The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame | Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa is a figurative hall of fame dedicated to noteworthy New Zealand musicians.
The hall was created in 2007 by Recorded Music NZ (then known as the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) and the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Two inductions are made into the hall each year, one at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards, decided by APRA, and the other is awarded as part of the Aotearoa Music Awards, chosen by Recorded Music NZ.
The Exponents frontman Jordan Luck has been inducted twice, first as the inaugural inductee at the 2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards and again with his band The Exponents at the 2015 New Zealand Music Awards.
Eligibility To be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame, the artist must have released a work or achieve another significant professional milestone at least 20 years prior. They must also have shown musical excellence in their career. Also considered is the significance and influence and the impact of the artist's work on New Zealand music.
Award
Both the APRA and the Recorded Music NZ inductees receive a framed certificate to mark their induction as well as the Hall of Fame "soundshell", created by sculptor Jim Wheeler. The Recorded Music NZ inductees also receive the Legacy Award which is represented as a platinum Tui trophy.
Controversy
Salmonella Dub turned down the opportunity to be the 2017 Legacy Award winner and Hall of Fame inductee at the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards. The band requested that Wellington post-punk band Beat Rhythm Fashion perform as part of the induction ceremony, but the award organisers turned down the request, saying that Beat Rhythm Fashion was "too obscure" for the broad television audience of the music awards. Salmonella Dub then turned down the Hall of Fame entry. Andrew Penman of Salmonella Dub stated: "The producer thought that Beat Rhythm Fashion was too obscure and would confuse the audience and take too much work to explain to them. I said 'if that's the case I don't want to be there', then I didn't hear anything back."
Indie rock band The Clean have twice turned down the opportunity to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Band member Robert Scott explained, "We feel we are outside the industry, and in the past we were shunned and dismissed and it seems like by saying yes we would be forgiving the industry for that." The group have since been inducted into the hall.
List of inducted artists
Groups have their members listed below the group name.
YearArtistsAPRA inductee(APRA Silver Scroll Awards)Recorded Music NZ inductee(Aotearoa Music Awards)2007Jordan LuckJohnny Devlin2008Topp TwinsStraitjacket Fits2009Hirini MelbourneRichard NunnsRay Columbus & the Invaders2010The FourmyulaShihad2011Hello SailorDragon2012HerbsToy Love 2013 Dave Dobbyn Shona Laing 2014 Douglas Lilburn Supergroove 2015 Bill Sevesi The Exponents 2016 Moana Maniapoto Bic Runga 2017 The Clean Sharon O'Neill 2018 Jenny Morris Upper Hutt Posse 2019 Jim CarterRuru KaraitianaPixie Williams Th' Dudes 2020 The Chicks
Max Merritt Dinah Lee Peter Posa Larry's Rebels
Johnny Cooper Debbie HarwoodDianne SwannMargaret UrlichAnnie CrummerKim Willoughby 2022 Ngoi PēwhairangiTuini Ngāwai 2023 Don McGlashan 2024 Mike Nock Hinewehi Mohi 2025 The Warratahs 2026Che Fu
References
External links New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at APRA-AMCOS Jordan Luck's presentation at the 2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards Performance of Hirirani Melbourne's music at the 2009 APRA Silver Scroll Awards Performance of The Fourmyula's music at the 2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards Hello Sailor's presentation at the 2011 APRA Silver Scroll Awards Herbs' presentation at the 2012 APRA Silver Scroll Awards