The 2021 Aotearoa Music Awards was the 56th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical recording artists based in or originating from

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. The ceremony took place on 17 December 2021 at the

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and was hosted by Hayley Sproull and Stan Walker. It was broadcast live on TVNZ 2 and

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. The finalists were announced on 11 November 2021. Troy Kingi received the most nominations with six, followed by

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with five and

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with four. The latter were the night's biggest winners and won all the four nominations, including

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for '' L.A.B. IV'' and Single of the Year for " Why Oh Why", followed by Teeks with three.

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Additional awards

The following awards were also presented:

Artisan awards

Special awards

References

External links

* {{New Zealand Music Awards Aotearoa Music Awards Aotearoa Music Awards Aotearoa Music Awards