2008 New Zealand Music Awards

The 2008 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards took place on 8 October at the Vector Arena in Auckland. Straitjacket Fits were induced into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The Technical awards took place on 3 September.

Awards and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Multiple winners included Flight of the Concords and Opshop, who each received four awards.


 * Key
 * – Non-technical award
 * – Technical award

Performances
Performances on the night included the following:
 * Cut off your Hands
 * Anika Moa
 * Tiki Taane
 * Scribe
 * Julia Deans, Anika Moa, Lani Purkis and Greta Anderson performed a version of Legacy Award winner Straitjacket Fits' "Fast Women".