CATEGORY 1 - AIR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

1a - Best Music Breakfast Host or Hosts – Metropolitan

Finalists    
Simon Barnett & Gary McCormick  Si & Gary, More FM Canterbury
Polly Gillespie & Grant Kereama, The ZM Morning Crew, ZM Network

WINNER  - Roger Farrelly, Simon Doull, Leah Panapa & Paul Ego    The Morning Rumble    The Rock

1b - Best Music Breakfast Host or Hosts  - Regional

Finalists     
Mark McCarron    Mark McCarron in the Morning   Hawkes Bay More FM
Mike West   Mike West in the Morning   More FM Manawatu
Brian Kelly   BK and the Morning Team   Classic Hits Tauranga

WINNER - Mark Bunting   Bunting in the Morning    Classic Hits Waikato

1c - Best Non-Breakfast Host or Hosts - Metropolitan

Finalists     
Mike Hosking   Saturday Morning with Mike Hosking  Newstalk ZB
Bryce Casey   The Bryce Casey Radio Show   The Rock
Paul Henry   Paul Henry Live     Radio Live Network

WINNER - Robert Taylor & Jono Pryor Robert & Jono     The Rock

1d - Best Non-Breakfast Host or Hosts - Regional

Finalists     
Sam Robson   Sam Robsons Drive Show   More FM Taranaki
Tania Burgess   Tania Burgess 10 - 3    More FM Manawatu 
Glen Stuart   Glen Stuart Drive    More FM Dunedin

WINNER- Katrina Smith   Katrina Smith 10 - 2    More FM Nelson

1e - Best On-Air Team or Individual Air Personality - Provincial

Finalists     
Craig “Bundy” Hanford  Bundy for Breakfast    Kapiti’s More FM
Andrew Leiataua  Andrew Leiataua Breakfast Show  Taupo’s More FM

WINNER - Richard Dryden   Richard Dryden for Breakfast    Classic Hits Gisborne

1f - Best Talk or Current Affairs Host or Hosts – All Markets

Finalists     
Jim Mora   Afternoons with Jim Mora   Radio New Zealand National
Paul Henry   Paul Henry Live     Radio Live Network

WINNER - Paul Holmes   Paul Holmes Breakfast    Newstalk ZB

 

CATEGORY 2 - BEST NEWS

2a - Best Newsreader

Finalists          
Hilary Barry         More FM
Nicola Wright         Radio New Zealand

WINNER - Hewitt Humphrey        Radio New Zealand

2b - Best Coverage of a News Story

Finalists    
RNZ Team    Folole Muliaga Death    Radio New Zealand
Lesley Deverall   Gisborne Earthquake    Newstalk ZB

WINNER - RNZ Team   Police Raids     Radio New Zealand

2c - Individual Radio Journalist of the Year

Finalists          
Monique Devereux        Radio New Zealand
Andrea Blackshaw        Newstalk ZB Wellington

WINNER - Matthew Farrell         Radio New Zealand

 

CATEGORY 3 – BEST SPORTS

3a – Best Presenters

Finalists    
D’Arcy Waldegrave  Afternoon Sport with D’Arcy Waldegrave  Radio Sport
Lesley Murdoch   The All Sports Breakfast    Newstalk ZB Christchurch

WINNER - Murray Deaker   Scoreboard/Sportstalk with Murray Deaker Newstalk ZB

3b – Best Commentator

Finalists          
Matt Gunn         Radio Sport
Bryan Waddle         Radio Sport

WINNER - Allen McLaughlin        Radio Sport

3c – Best Story/Event – Team Coverage

Finalists     
Malcolm Jordan   Netball World Champs    Radio Sport
Brian Ashby & Tim Dyer   25th Anniversary Speights Coast to Coast  Newstalk ZB Christchurch

WINNER - Chris Forster    Calamity in Cardiff - The All Blacks World Cup Demise  Radio Live

CATEGORY 4 - BEST NEW BROADCASTER

Finalists          
Peter Marsden         Flava, TRN
Estelle Clifford         More FM Northland

WINNER - Nadine Chalmers-Ross        Radio New Zealand

 

CATEGORY 5 – BEST SPOKEN PROGRAMMES
 
5a - Best Documentary or Feature Programme

Finalists    
Adrienne Baron    Winnaretta Singer; La Princesse de Polignac Radio New Zealand Concert
Philippa Tolley   Tokelau; Insight     Radio New Zealand National

