The Patea Maori Group Satellite Spies MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Tex Pistol Simon Alexandra Lyonel Grant MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Tania Rowles Ainsley Day Liz Diamond MOST PROMISING GROUP Ardijah Chrome Safari Wentworth Brewster & Co INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Herbs The Chills Michael Roy Croft BEST VIDEO Kerry Brown – As The Sun Goes Down (Everything that Flies) Stuart Dryborough – Good Luck To You Fetus Productions/MEC – Flicker BEST PRODUCER Bruce Lynch – Peking Man Ryan Monga/ Dave McArtney/ Trevor Reekie – Give Me Your Number (Ardijah) Glyn Tucker – I Wish I'd Asked – (Satellite Spies) BEST ENGINEER Graeme Myhre – Peking Man Ian Morris – Ballad of Buskin Bob Paul Streekstra/Graham Myhre – Give Me Your Number Graham Myhre – Drive Baby Drive BEST JAZZ ALBUM Phil Broadhurst Trio–Iris John Niland – Inside Alan Broadbent Trio – Further Down The Road BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZ Symphony Orchestra – A Song of Islands Besser & Prosser – Dark Wind/Spring Rain Eugene & Nicolai Albulescu – Rhapsody Mina Foley / Michael Gifford – Mina Foley / Michael Gifford BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Patsy Riggir – Patsy Riggir Country Suzanne Prentice – In Concert Michael Roy Croft – Slow Burnin' BEST FOLK ALBUM Various Artists – Send The Boats Away Chris and Lyn Thompson – Together Boys of Spirit NZ Trust – Sea Shanties BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Samoan Congregational Christian Church Choir – Matou Te Fia Sauna Paul and Colleen Trenwith and Friends – Brand New Day Ray Watson – Asaph -Throne of Love BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM The Five Stars – Flower of Samoa O Savali A Keriso – E Le Mavae Le Alofa Mahia Blackmore – Little Tui BEST SONG OF THE YEAR Dave Dobbyn – Slice of Heaven Ryan Monga – Give Me Your Number Dance Exponents – Caroline Skies BEST COVER Phil O'Reilly – Peking Man Ngila Dickson – As the Sun Goes Down Paula & Graham Reid – This Sporting Life See: 1986 in music Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Johnny Bond. Radio and television The State Owned Enterprises Act requires all State-owned enterprises, including Television New Zealand, to operate as commercially successful businesses. See: 1986 in New Zealand television, 1986 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, :Category:Television in New Zealand, TV3 (New Zealand), :Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand Film Mark II Pallet on