[picture id="4K6MIS5_AMAsTopWinners_1_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="thumbnail"] Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi, Supplied
The biggest names in New Zealand's music industry walked the red carpet at the Viaduct Events Centre, including Lorde who arrived after surprising fans with a new music video. Other guests are Anna Coddington, CHAII, Kaylee Bell, Lorde, MOKOTRON, Stan Walker, Tami Neilson and Troy Kingi.
Fazerdaze, Lorde, Stan Walker and Earth Tongue took out the top awards - see the full list of winners here.
For a play-by-play recap, follow how the night went down on our liveblog:
Grammy-award winning Kiwi singer Lorde, whose real name is Ella Yelich-O'Connor, told fans at her exclusive YMCA party last night she was in town for the Aotearoa Music Awards.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of music awards in New Zealand.