WINNER - John Joyce    Top 70 Jazz Hits    Coast Access Radio

5b(i) - Best Daily or Weekly Series of under an hour’s duration

Finalists    
Deborah Nation   Spectrum; Breaksea Girl    Radio New Zealand
Don Wiseman & 
Tagata o Te Moana  Tagata o Te Moana    Radio New Zealand International

WINNER - Michael Parsons  Composer of the Week; Kurtag   Radio New Zealand Concert

5b(ii) - Best Daily or Weekly Series of one hour or more duration

Finalists    
Mark Cubey   Saturday Morning with Kim Hill   Radio New Zealand National
Simon Morton & Richard Scott This Way Up     Radio New Zealand National
Jim Sullivan   Sounds Historical    Radio New Zealand National

WINNER - Martin Gibson   Morning Report     Radio New Zealand National

5c - Best Dramatic Production

Finalists    
Ross Jolly   Potiki’s Memory of Stone   Radio New Zealand National
Adam Macaulay   Straight Man     Radio New Zealand National

WINNER - Prue Langbein   King and Country    Radio New Zealand National

 

CATEGORY 6 - BEST NZ PRODUCED MUSICAL PROGRAMME

6a - Best Music Feature

Finalists    
Tim Dodd   Doctor Big Man     Radio New Zealand Concert
Irene Crawford, Ana Hassel,  
Marama Papau, Irena Smith, Te Puutake Youth Radio Show    
Te Awanui Reeder  - Episode 41     Stretchmark Productions

WINNER - Tim Roxborogh & Ronald Lapread   All About Soul     Easy Mix, TRN

6b - Best Recorded Live Music Event

Finalists    
Andre Upston   Dudley Benson Live at St Matthews  Radio New Zealand National
Andre Upston   Don McGlashan & Seven Sisters Live at Womad Radio New Zealand National

WINNER - David McCaw    NZSO 60th Anniversary Concert   Radio New Zealand Concert

 

CATEGORY 7 - BEST ETHNIC AND ACCESS PROGRAMME

7a – Best Non-English or Non-Maori Language Programme

Finalists    
Gina & Mark Culpan  Voices of Brazil     Community Radio Hamilton
Armritpal Singh &
Ritcha Srinivasan   Radio India     Plains FM

WINNER - Luis Urzua & Mauricio Castro  Candela     Community Radio Hamilton

7b – Best Spoken Programme

Finalists    
Greenmeadows School   Schools Out     Radio Kidnappers
Paul Featherstone   Out of the Glow     Plains FM

WINNER - Joanna Cobley    The Museum Detective    Plains FM

7c – Best Music Programme

Finalists   
Terry Shore    Terry’s Songwriters Show; Hinemoana Baker Wellington Access Radio
Nate Taiapa   The Blues Room    Community Radio Hamilton

WINNER - Leopold Bloom    Sounds of the Planet; Womad NZ 2007  Fresh FM Nelson

 

CATEGORY 8 – BEST RADIO COMMERCIAL

8a – Best Single Commercial – Creative

Finalists    
Dezley Davidson   “I Smoke”- Quit Line    Something Radio, Radioworks 
Dezley Davidson   “I Love The Beach” - SPCA   Something Radio, Radioworks

WINNER - Darin To’o  “Rocky” - Embassy Theatre   TRN Wellington

8b – Best Jingle Or Jingle Package

Finalists    
Tom Davidson    Jacqui       Something Radio
Gareth Curtis & Neil Jenkins  The Mad Butcher    Stooges Studio

WINNER - Gareth Curtis & Kelvin Crickett A Women’s Touch    Stooges Studio

 8c – Best Single Commercial – Effectiveness

Finalists    
Dezley Davidson   Nana - Traffic Systems    Something Radio, Radioworks
Schroeder Evans   Rangitikei 24/7 - McDonalds   Radioworks Manawatu

WINNER - Alastair Barran   Keeps the Pricks on the Outside-Cactus Security Radioworks Rotorua

8d – Best Commercial Campaign

Finalists    
Dezley Davidson   Traffic Systems     Something Radio, Radioworks
Darin To’o   Its Bigger At The Embassy   TRN Wellington

WINNER - Miranda Gregg    The Girls     TRN Wellington

CATEGORY 9 - BEST PROMOTION

9a – Best Promotion of a Radio Station – Networks

Finalists    
Kristy Craig   7:20 Sin Bin     The Rock
Kate McGowan    The Christina Cancellation Party   ZM

WINNER - Stacy Taylor, Kim Summerville, Leon Wratt & Amanda Midgley Three Strangers & A Wedding   The Edge

