The 2024 Mighty Aotearoa Alternative Award Nominees Are Here!
The 2024 Mighty Aotearoa Alternative Award Nominees Are Here!
October 14th, 2024
After much discussion and deliberation, The Student Radio Network (SRN) of Aotearoa New Zealand, in association with NZ On Air, is proud to announce nominees for The Mighty Aotearoa Alternative Awards 2024!
Across the evening, nine National Awards will be presented to very deserving winners throughout the country.
Carefully designed to ensure the widest scope of musicians could be represented, this year’s nine awards and their nominees represent over 100 individuals, without a dollar sign or statistic in sight!
Amongst the following nominees, a colourful cross-section of Aotearoa’s music culture can be seen.
So without further ado, the Student Radio Network of Aotearoa New Zealand, in association with NZ On Air, is delighted to announce the nominees for the following awards:
Te Tōtahi Toa – Favourite Single
Brought to you by Independent Music New Zealand
1. Carb On Carb – 2009
2. Caru & Dera Meelan – See No Evil (feat. Church and deadforest)
3. Death And The Maiden – Leanest Cut
4. Elliot & Vincent – Doberman
5. Geneva AM – T(M)2I
6. JessB – Power (feat. Sister Nancy & Sampa The Great)
7. Recitals – Champion Runner
8. Repairs – Map, Territory
9. SKILAA – Southern Gothic
10. Wiri Donna – The Gold
Te Tohu Hopunga Puoro Rorotu – Favourite EP/Mixtape
Brought to you by Recorded Music New Zealand
1. Aotearoa Artists in Solidarity with Palestine – TAUTOKO GAZA
2. Chances Are – Asleep At The Wheel Of Love
3. Iti Bubbas – IDIOT CHECK
4. Japes – Omen
5. Keepsakes – Lead Popsicle
6. LEAO – TAEAO / MEA UMA
7. Night Lunch – Measure Twice, Cut Once.
8. Patella – Planet Moguana EP
9. Ray Leslie – Fantasy & Future
10. Vera Ellen – heartbreak for jetlag
Te Tohu Kōpae Puoro Rorotu – Favourite Album
Brought to you by APRA AMCOS Music New Zealand
1. Carb On Carb – Take Time
2. Christoph El Truento – Dubs From The Neighbourhood
3. Death And The Maiden – Uneven Ground
4. Fouler – Fouler
5. Fuemana – New Urban Polynesian
6. Hannah Everingham – Siempre Tiene Flores
7. Marlin’s Dreaming – HIRL
8. Mermaidens – Mermaidens
9. Mokotron – THE UNITED TRIBES OF BASS
10. SKILAA – Tiger In The River
Te Tohu Kaipuoro Toa – Favourite Solo Act
Brought to you by Twice The Hype
1. beet-wix
2. Casual Healing
3. Christoph El Truento
4. Jaden Antonio
5. Jim Nothing
6. Keepsakes
7. Mokotron
8. T. G. Shand
9. Te KuraHuia
10. Young Gho$t
Te Rōpū Rorotu – Favourite Group
Brought to you by Tuning Fork & San Fran
1. Carb on Carb
2. Death And The Maiden
3. Earth Tongue
4. G.L.N.C
5. Iti Bubbas
6. LEAO
7. Night Lunch
8. Persimmon
9. PollyHill x Samara Alofa
10. SKILAA
Te Tohu Puoro o te Reo Māori – Favourite Song featuring Te Reo Māori
Brought to you by Te Māngai Pāho
1. Anna Coddington – Mōhou Rā
2. Casual Healing – Mauri Tau
3. Diaz Grimm – Pepeha (feat. Diggy Dupé)
4. Geneva AM – PIKIPIKI (feat. Samara Alofa, Hawkins, Rewi McLay, Mara TK)
5. IA – Kura Huna
6. KOMMI, Infectiouss – Tāiro (feat. Marlon Williams)
7. Lady Shaka – E Tu
8. Mokotron – ŌHĀKĪ
9. Rei – Toitū
10. Te Huhu – Tūrangawaewae
Congratulations to all our nominees! Each and every single one is very well-deserved. But the fun doesn’t stop there, an additional 3 National Awards will be given out on the night, these are:
He Tohu Kahurangi – Outstanding Achievement Award
Brought to you by The New Zealand Music Commission
Te Tohu nā te Marea i Kōwhiri – People’s Choice Award
Brought to you by Three Boys Brewery
Te Tohu o te Tekau o Runga Rerekē o SRN – The 2024 SRN Top 10
Brought to you by Audio Culture
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These awards may be without shortlists, but are no less exciting! Te Tohu nā te Marea i Kōwhiri, the People’s Choice Award, is an opportunity for everyone (AKA, you and your friends) to show support for their favourite artist. He Tohu Kahurangi, the Outstanding Achievement Award, allows us to acknowledge those who love, support, and work in the music industry but aren’t necessarily musicians themselves. And finally, Te Tohu o te Tekau o Runga Rerekē o SRN, our Top 10 of 2024, lets us not forget those catchy tunes we had on repeat!
