The 2008 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards took place on 8 October at the Vector Arena in Auckland. Straitjacket Fits were induced into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The Technical awards took place on 3 September.

Awards and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Multiple winners included Flight of the Concords and Opshop, who each received four awards. ;Key : – Non-technical award : – Technical award

Performances

Performances on the night included the following: * Cut off your Hands * Anika Moa * Tiki Taane * Scribe * Julia Deans, Anika Moa, Lani Purkis and Greta Anderson performed a version of Legacy Award winner Straitjacket Fits' "Fast Women".

References

{{New Zealand Music Awards New Zealand Music Awards

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