Taika Waititi to host Vodafone NZ Music Awards

  • 07/09/2015
Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi

The 2015 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards will be hosted by Boy filmmaker Taika Waititi and broadcast live on TV3.

The ceremony will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year when it takes place at Auckland's Vector Arena on November 19.

Waititi has starred in films including What We Do In the Shadows and Green Lantern, and directed hit TV shows Flight of the Conchords, The Inbetweeners and Super City.

"I'm really excited at being given this opportunity to read out a list of sponsors in front of thousands of people and rub shoulders with some of New Zealand's most talented people who also do music," says Waititi.

Recorded Music NZ chief executive Damian Vaughan says he is enormously excited about the awards ceremony and the music it will honour.

"In half a century, we've seen Ray Columbus and the Invaders win the Golden Disc in 1965 with 'Till we Kissed' to Lorde winning Best Single for Team in '2014,'" says Vaughan.

"We've recognised some excellent Kiwi music in the past and 2015 is shaping up to be no different. This is certainly one of the strongest years for local releases we've ever had."

Finalists for the 2015 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards will be announced on October 13.

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