ABOUT
Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa | New Zealand Music Hall of Fame was founded by APRA AMCOS in 2007, the same year Recorded Music NZ introduced its Legacy Award. The organisations liked the idea of a collective industry-wide NZ Music Hall of Fame and decided to work together as joint kaitiaki.
The purpose of Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa | New Zealand Music Hall of Fame is to serve as an ongoing platform to recognise and celebrate the contributions of those who have had a significant impact on the evolution and development of Aotearoa music.
Inductees receive the Hall of Fame “soundshell”, a taonga created by renowned sculptor Jim Wheeler. These taonga are gifted to our inductees privately, with the inductions recognised publicly at either the Aotearoa Music Awards, the APRA Silver Scroll Awards | Kaitito Kaiaka, or another platform deemed suitable by the trustees.