Ngati Rangiwewehi - Wairua -Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi Best Mana Reo Album: Traditional Waiata - He Waiata Onemata (Songs From the Past) Ngati Rangiwewehi - Wairua -Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi Moana & The Moahunters - Rua Waihirere Maori Club - Waihirere National Champions Best Children's Album: Jennifer Moss - Jennifer's Garden David LaPlance - A Hand Full of Songs Universal Children's Audio - Kori Kori / Busi Bodies / Lue Lue Mai Tessarose Productions - Dancing to the Beat Volume 2 Best Songwriter: James Reid - Venus (The Feelers) Dave Dobbyn - Beside You Neil Finn - She Will Have Her Way Best Cover: Elroy Finn - Try Whistling This (Neil Finn) Marcus Ringrose - Supersystem (The Feelers) Mark Roach & Andrew Durno - HLAH IV: Are You Gonna Kiss It Or Shoot It? (HLAH) New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: Melanie Wise - Q92FM Queenstown Tony Neilsen -Radio Otago Group Jo Hampton - NRG FM Robert Taylor - Radio Hauraki See: 1999 in music Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Gerry Merito. Radio and television The famous Toyota Hilux Bugger TV Commercial goes to air on New Zealand television for the very first time. TVNZ sells its shareholding in SKY Network Television. See: 1999 in New Zealand television, 1999 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 Channelling Baby I'll Make You Happy Savage Honeymoon Scarfies See: :Category:1999 film awards, 1999 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1999 films Internet See: NZ Internet History Sport See: 1999 in sports, :Category:1999 in sports Athletics Phil Costley wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:43 on 24 October in Auckland, while Gabrielle O'Rourke claims her second as well in the women's championship (2:38:47). Basketball Tall Blacks NBL (Men's) was won by the Auckland Stars Cricket Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team 1999 Cricket World Cup held in England: New Zealand finished third in its pool and fourth in the super-six round before being beaten by Pakistan in the first semifinal. The Shell Trophy for 1998-99 was won by Canterbury, with Northern Districts runners-up. Golf New Zealand Open :Category:New Zealand golfers Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Homin Hosed Auckland Trotting Cup: Happy Asset Thoroughbred racing Netball Silver