Rikki Morris Thom Nepia MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Mara Finau Tracey Birnie Helen Mulholland MOST PROMISING GROUP Holidaymakers Straightjacket Fits The Tunnellers INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Neil Finn The Chills Shona Laing BEST VIDEO Fane Flaws – Sweet Lovers (Holidaymakers) Janine Morell – Haere Mai Paul Middleditch – Nobody Else BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK Dalvanius Prime / Dave Hurley – Poi E Dalvanius / Ginane / Smith – Ngati BEST PRODUCER Nigel Stone–Holidaymakers (Holidaymakers) Tex Pistol – Nobody Else Stephen McCurdy/ Shona Laing/ Graeme Myhre – South BEST ENGINEER Nigel Stone–Holidaymakers (Holidaymakers) Rhys Moody – Brazier' Rhys Moody/ Doug Rogers – Sensation BEST JAZZ ALBUM Beaver – Live at Ronnie Scott's Frank Gibsons Jazz Mobile – Spreading The Word Sustenance – Sustenance 3 BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZ Symphony Orchestra – Prodigal Country NZ Symphony Orchestra – War and Peace/ Jack Winters Dream BEST FOLK ALBUM Mike Harding – From The Edge Wayne Gillespie – Hearts For David Hollis – With Love BEST COUNTRY ALBUM The Warratahs – Only Game in Town Patsy Riggir – The Best OF (Plus Four) Al Hunter – Jealous Guy BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Derek Lind – Strange Logic Barry McGuire – Sailing Free Stephen Bell Booth – Timeless BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM Pātea Māori Club – Poi E Kahurangi – Magically Maori Dalvanius Prime/ Patea Maori/ Moana/ Dave Dobbyn Guinney/ Kara Pewhairangi – Ngoi Ngoi BEST SONGWRITER Rikki Morris – Nobody Else Hona/ Lundon/ Cassells – Listen Dave Dobbyn – Love You Like I Should BEST COVER Lesley Maclean – Pagan in a Pagan Land John Collie – Bird Dog Susan Pryor – You Don't Need Me See: 1988 in music Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Alma Woods MBE and Ricky May. Radio and television 1 December: The Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand is split into Radio New Zealand and Television New Zealand. The Avalon studio becomes a separate subsidiary of TVNZ. See: 1988 in New Zealand television, 1988 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 Illustrious Energy Mauri Send a Gorilla The Grasscutter The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey See: :Category:1988 film awards, 1988 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1988 films Internet See: NZ Internet History Sport Athletics Paul Ballinger wins his third national title in the