28-05-2025
Why this year's Aotearoa Music Awards are a celebration like no other
This week's Aotearoa Music Awards marks 60 years of celebrating Kiwi artists and their songs, albums and achievements. To mark the anniversary, and with the help of Recorded Music NZ and Audioculture, we've compiled 60 memorable moments from the awards' impressive six-decade history.
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The very first Loxene Golden Disc – the earliest iteration of the Aotearoa Music Awards – was awarded to Ray Columbus & The Invaders in 1965, for the act's single Till We Kissed.
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