Aotearoa Music Award for Best Music Video

Best Music Video is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand artists for excellence in music video production. The award was first presented in 1983 and is given to the video director. Previous winners have included feature film directors Niki Caro, Jonathan King and Chris Graham, and acclaimed artist Fane Flaws. The most wins have gone to Joe Lonie (aka Jo Fisher) who won three time for Supergroove videos and a fourth for Goodshirt. In 2012 all three nominees went to Special Problems, the creative partnership of Joel Kefali and Campbell Hooper.[1]

## Recipients

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Year  | Director  | Song  | Other nominees  | Ref

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1983 | 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 and the Cassettes)

| [2]
1984 | Bruce Morrison  | "I'm In Heaven" (Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos)  |

* William Keddell - "Elephunk In My Soup" (Low Profile)
* Tom Parkinson - "I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue)" (Dance Exponents)

| [3]
1985 | Fane Flaws | "Diamonds On China" (The Narcs)  |

* Debra Bustin - "Krazy Legs" (The Pelicans)
* Roger Guise - "I Like to Drive" (Scotty & Co)

| [4]
1986 | Kerry Brown  | "As the Sun Goes Down" (Everything That Flies)  |

* Stuart Dryburgh \- "Good Luck To You" (Peking Man)
* Fetus Productions, MEC - "Flicker" (Fetus Productions)

| [5]
1987 | Matt Box Films  | "Sensitive to a Smile" (Herbs)  |

* Kerry Brown, Bruce Sheridan - "(Glad I'm) Not A Kennedy" (Shona Laing)
* Paul Middleditch - "The Game of Love" (Tex Pistol)

| [6]
1988 | Fane Flaws | "Sweet Lovers" (Holidaymakers)  |

* Janine Morell - "Haere Mai" (Cara Pewhairangi)
* Paul Middleditch - "Nobody Else" (Tex Pistol and Rikki Morris)

| [7]
1989 | Paul Middleditch, Polly Walker, Debbie Watson  | "I Feel Love" (Fan Club)  |

* Warrick (Waka) Attewell - "St Peter's Rendezvous" (Barry Saunders)
* Tony Johns - "She's A Mod/Mod Rap" (Double J and Twice the T)

| [8]
1990 | Niki Caro | "Bad Note for a Heart" (Straitjacket Fits)  |

* Paul Middleditch - "One Good Reason" (Strawpeople)
* Lance Kelliher - "Don't Let Me Fall Alone" (Fan Club)

| [9]
1991  | No awards held this year
1992 | Mauger Bros  | "Trippin’" (Push Push)  |

* Kerry Brown - "AEIOU" (Moana and the Moahunters)
* Bruce Sheridan. Rachael Churchward "Cruise Control" (Headless Chickens)

| [10]
1993 | Kerry Brown, Bruce Sheridan  | "Four Seasons in One Day" (Crowded House)  |

* Fane Flaws \- "Nature" (The Mutton Birds)
* Nigel Streeter - "Fish Across Face" (Head Like A Hole)

| [11]
1994 | Matt Noonan, Josh Frizzell  | "System Virtue" (Emma Paki)  |

* Fane Flaws - "The Beautiful Things" (The Front Lawn)
* Johnny Ogilvie - "Mr. Moon" (Headless Chickens)

| [12]
1995 | Jo Fisher, Matt Noonan  | "Can't Get Enough" (Supergroove)  |

* Johnny Ogilvy - "Cruise Control" (Headless Chickens)
* Gideon Keith, Marcus Ringrose, Stephen McGlashan - "George" (Headless Chickens)

| [13]
1996 | Sigi Spath, Jo Fisher  | "You Gotta Know" (Supergroove)  |

* Greg Page - "Honeyblonde" (Throw)
* Matt Noonan, Josh Frizzell - "Static: Part One" (Joint Force)

| [14]
1997 | Sigi Spath, Joe Lonie  | "If I Had My Way" (Supergroove)  |

* Kevin Sprig - "La La Land" (Shihad)
* Jonathan King \- "Behold My Kool Style" (Dam Native)

| [15]
1998 | Mark Hurley  | "Home Again" (Shihad)  |

* Joe Lonie - "Pressure Man" (The Feelers)
* Wayne Conway - "Suddenly Strange" (Bic Runga)

| [16]
1999 | Reuben Sutherland  | "Wait and See" (Shihad)  |

* Sima Urale, Makerita Urale - "Sub-Cranium Feeling" (King Kapisi)
* Mark Tierney, Fiona Champtaloup - "Unlikely" (NV)

| [17]
2000 | Reuben Sutherland  | "My Mind's Sedate" (Shihad)  |

* Marc Swadel \- "Birthday" (The Stereo Bus)
* Jonathan King \- "Violent" (Stellar)

| [18]
2001 | Alex Sutherland, Michael Lonsdale  | "Touchdown" (The Stereo Bus)  |

