Click here for awards wrap
10:18pm - Stan Walker returns to perform his new song, due out next week, to wind up proceedings at Spark Arena.
10:12pm - The Supreme Award is presented by Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro. Finalists are para-swimmer Cameron Leslie, Black Ferns Sevens team, cyclist Aaron Gate and kayaker Dame Lisa Carrington.
This year's winner is Dame Lisa Carrington, for the third time.
10:03pm - Favourite Sporting Moment - my favourite award - is indeed next, presented by 'Between Two Beers' podcasters Steve Holloway and Seamus Marten. Some epic moments here... they're all winners.
This year's winners are the Warriors' epic 32-30 win over Cronulla Sharks, en route to the NRL preliminary final.
9:53pm - We're running out of awards to give out, but we still have Sporting Moment of the Year to come. Public voting for this closed a 9pm, so this result will be fresh off the press.
In the meantime, the Halberg Awards remember sporting figures who have died in the past year, with Stan Walker performing 'I Am'.
9:45pm - Sportsman of the Year will be presented by Prime Minister Chris Luxon. Finalists are...
Aaron Gate (cycling), Ardie Savea (rugby), Paul Coll (squash), Ryan Fox (golf), Shane van Gisbergen (motorsport)
Winner is Aaron Gate, who captured a world track title in the points race.
9:42pm - Next up is Sportsman of the Year.
9:29pm - Sportswoman of the Year is a tough category to win and the finalists are...
Courtney Duncan (motocross), Ellesse Andrews (cycling), Erika Fairweather (swimming), Dame Lisa Carrington (canoe), Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (snowsports)
The award is presented by netball legend Irene van Dyk and Sport Minister Chris Bishop.
The winner - for the sixth time - is Dame Lisa Carrington.
9:19pm - Sport New Zealand chief executive Raelene Castle will present the Leadership Award, traditionally given to a champion captain, coach or CEO.
This year's recipient is the one and only Sir Wayne Smith... The Rugby Professor.
Sir Wayne won Coach of the Year last year for guiding the Black Ferns to a World Cup title.
9:05pm - Team of the Year is next. Finalists are...
All Blacks (rugby), All Black Sevens (sevens), Black Ferns Sevens (sevens), NZ Warriors (league), Women's K4 500m (canoe)
The award will be presented by former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw and former Black Sticks hockey player Gemma McCaw.
The winners are Black Ferns Sevens, world series winners with a 36-game winning streak.
This is the second time the NZ women have taken this title.
8:57pm - Finalists for Para Athlete of the Year are...
Anna Taylor (cycling), Cameron Leslie (swimming and wheelchair rugby), Danielle Aitchison (athletics), Lisa Adams (athletics), Nicole Murray (cycling)
The winner is Cameron Leslie, who is a world champion in the pool and a member of the NZ Wheel Blacks.
8:47pm - Next award will be Para Athlete of the Year.
8:40pm - Coach of the Year is next and this will be presented by last year's winner Wayne Smith and Buddle Findlay chair Jennifer Caldwell. Finalists are...
Cory Sweeney (sevens), Gordon Walker (canoe), Ian Foster (rugby), Lars Humer (swimming), Sean Thompson (snowsports)
The winner is Gordon Walker, coach of Dame Lisa Carrington and the national kayak squad.
This is Walker's fifth success in this category.
8:35pm - The first award is for Emerging Talent and the finalists are...
Erice Van Leuven (mountain bike), Julian David (climbing), Lucia Georgalli (snowsports), Milly Clegg (football), Tara Vaughan (canoe)
The award will be presented by shot put legend Dame Val Adams and rower Eric Murray.
The winner is speed climber Julian David.
8:21pm - Guests are currently bidding on the fundraising auction, with proceeds going to the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation.
8:05pm - Welcome to our coverage of the Halberg Awards.
Spark Arena is jammed with many of the nation's top sporting talent, while others are currently campaigning overseas.
One of those is swimmer Erika Fairweather, who became New Zealand's first world champion in the pool this week, but is a Sportswoman of the Year finalists on the basis of her bronze medal last year, breaking four minutes for 400m freestyle.
Cyclist Ellesse Andrews has her arm in a sling, after breaking a collarbone in a fall at the Nations Cup last week.
Most of the guests are just getting settled, before formalities begin...
****
Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the 61st Halberg Awards from Auckland's Spark Arena.
This is the night when New Zealand's sporting stars gather to celebrate success over the past year and hand out highly contentious rewards for those achievements.
Last year, the world champion Black Ferns dominated, taking out team, coach (Wayne Smith) and sporting moment honours, but were pipped for the supreme award by snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, after becoming New Zealand's first Winter Olympics gold medallist at Beijing.
Sadowski-Synnott is back again, as is previous supreme winner Dame Lisa Carrington.
Despite a smattering of world champions, there seem no clear favourites this year, with the All Blacks beaten in their World Cup final and NZ Warriors just failing to make the NRL championship game, despite capturing the hearts of the nation.
Both sevens teams are world series winners, cyclists Ellesse Andrews and Aaron Gate have world titles, Carrington continues her dominance on the water, adding the K4 to her repertoire.
Join us at 8pm to find out who emerges on top.
Halberg Awards finalists
Sportswoman of the Year - Courtney Duncan (motocross), Ellesse Andrews (cycling), Erika Fairweather (swimming), Dame Lisa Carrington (canoe), Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (snowsports)
Sportsman of the Year - Aaron Gate (cycling), Ardie Savea (rugby), Paul Coll (squash), Ryan Fox (golf), Shane van Gisbergen (motorsport)
Para Athlete of the Year - Anna Taylor (cycling), Cameron Leslie (swimming and wheelchair rugby), Danielle Aitchison (athletics), Lisa Adams (athletics), Nicole Murray (cycling)
Team of the Year - All Blacks (rugby), All Black Sevens (sevens), Black Ferns Sevens (sevens), NZ Warriors (league), Women's K4 500m (canoe)
Coach of the Year - Cory Sweeney (sevens), Gordon Walker (canoe), Ian Foster (rugby), Lars Humer (swimming), Sean Thompson (snowsports)
Emerging Talent - Erice Van Leuven (mountain bike), Julian David (climbing), Lucia Georgalli (snowsports), Milly Clegg (football), Tara Vaughan (canoe)