9b – Best Promotion of a Radio Station – Individual Station

Finalists    
Tracy Chambers   The Big OE     Radioworks Otago
Vaughan Hobbs & 
Tiffany Montgomery   Maternity Leave     More FM Auckland

WINNER - Trudy Godwin   More FM’s Carters Cranford House Challenge Radioworks Hawkes Bay

9c – Best Client Promotion

Finalists    
Nichola Maclean   Bathroom Idol     The Radio Network Tauranga
Leanne Hutchinson, 
Mark Woods & Linda Smeele Speights; The Great Beer Delivery   ZM, Radio Hauraki, TRB

WINNER - Leanne Hutchinson & Cam Bisley    0800 New Cops     ZM

9d – Best Promotional Trailer

Finalists    
Tom Cross    Celebrity Cash Call    More FM
Aaron Watkinson   Movember National Anthem   The Rock

WINNER - Chris Nicoll    Live Rent Free     ZM

 

CATEGORY 10 - PROGRAMMER OF THE YEAR

Finalists          
Brad King         The Rock Network
Richard Jones         Radioworks Northland

WINNER - Christian Boston        ZM Network

 

CATEGORY 11 - SALES PERSON OF THE YEAR

11a – Best Sales Person - Metropolitan

Finalists          
Jac Kluts         The Radio Bureau
Linda Smeele         The Radio Bureau

WINNER - Murray Hale         RadioWorks Canterbury

11b – Best Sales Person – Regional/Provincial

Finalists           
Chris Beach         RadioWorks Bay of Plenty
Russell Duncan         The Radio Network Nelson

WINNER - Sarah Derecourt        RadioWorks Nelson

CATEGORY 12 - BEST TECHNICAL PRODUCTION

12a - Station Imaging

Finalists    
Grant Brodie   The Edge Station Sound    The Edge
Chris Nicoll    ZM Network Imaging    ZM

 WINNER - Grant Brodie   The Rock Station Sound    The Rock

12b - Commercial Production

Finalists    
Gareth Curtis    A Woman’s Touch    Stooges Studio
Alan Larsen     “Ladies Night” - The Frog   The Radio Network Christchurch

WINNER - Gareth Curtis    Complex Engineering    Stooges Studio

12c - Studio or O.B Recording

Finalists    
Graham Kennedy   NZSO 60th Anniversary Concert   Radio New Zealand Concert 
Andre Upston    Don McGlashan & Seven Sisters Live at Womad Radio New Zealand National

WINNER - Andre Upston - Dudley Benson Live at St Matthew in the City Radio New Zealand National

 

CATEGORY 13 - ASSOCIATED CRAFT AWARD

Finalists          
Phillipa Stiebel         The Radio Bureau
Melanie Read         The Radio Network
James Pettigrew        The Radio Network, Engineering

WINNER - Sarah Catran         ZM & Flava Sales

 

CATEGORY 14 - OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS

14a – One-Off Community Campaign

Finalists    
Cindy Davies    More FM’s Charity House   More FM Dunedin
Kristy Craig    Movember     The Rock

WINNER - Trudy Godwin    More FM’s Carters Cranford House Challenge Radioworks Hawkes Bay

14b – Extended Campaign or Contribution

Finalists           
Anna McGovern         Times FM 89.9 Radioworks
Jac Dinnan, Phillipa Pattison, Jos Preston      More FM Nelson

WINNER - Cindy Davies         More FM Dunedin

 

CATEGORY 15 - BEST MAORI LANGUAGE BROADCAST

Finalists    
Irena Smith   Te Puutake Youth Radio Show   Stretchmark Productions
Aubrey Gibson    Pakiwaitara Series 2007; Te Kotuku  Turanga FM

WINNER - Aubrey Gibson    Pakiwaitara Series 2007; Te Kotuku  Turanga FM

 

CATEGORY 17 – OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO RADIO

Paul Homes          Newstalk ZB

 

CATEGORY 18 - STATION OF THE YEAR

18a - Metropolitan

Finalists    
The Rock   Programme Director, Brad King 
Radio New Zealand National

WINNER - ZM Auckland   Programme Director, Christian Boston

18b - Regional

Finalists 
More FM Northland  General Manager, Mereana Hawthorn
More FM Nelson  General Manager, Phillipa Pattison

 WINNER - More FM Manawatu  General Manager, Willie Furnell

18c - Provincial

Finalists 
92.5 ZEFM Classic Hits  Station Manager, Kerry Treymane
More FM Taupo   General Manager, Penny Lyons

WINNER - One Double X   General Manager, Glenn Smith