* Greg Page - "One Day Ahead" (Eye TV)
* Wade Shotter, Jamie Dower - "Silent Film" (Augustino)

| [19]
2002 | Matthew Metcalfe, Greg Rewai  | "Fade Away" (Che Fu)  |

* Garry Sullivan - "Seed" (Dimmer)
* Ed Davis, Paul McLaney - "Complicated" (Gramsci)

| [20]
2003 | Joe Lonie  | "Sophie" (Goodshirt)  |

* Che Fu - "Misty Frequencies" (Che Fu)
* Chris Graham, Bic Runga - "Something Good" (Bic Runga)

| [21]
2004 | Chris Graham  | "Stand Up" (Scribe)  |

* Gary Sullivan - "Getting What You Give" (Dimmer)
* Mark Trethewey, Shane Mason - "Fools Love" (Misfits of Science)

| [22]
2005 | Chris Graham  | "We Gon' Ride" (Dei Hamo)  |

* Greg Page – "Stop the Music" (P-Money)
* Reuben Sutherland – "Hitchcock" (The Phoenix Foundation)

| [23]
2006 | Mark Williams | "Wandering Eye" (Fat Freddy's Drop)  |

* Alyx Duncan - "Fuji" (Minuit)
* Adam Jones - "Long White Cross" (Pluto)

| [24]
2007 | Sam Peacocke  | "Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!" (The Mint Chicks)  |

* Angus Sutherland, Liam Finn - "Second Chance" (Liam Finn)
* Stephen Tolfrey - "Maybe" (Opshop)

| [25]
2008 | Ian Hart  | "Her Hairagami Set" (The Brunettes)  |

* Carey Carter - "Tangaroa" (Tiki Taane)
* Joe Lonie - "Gather to the Chapel" (Liam Finn)

| [26]
2009 | Chris Graham  | "Brother" (Smashproof featuring Gin Wigmore)  |

* Sam Peacocke - "I Can't Stop Being Foolish" (The Mint Chicks)
* Tim Van Dammen - "Turn Around" (Sola Rosa featuring Iva Lamkum)

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2010 | Tim Van Dammen  | "Just a Little Bit" (Kids of 88)  |

* Nathan Hickey - "Buffalo" (The Phoenix Foundation)
* Sam Peacocke - "Sleepeater" (Shihad)

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2011 | Special Problems  | "Punching in a Dream" (The Naked and Famous)  |

* Special Problems – "Broken Machine" (Zowie)
* Faye McNeil – "Like Water" (Ladi6)

| [29]
2012 | Special Problems  | "The Sun" (The Naked and Famous)  |

* Special Problems – "Take a Picture" (David Dallas)
* Special Problems – "My Calculator" (Zowie)

| [30]
2013 | Joel Kefali  | "Royals" (Lorde)  |

* Nick Dwyer – "In Colour" (Shapeshifter)
* Thunderlips – "Frankenstein" (Randa)

| [31]
2014 | Campbell Hooper  | "Hearts Like Ours" (The Naked and Famous)  |

* Tom Gould - "Runnin'" (David Dallas)
* Thunderlips - "Stranger People" (Doprah)

| [32]
2015 | Shahir Daud  | "Cymatics" (Nigel Stanford)  |

* Reuben Bonner – "Her Heart Breaks Like a Wave" (Dictaphone Blues)
* Shae Sterling – "Aotearoa" (Stan Walker featuring Ria Hall, Troy Kingi & Maisey Rika)

| [33]
2016 | Chris Lane  | "Inside Out" (Avalanche City)  |

* Sam Peacocke – "Buried by the Burden" ([Pacific Heights Ft. Louis Baker)
* Simon Oliver – "Secret Lives of Furniture" (Ha the Unclear)

| [34]
2017 | Joel Kefali  | Git It Bad (Leisure)  |

* Dan Watkins - Her (Shapeshifter)
* Sam Kristofski - Lucky Girl (Fazerdaze)

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