2025 Aotearoa Music Awards
| 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards | |
|---|---|
The stage at the 2024 awards ceremony | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in New Zealand music |
| Date | 29 May 2025 |
| Location | Viaduct Events Centre |
| Presented by | Recorded Music NZ |
| Hosted by | Jesse Mulligan & Kara Rickard |
| Reward | Tūī trophy |
| Website | Official website |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Radio NZ, TVNZ+ |
The 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards was the 58th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for New Zealand music recording artists, and the 60th anniversary of the awards. The ceremony took place on 29 May 2025 at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland and was hosted by Radio NZ presenters Jesse Mulligan and Kara Rickard.
The awards were live streamed by Radio New Zealand, and made available to watch the next day on TVNZ+.
The event was notable due to an incident where Chris Bishop was recorded calling a performance by Stan Walker "a load of crap" and the audience applause "performative acclaim". Bishop declined to apologise for the comments, saying he was frustrated by the "politicisation" of the performance, but admitted he should have kept it to himself. Bishop acknowledged he had consumed alcohol but denied he was intoxicated.