Music Industry News

Entries are now open for the 2025 Aotearoa Children’s Music Awards | Ngā Manu Tīrairaka. If you or an artist you work with released a song, video, or album for kids between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 you/they could be eligible to enter.

To submit an entry for the Recorded Music NZ Te Manu Taki Kerekahu o te Tau | Best Children’s Artist category click HERE

Click here to enter APRA Best Children’s Song | Waiata Tamariki Toa, which is now comprised of two sub-categories:

Preschool – He Manu Pīpī
Primary – He Pī Ka Rere

To enter NZ On Air Best Children’s Music Video | He Manu Tūtei click here

Entries for these categories close at 5pm on Monday 3 March.

Entries for the Kōkako Award for Best Children’s Performance will open in coming weeks. The award is a collaboration between Kiwi Kids Music, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and NZ Opera, and serves to highlight the wonderful performances from the tamariki of Aotearoa.

The Aotearoa Children’s Music Awards | Ngā Manu Tīrairaka are brought to you by APRA AMCOS NZ, Recorded Music NZ, NZ On Air, and Suzy Cato.