List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1997 in New Zealand.
Arts and literature
See 1997 in art, 1997 in literature, Category:1997 books
Music
Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[6][7]
- Album of the Year: Strawpeople – Vicarious
- Emma Paki – Oxygen of Love
- Garageland – Last Exit to Garageland
- OMC
- The Mutton Birds – Envy of Angels
- Single of the Year: DLT Featuring Che Fu – Chains
- Bic Runga – Bursting Through
- Garageland
- Strawpeople – Taller Than God
- The Mutton Birds
- Best Male Vocalist: Che Fu – Chains
- Jeremy Eade (Garageland)
- Jon Toogood (Shihad)
- Best Female Vocalist: Bic Runga
- Emma Paki
- Fiona McDonald (Strawpeople)
- Best Group: Garageland
- Most Promising Male Vocalist: Daniel Haimona (Dam Native)
- Andrew Tilby (Breathe)
- Ed Cake (Bressa Creeting Cake)
- Most Promising Female Vocalist: Lole Usoalii
- Andrea Cook
- Maryanne Antonuvich (D Faction)
- Most Promising Group: Dam Native
- Bike
- Bressa Creeting Cake
- Cinematic
- International Achievement: OMC
- Crowded House
- Jane Campion
- Peter Jackson
- Best Video: Sigi Spath & Joe Lonie – if I Had My Way (Supergroove)
- Kevin Sprig – La La Land (Shihad)
- Jonathan King – Behold My Kool Style (Damn Native)
- Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford / Karl Steven – Backspacer (Supergroove)
- Alan Jansson – How Bizarre
- Eddie Raynor – ENZSO
- Best Engineer: Rick Huntington / Alan Jansson – How Bizarre (OMC)
- Chris Van Der Geer (Strawpeople)
- Malcolm Welsford – Backspacer (Supergroove)
- Best Jazz Album: Bluetrain – No Free Lunch
- Jazz in the Present Tense – Jazz in the Present Tense
- Nairobi Trio – Shelf Life
- Best Classical Album: the Nzso, Janos Furst, Michael Houston – Live : Tower Beethoven Festival
- New Zealand String Quartet – Bartok String Quartet 1–5
- Alexander Ivashin & Tama Vesmas – Sergie Prokofiev
- Best Country Album: Coalrangers – Coast to Coast
- Dennis Marsh – Out of Nashville
- Bartlett, Dugan, Vaughan – Together Again
- Best Folk Album: Wild Geese – Betwixt Time and Place
- Michael Scorey – Angel Station
- Bob Bickerton – Music in the Glen
- Best Gospel Album: Max Jacobson – Found
- The Lands – Arbor Day
- Evan Silva – Aint No Two Ways About It
- Best Mana Maori Album: Emma Paki – Oxygen of Love
- DLT – The True School
- Dam Native – Behold My Kool Style
- Best Mana Reo Album: St Josephs Maori Girls College – a Gift of Song
- Te Kura Tuatahi Me Te Ropu Kapahaka O Ranana – Te Wainui A Rua
- Turakina Maori Girls College – Mana Wahine
- Best Childrens Album: Universal Childrens Audio – Waiata Karahere
- Helen Willberg – Ranona Moemoea
- Love To Sing Choir – Love My First Songbook
- Best Polynesian Album: Annie Crummer – Seventh Wave
- Felise Mikaele -Se Taitau
- The Five Stars – Samoa Ea
- Best Songwriter: Dl Thompson, C Ness, A McNaughton, K Rangihuna – Chains (DLT Feat Che Fu)
- Paul Casserley, Fiona McDonald, Greg Johnson – Boxers (Strawpeople)
- Bic Runga – Bursting Through
- Best Cover: Wayne Conway – ENZSO (ENZSO)
- Jeremy Takacs, Karl & Jon – Shihad
- Rick Huntington And Alan Jansson – How Bizarre (OMC)
See: 1997 in music
Performing arts
Radio and television
See: 1997 in New Zealand television, 1997 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
See: Category:1997 film awards, 1997 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1997 films
Internet
See: NZ Internet History