Arts and literature
- Michael King wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
- Montana Medal: Harry Orsman (ed.), Dictionary of New Zealand English
- Deutz Medal: Maurice Gee, Live Bodies
- Reader's Choice: Malcolm McKinnon(ed.), New Zealand Historical Atlas
- First Book Awards
- Fiction: Catherine Chidgey, In a fishbone church
- Poetry: Kapka Kassabova, All Roads Lead to the Sea
- Non-Fiction: Genevieve Noser, Olives: The new passion
See 1998 in art, 1998 in literature, Category:1998 books
Music
Winners are shown first with nominees underneath. [8] [9] were:
- Album of the Year: Bic Runga - Drive
- Salmonella Dub - Calming of the Drunken Monkey
- Rob Guest - Standing Ovation
- The Stereobus - Stereobus
- Greg Johnson - Chinese Whispers
- Single of the Year: Bic Runga - Sway
- Shihad - Home Again
- The Feelers - Pressure Man
- Darcy Clay - Jesus I Was Evil
- Moizna - Just Another Day
- Best Male Vocalist: Jon Toogood – (Shihad)
- Greg Johnson (Greg Johnson Set)
- Booga Beazley (Head Like A Hole)
- Best Female Vocalist: Bic Runga
- Best Group: Shihad
- The Mutton Birds
- Dam Native
- Most Promising Male Vocalist: Darcy Clay
- Dave Yetton (The Stereobus)
- James Reid (The Feelers)
- Most Promising Female Vocalist: Alesha Siosiua (Miozna)
- Maisey Rika (St Josephs Maori Girls College)
- Jordan Reyne
- Most Promising Group: Moizna
- International Achievement: OMC
- The Mutton Birds
- Garageland
- Best Video: Mark Hurley - Home Again (Shihad)
- Joe Lonie - Pressure Man (The Feelers)
- Wayne Conway - Suddenly Strange (Bic Runga)
- Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford - Pressure Man (The Feelers)
- Chris Sinclair - Kia Koe (Sulata)
- Debbie Harwood & Stephen Small - So This Is Love
- Best Engineer: Simon Sheridan - Sway (Bic Runga)
- Chris Sinclair - Kia Koe (Sulata)
- Malcolm Welsford - Pressure Man (The Feelers)
- Best Jazz Album: the New Loungehead - Came a Weird Way
- Trip to the Moon - Jazz Hop
- Sustenance - Food For Thought
- Best Classical Album: Daniel Poynton - You Hit Him, He Cry Out
- Alexander Ivashkin - Shostakovich Cello Concertos
- Keith Lewis And NZ Chamber Orchestra - Opera Kings Gods And Mortals
- Best Country Album: Kylie Harris - Fancy
- Best Folk Album: Paul Ubana Jones - Blessings and Burdens
- T&D Bigger Band - Hillingdon
- AJ Bell - Ragwort Touch
- Best Gospel Album: Parachute Band - You Alone
- Best Mana Maori Album: Te Matapihi – Te Matapihi
- Maori Volcanics - Kia Ora
- Dam Native - Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted
- Best Mana Reo Album: St Josephs Maori Girls College - E Hine
- The Willie Matthews Quartet - A Treasury of Maori Songs
- Nga Kura O Hananah - Nga Kura O Hananah
- Best Children's Album: Kids TV - Sing Something Simple
- Tessa Grigg & Brian Ringrose - Where Are You Going Colin
- Jules Riding - Kids Time With Jules Riding
- Best Songwriter: Bic Runga - Sway
- Greg Johnson - Liberty
- Jordan Luck - Change Your Mind
- Best Cover: Wayne Conway - Drive (Bic Runga)
- Crispin Schuberth - Came A Weird Way (The New Loungehead)
- A Penman & Ross (Finnart) - Calming of the Drunken Monkey (Salmonella Dub)
- New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: John Diver - Channel Z (Wellington)
- Melanie Wise - Q92FM (Queenstown)
- Kaye Glamuzina - National Radio
See: 1998 in music
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