Chains Jeremy Eade (Garageland) Jon Toogood (Shihad) Best Female Vocalist: Bic Runga Emma Paki Fiona McDonald (Strawpeople) Best Group: Garageland Shihad The Mutton Birds Most Promising Male Vocalist: Daniel Haimona (Dam Native) Andrew Tilby (Breathe) Ed Cake (Bressa Creeting Cake) Most Promising Female Vocalist: Lole Usoalii Andrea Cook Maryanne Antonuvich (D Faction) Most Promising Group: Dam Native Bike Bressa Creeting Cake Cinematic International Achievement: OMC Crowded House Jane Campion Peter Jackson Best Video: Sigi Spath & Joe Lonie – if I Had My Way (Supergroove) Kevin Sprig – La La Land (Shihad) Jonathan King – Behold My Kool Style (Damn Native) Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford / Karl Steven – Backspacer (Supergroove) Alan Jansson – How Bizarre Eddie Raynor – ENZSO Best Engineer: Rick Huntington / Alan Jansson – How Bizarre (OMC) Chris Van Der Geer (Strawpeople) Malcolm Welsford – Backspacer (Supergroove) Best Jazz Album: Bluetrain – No Free Lunch Jazz in the Present Tense – Jazz in the Present Tense Nairobi Trio – Shelf Life Best Classical Album: the Nzso, Janos Furst, Michael Houston – Live : Tower Beethoven Festival New Zealand String Quartet – Bartok String Quartet 1–5 Alexander Ivashin & Tama Vesmas – Sergie Prokofiev Best Country Album: Coalrangers – Coast to CoastDennis Marsh – Out of NashvilleBartlett, Dugan, Vaughan – Together Again Best Folk Album: Wild Geese – Betwixt Time and PlaceMichael Scorey – Angel StationBob Bickerton – Music in the Glen Best Gospel Album: Max Jacobson – FoundThe Lands – Arbor DayEvan Silva – Aint No Two Ways About It Best Mana Maori Album: Emma Paki – Oxygen of LoveDLT – The True SchoolDam Native – Behold My Kool Style Best Mana Reo Album: St Josephs Maori Girls College – a Gift of SongTe Kura Tuatahi Me Te Ropu Kapahaka O Ranana – Te Wainui A RuaTurakina Maori Girls College – Mana Wahine Best Childrens Album: Universal Childrens Audio – Waiata KarahereHelen Willberg – Ranona MoemoeaLove To Sing Choir – Love My First Songbook Best Polynesian Album: Annie Crummer – Seventh WaveFelise Mikaele -Se TaitauThe Five Stars – Samoa Ea Best Songwriter: Dl Thompson, C Ness, A McNaughton, K Rangihuna – Chains (DLT Feat Che Fu) Paul Casserley, Fiona McDonald, Greg Johnson – Boxers (Strawpeople) Bic Runga – Bursting Through Best Cover: Wayne Conway – ENZSO (ENZSO) Jeremy Takacs, Karl & Jon – Shihad Rick Huntington And Alan Jansson – How Bizarre (OMC) See: 1997 in