"Sierra Leone" TOP MALE VOCALIST Dave Dobbyn (DD Smash) Malcolm McNeill Monte Video TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Suzanne Prentice Trudi Green Patsy TOP GROUP OF THE YEAR DD Smash Herbs The Narcs MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Andrew Mclennan (Coconut Rough) Dick Driver (Hip Singles) Gary Smith (The Body Electric) MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Sonya Waters Rhonda Jones Bronwyn Jones (Precious) MOST PROMISING GROUP Coconut Rough Hip Singles The Body Electric BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM The Radars – Chulu Chululu Patea Maori Club (featuring Dalvanius) – Poi E Kaiwhaiki Cultural Club – The Valley of Voices Vol 2 BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK/ CAST RECORDING/ COMPILATION Sharon O'Neill – Smash Palace Schtung – The Scarecrow John Charles – Utu BEST MUSIC VIDEO Andrew Shaw – "Outlook For Thursday" (DD Smash) Greg Rood – Sierra Leone (Coconut Rough) Mark Ackerman, Craig Howard – "Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang" (Monte Video) ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Dave Marett – "Sierra Leone" (Coconut Rough) Graeme Myhre – Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes (DD Smash) Paul Streekstra – "Outlook For Thursday" (DD Samsh) PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Dave Marett – "Sierra Leone" (Coconut Rough) Dave Dobbyn – "Outlook For Thursday" (DD Smash) Monte Video/ Bruce Lynch – "Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang" (Monte Video) MOST POPULAR SONG Patsy Riggir – "Beautiful Lady" MOST POPULAR ARTIST DD Smash OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION Murray Cammick BEST COVER DESIGN Simon & Suzy Clark – Daring Feats Matthew Aitken – The Tin Syndrome Van Heusen/ O'Neill-Joyce – Space Case Two CLASSICAL RECORD OF THE YEAR Louise Malloy – Louise Kiri Te Kanawa/ National Youth Choir of New Zealand – Royal Occasion Schools Polyphonics of Wellington – Tenebrae Responsorie 1585 JAZZ RECORD OF THE YEAR Rodger Fox Big Band – Heavy Company Space Case – Space Case Two Phil Broadhurst – Sustenance COUNTRY RECORD OF THE YEAR Suzanne Prentice – When I Dream Patsy Riggir – Are You Lonely Brendan Duggan – Hands on the Wheel See: 1983 in music Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Russell Middlebrook. Radio and television Te Karere becomes a regular Māori language news program. Northern Television ceases transmission. Feltex Television Awards: Best Television Entertainer: Howard Morrison Best Actor: Michael on Gliding On Best Actress: Sarah Peirse on A Woman of Good Character Best Drama: Gliding On Best New Talent: Heath Lees on Opus and Kaleidoscope