Flava is proud to support the Pacific Music Awards 2025

The Pacific Music Awards Trust are proud to have reached the 21st anniversary and to have been celebrating Pacific music and honouring Pacific artists for over two decades.   

Be a part of the awards and gather with the Pacific music community for the awards presentations and incredible live performances.  

Thursday 21 August – 6.30pm 

Due Drop Events Centre, Manukau, Auckland

Get your tickets here

K'Lee, Azura & Charlie will be there as we present the ‘Best Pacific Group’ Award.  

Nominees for this category: 

Flava Best Pacific Group 

• A.R.T. - ‘WTF Man’  

• Shepherds Reign - Ala Mai 

• SWIDT - ’YOUPHORIA feat HIGH HOOPS’ ‘Burn One Feat Stallyano’, ‘Hocus Pocus’, ‘Not 4 Sale’ 

You can read the full list of nominations here but a few highlights include: 

Auckland Council Best Pacific Female Artist 

• Aaradhna - Sweet Surrender
• Jordyn with a Why - Hibiscus Moon, Love & Justice
• Kenzie from Welly - ‘Hold Ya Head’, ‘Queendom’

NZ Music Commission Best Pacific Male Artist  

• Diggy Dupé - ‘Request Line’
• MELODOWNZ - ‘Broke’, ‘Calm and Chill’, ‘When I’, ‘High Vibration’,‘MeloDub (828)’, ‘Directions’
• Myshaan -  ‘Power of Love (Reggae)’, ‘Carry My Heart’, ‘Wrapped’, ‘I Do’
• Sam V - ‘90's Fine’, ‘Rolling Your Eyes’
• Shane Walker - ‘Maori in Me’, ‘Iesu’, ‘Let Me Be Your Man’, ‘The Lord is Watching You’, Believe’ ‘Coasty Girl’

ONErpm Best Pacific Hip Hop Artist 

• David Dallas - Vita
• Kenzie from Welly - ‘Hold Ya Head’, ‘Queendom’
• MELODOWNZ -  ‘Broke’, ‘Calm and Chill’, ‘When I’, ‘High Vibration’,‘MeloDub (828)’, ‘Directions’
• SWIDT - Taking Care of Business

RNZ Best Pacific Soul/RnB Artist 

• Aaradhna - Sweet Surrender
• Jordyn with a Why - Hibiscus Moon, Love & Justice
• Sam V - ‘90's Fine’, ‘Rolling Your Eyes’