through a tribute performance by Brotherhood Musiq and Resonate. Pacific Music Awards Trust spokesperson Rev. Mua Strickson-Pua says: “2022 Pacific Music Awards bares testimony to Ene tolonga [Tonga] Kena ivakaraitaki [Fiji] Maufetuuna'i [Samoa] Te Pakari [Maori Aotearoa] Resilience return to live music live audience honouring and celebrating our Pacific artists and industry. “Mindful of our Kaupapa themes of Connections, Collaboration and Community Pasifika music soundtracks of our people and this recent COVID19 reality come history. Pasifika Music Pasifika Artists Pasifika nations honoured and celebrated 2022 Pasifika Music Awards manuia.” Event Producer Petrina Togi-Sa’ena says: “We are grateful and so thankful that we could return with a live event this year for the Pacific Music Awards. This gave us the opportunity to gather together as an extended family and as a community, to collectively celebrate Pacific music together. “With more award categories and a full show of amazing live performances, it was such a wonderful uplifting night. Huge thanks to our sponsors, funders, supporters and the team that work so hard to make the awards event possible. Congratulations to all the finalists, winners and award recipients – we are so proud of you all!” Alongside the celebration of Pacific musicians, there were several live performances from finalists and winners alike including House of Misfits, Kings, Mo. Etc, Sam V, SWIDT and Tomorrow People. 2022 Pacific Music Awards winners: Auckland Council Best Pacific Female Artist:
Best Pacific Soul/RnB Artist:
Issued for the Pacific Music Awards by Pead About the Pacific Music Awards: In 2004 the Pacific Music Awards Committee (PMAC) was formed to realise a vision and the inaugural Pacific Music Awards debuted at Pasifika Festival in March 2005. Encouraged by the success of the awards the PMAC set about developing an annual event as a significant highlight of the New Zealand music industry calendar. The awards committee formed a Charitable Trust to organise and host the awards, and are driven by a simple core objective: to create and manage an event that acknowledges the success of Pacific artists, celebrates and promotes excellence in Pacific music and encourages young Pacific musicians to aspire to a higher level of achievement. Contact: Adam Warin, Pead | 021 029 01388 | adam.warin@pead.co.nz Media release
25 July 2022 Pacific Music Awards Lifetime Achievement awarded to Fa'anana Jerome Grey Pacific Music Awards live event returns 4th August, tickets available Iconic Samoan singer-songwriter Fa'anana Jerome Grey will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2022 Pacific Music Awards in August. Grey’s iconic song ‘We Are Samoa’ became the unofficial anthem of the country, penned while Grey was homesick while travelling through Alaska in the late 1970s. The song sent shockwaves through the industry and propelled Grey to stardom, including performing for former US President Jimmy Carter and Congress in 1980. Prior to this, Grey worked with fellow musicians Seminary Uesele and Harry Sinapi, recording as a trio known as the Samoan Three. Established in 1971, the Samoan Three covered contemporary songs by artists like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole and Sammy Davis. The grouip were notable for their cultural versatility, singing songs in a variety of languages including Spanish, Latin, Hawaiian, Tahitian and Fijian. A stalward of Pacific music, Grey’s impact and legacy can be felt across the culture. His unique style pushed the boundaries and broke through an invisible barrier of what traditional music composition and entertainment across the Pacific was at that time. New Pacific artists like Sol3 Mio, The Katinas, Lapi Mariner, Jamoa Jam, and Kapono Beamer were inspired by his work, with many of them recording covers of his original compositions. In 2021 he was named Polynesia’s Artist of the Decade by the Asia Pacific Cultural Center in Tacoma, Washington. Pacific Music Awards Trust spokesperson Rev. Mua Strickson-Pua says: “Fa'anana Jerome Grey continues our Te Moana Niu A Kiwa South Pacific musical tradition for our Pacific urban migration Diaspora generation for thousands of Samoans globally born away from our beloved Samoa. “Jerome has provided us with a Samoan musical compass linking us to our Alofa of being Samoan, our Alofa for Samoa and our Alofa for Atua God Tupuaga ancestors showing us the way home. “Fa'anana epitimises that Pacific composer who musically tells our Pacific stories Tala Fa'asolopito history, our Malaga journey, and our Tauivi struggles. He tells his love for Samoa, his love for the people of Samoa and in return we the Samoans around the world sing his Pese song in unison ‘We Are Samoa’." “The Pacific Music Awards Trust humbly announces Fa'anana Jerome Grey as the Manukau Institute of Technology Lifetime Achievement recipient. Fa'avae i le Atua Samoa.” Grey’s legacy will be celebrated at the Pacific Music Awards this August, with a special tribute performance created to honour his impact on the Pacific music scene." Tickets available for 2022 Pacific Music Awards After a challenging two years for the awards, artists and industry, the Pacific Music Awards are returning to a live awards event – Thursday 4th August at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau, Auckland. Alongside the presentation of the awards, there will be live performances from House of Misfits, Kings, Mo. Etc, Sam V, SWIDT and Tomorrow People. Tickets are $25 and are available through the Eventfinda website. Announcing the new Creative New Zealand Award The Pacific Music Awards Trust are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Creative New Zealand, to support Pacific artists, introducing the Creative New Zealand Award to the Pacific Music Awards. The award comes under Creative New Zealand’s Pacific Arts Strategy 2018-2023 and the recipient will be announced at the 2022 Pacific Music Awards. New sponsor for Best Producer category The Trust also welcomes new sponsors, the Music Producers Guild NZ Aotearoa (MPG) and SAE institute (SAE), for the Best Producer Award. MPG and SAE are providing a prize package to the winner of the award and will work with the Pacific Music Awards Trust to provide support for producers. Kings and Pacific Music Awards Trust partner up to support independent artists The Trust is also working with local artist Kings (founder and CEO of Arch Angel Records) to introduce support for independent artists. Arch Angel Records will be presenting the ‘Arch Angel Independent Music Award’. CEO Kings says: “Arch Angel Records acknowledges the amazing work the Pacific Music Awardshas done within the music industry and would love to participate in celebrating and honoring the vast amounts of talent within the Pacific community.” ENDS Issued for the Pacific Music Awards by Pead About the Pacific Music Awards: In 2004 the Pacific Music Awards Committee (PMAC) was formed to realise a vision and the inaugural Pacific Music Awards debuted at Pasifika Festival in March 2005. Encouraged by the success of the awards the PMAC set about developing an annual event as a significant highlight of the New Zealand music industry calendar. The awards committee formed a Charitable Trust to organise and host the awards, and are driven by a simple core objective: to create and manage an event that acknowledges the success of Pacific artists, celebrates and promotes excellence in Pacific music and encourages young Pacific musicians to aspire to a higher level of achievement. Contact: Adam Warin, Pead | 021 029 01388 | adam.warin@pead.co.nz |
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