{"id":1973969,"date":"2025-08-22T07:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T07:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1973969"},"modified":"2025-08-22T07:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T07:07:26","slug":"2025-pacific-music-awards-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/2025-pacific-music-awards-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Pacific Music Awards Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"481\">The 2025 Pacific Music Awards winners have been revealed<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"481\">The event took place last night (August 21st) at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau, Auckland, celebrating the 21st year of recognising Pacific musical excellence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"861\">Shane Walker was a standout winner, taking home NZ Music Commission Best Pacific Male Artist, APRA Best Pacific Song for \u201cBelieve\u201d, and the SunPix People\u2019s Choice Award \u2013 Best Pacific Artist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNnV-G-PwpA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"\/>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"861\">Aaradhna received Auckland Council Best Pacific Female Artist for her album <em data-start=\"751\" data-end=\"768\">Sweet Surrender<\/em> and featured on the NZ On Air Streaming Award-winning track \u201cThey Don\u2019t Know\u201d with Savage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1167\">Group A.R.T won FLAVA Best Pacific Group and the NZ On Air Radio Airplay Award for \u201cWhen He Was Mine (Pele Fo\u2019i Mai)\u201d. Brotherhood Musiq received 531pi Best Pacific Gospel Artist for \u201cOpen The Eyes of My Heart\u201d, and Kenzie was named ONErpm Best Pacific Hip Hop Artist for \u201cHold Ya Head\u201d and \u201cQueendom\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1499\">Sam V won RNZ Best Pacific Soul\/RnB Artist and shared MPG Aotearoa \/ SAE Creative Media Institute Best Producer with Astro and EDYONTHEBEAT. Lomez Brown was awarded Pacificast Best Pacific Roots\/Reggae Artist, while The 046 took Niu FM Best International Pacific Artist.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Hibiscus Moon, Love &amp; Justice\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0djil5fCoPp2GnIgsgJKtH?si=QOFboMfvSe6BzJcnHjYU2g&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1771\">Tha Movement won NZ On Air Best Pacific Music Video for \u201cThe Lecture\u201d, and Opetaia Foa\u2019i &amp; Moana 2 Artists received Pacific Media Network Best Pacific Language Award. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/jordyn-with-a-why-maku-ano-song-you-need-to-know-67039\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jordyn with a Why<\/a> won Recorded Music NZ Best Pacific Music Album for <em data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1768\">Hibiscus Moon, Love &amp; Justice<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1773\" data-end=\"2095\">The Phillip Fuemana Award for Most Promising Pacific Artist went to Nelz, and the Creative New Zealand Award was presented posthumously to Chris Ta\u2019aloga Faiumu (Mu). Opetaia Foa\u2019i received the Ministry for Pacific Peoples Lifetime Achievement Award. BLK Entertainment and DJ K-Swizz received special recognition awards.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2327\">Performances included DJ Al\u2019Goodie, Aaradhna, Melodownz, Sam V, Lomez Brown, A.R.T, Myshaan, and Opetaia &amp; Te Vaka Singers. The event also paid tribute to recently deceased Pacific artists George \u2018Fiji\u2019 Veikoso and Chris Faiumu.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2329\" data-end=\"2492\">The Pacific Music Awards Trust confirmed that songs from the Hiva Folau Vaka project will be released later this year, promoting Pacific language revitalisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Pacific Music Awards winners have been revealed The event took place last night (August 21st) at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau, Auckland, celebrating the 21st year of recognising Pacific musical excellence. 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