2005 New Zealand Music Awards

2005 New Zealand Music Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in New Zealand music
Date	5 October 2005
Location	Aotea Centre, Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Reward(s)	Tui award trophy
Website	nzmusicawards.co.nz
Television/radio coverage
Network	C4

The 2005 New Zealand Music Awards took place on 5 October 2005 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland.

Awards and nominees

The 'Lifetime Achievement Award' category was changed to 'Outstanding Contribution to the Growth in NZ Music on Radio'.

One new category was added: 'Best Roots Album'.

The Best Maori Album and Best Gospel / Christian Album categories were not awarded due to insufficient entries.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Multiple winners on the night included Fat Freddy's Drop with five awards.

Key

 †  – Non-technical award

 ‡  – Technical award

Album of the Year†	Single of the Year†
Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story Breaks Co-Op – The Sound Inside Finn Brothers – Everyone Is Here Shihad – Love Is The New Hate The Phoenix Foundation – Pegasus	Breaks Co-Op – "The Otherside" Brooke Fraser – "Arithmetic" Dave Dobbyn – "Welcome Home" Finn Brothers – "Won't Give In" P-Money – "Stop The Music"
Best Group†	Best Male Solo Artist†
Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story Goldenhorse – Out of the Moon Shihad – Love Is The New Hate	P-Money – Magic City Savage – Moonshine SJD – Southern Lights
Best Female Solo Artist†	Breakthrough Artist of the Year†
Yulia – Into the West Debbie Harwood – Soothe Me Jordan Reyne – Passenger	The Checks – What You Heard Dei Hamo – First Edition Tha Feelstyle – Break It to Pieces
Highest Selling NZ Album†	Highest Selling NZ Single†
Yulia – Into the West	Dei Hamo – We Gon Ride
Songwriter of the Year†	Best Rock Album†
Dave Dobbyn – "Welcome Home" Andy Lovegrove, Zane Lowe & Hamish Clark – "The Other Side" (Breaks Co-Op) Brooke Fraser – "Arithmetic"	Shihad – Love is the New Hate Pluto – Pipeline Under The Ocean The D4 – Out of My Head
Best Urban / Hip Hop Album†	Best Dance / Electronica Album†
P-Money – Magic City Savage – Moonshine Tha Feelstyle – Break It To Pieces	Del Rey System – Del Rey System Audiosauce – Contimental Drift Baitercell & Schumacher – The Wall of Bass Technique Mark de Clive-Lowe – Tide's Arising
Best Aotearoa Roots Album†	Best Music Video†
Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story Katchafire – Slow Burning TrinityRoots – Home, Land & Sea	Chris Graham & Dei Hamo – "We Gon Ride" Greg Page & P-Money – "Stop The Music" Reuben Sutherland & The Phoenix Foundation – "Hitchcock"
Peoples Choice Award†	Best Producer‡
Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story P-Money Savage Shihad the feelers	Angus Mcnaughton & Sean Donnelly – Southern Lights (SJD) Lee Prebble – Pegasus (The Phoenix Foundation) Nick Abbott, Luke Tomes & Pluto – Pipeline Under The Ocean (Pluto)
Best Engineer‡	Best Album Cover‡
Angus Mcnaughton – Southern Lights (SJD) Doug Jane – Into The West (Yulia) Nick Abbott & Luke Tomes – Pipeline Under The Ocean (Pluto)	K. Futialo, A. Morton, G. Osborne & A. B. White – Break It To Pieces (Tha Feelstyle) Chris Brunskill – Slow Burning (Katchafire) Tana Mitchell – Contimental Drift (Audiosauce)
Best Classical Album†	Best Maori Album†
Dan Poynton – The Complete Piano Music of Douglas Lilburn, Volume 1 Best Classical Album: Jonathan Lemalu – Opera Arias Tower New Zealand Youth Choir – Gaude/Rejoice	no award
Best Gospel / Christian Album†	Best Country Music Album†
no award	Kylie Harris – Kylie Harris Noel Burns – Special To Me Pat Hannah – Moods & Memories
Best Folk Album†	Best Pacific Music Album†
Bob McNeill – Turn The Diesels John Sutherland – Mealmarket St Hinemoana Baker – puawai	Ardijah – Journey Aniseto Falemoe – Afe O Maila Ole Alofa Ephraim – Moemoea o Avaiki
Best Jazz Album†	International Achievement Award†
The Kevin Clark Trio Live with Guest Artists – The Sandbar Sessions Dan Papirany Trio – Session One Julie Mason Quintet – Estate (Summer)	Evermore Scribe Finn Brothers – Everyone Is Here
Outstanding Contribution to the Growth of NZ Music on Radio†
Camille Guzzwell, David Ridler