Unbelievably, the fun doesn’t stop there either! Each of the stations that makes up the SRN have 3 region-specific awards to announce, they are:
95bFM
Te Tohu Tiketike o te Hāpai i a 95bFM – Outstanding Contribution to 95bFM
Brought to you by MOTAT
He Tohu Kahurangi i te Pāhotanga ki a 95bFM – 95bFM’s Outstanding Achievement in Broadcasting
Brought to you by Stardome
Te Waiata Rorotu 2024 ki a 95bFM – 95bFM’s Favourite Song of 2024
Brought to you by Progear
Radio Control
Te Tohu Tiketike o te Hāpai i a Radio Control – Outstanding Contribution to Radio Control
He Tohu Kahurangi i te Pāhotanga ki a Radio Control – Radio Control’s Outstanding Achievement in Broadcasting
Te Waiata Rorotu 2024 ki a Radio Control – Radio Control’s Favourite Song of 2024
Brought to you by Te Tira Ahu Pae
RadioActive
Te Tohu Tiketike o te Hāpai i a RadioActive – Outstanding Contribution to RadioActive
Brought to you by two/fiftyseven
He Tohu Kahurangi i te Pāhotanga ki a RadioActive – RadioActive’s Outstanding Achievement in Broadcasting
Brought to you by Kadima
Te Waiata Rorotu 2024 ki a RadioActive – RadioActive’s Favourite Song of 2024
Brought to you by Choice Bros
RDU
Te Tohu Tiketike o te Hāpai i a RDU – Outstanding Contribution to RDU
Brought to you by UCSA
He Tohu Kahurangi i te Pāhotanga ki a RDU – RDU’s Outstanding Achievement in Broadcasting
Brought to you by UC Media and Communication
Te Waiata Rorotu 2024 ki a RDU – RDU’s Favourite Song of 2024
Brought to you by MAINZ
Radio One
Te Tohu Tiketike o te Hāpai i a Radio One – Outstanding Contribution to Radio One
He Tohu Kahurangi i te Pāhotanga ki a Radio One – Radio One’s Outstanding Achievement in Broadcasting
Te Waiata Rorotu 2024 ki a Radio One – Radio One’s Favourite Song of 2024
Brought to you by OUSA
Every station in this network is blessed with incredibly passionate and dedicated individuals who keep the lights on and the music playing. This network could not have an award ceremony to acknowledge talented and dedicated musicians of Aotearoa without also acknowledging those who volunteer their time and energy to ensuring you hear that music in the first place.
Five student radio stations across the motu make up the SRN Network, representing audiences in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (95bFM), Te Papaioea Palmerston North (Radio Control 99.4FM), Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (RadioActive 88.6FM), Ōtautahi Christchurch (RDU 98.5FM), and Ōtepoti Dunedin (Radio One 91FM).
The event will be streamed live and simulcast on all five SRN stations across Aotearoa New Zealand. The main ceremony will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch by RDU 98.5FM at the Milton Street Substation.
These awards are brought to you with support from our Principle Sponsor, NZ On Air. Much like the SRN, their mandate is to support a range of quality New Zealand music to be made available and discoverable, so a variety of New Zealand audiences listen to, discover and enjoy music.
The awards will kick off at 7pm, Saturday 2nd November, and can be watched live via the SRN website, srn.nz.
There will be regional watch parties in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (95bFM), Te Papaioea Palmerston North (Radio Control), Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (RadioActive 88.6FM), and Ōtepoti Dunedin (Radio One 91FM).