Get to know more about the Sunpix awards

The Sunpix Pacific Peoples Awards had been postponed owing to last year's lockdown, but they are now back and ready to go.

The seventh awards presentation since the start of the show in 2015 will honour the Pasifika community heroes in Aotearoa.

The Sunpix Awards, according to SunpixTaualeo'o Managing Director Stephen Stehlin, were inspired by a desire to "perform a show for the community."

Hip-hop group SWIDT from Onehunga won three honours for "Kelz Garage," composed by Daniel Latu, Amon McGoram, Isaiah Libeau, Lomez Brown, and Samuel Verlinden, for Flava Best Pacific Group, Base FM & Island Base Best Pacific Hip-Hop Artist, and APRA Best Pacific Song.

In addition to winning the NZ On Air Radio Airplay Award and NZ On Air Streaming Award for his track "Help Me Out" with Sons of Zion, Kings was voted the NZ Music Commission's Best Pacific Male Artist.

The favourites for grilling One Love Best Pacific Roots/Reggae Artist and Recorded Music TePukaemi Toa o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa | Best Pacific Music Album were given to Tomorrow People in recognition of The SunPix Pacific Peoples Awards nomination period is officially open for 2021.

In six award categories—Pacific Community Leadership, Pacific Education, Pacific Enterprise, Pacific Emerging Leadership, Pacific Health and Well-Being, and Pacific Service Excellence—the awards honour remarkable individuals.

The Trusts Arena in Henderson, Auckland, will host the awards event on Friday, November 5, 2021. John Pulu and Marama T-Pole, two Tagata Pasifika personalities, will once again serve as hosts.

The awards, now in their seventh year, keep getting bigger. A small number of tables will be available for purchase, and this year's event is expected to be twice as big as last year with seating for 600 guests.

What are Sunpix awards?

The Pacific Community Leadership, Pacific Education, Pacific Enterprise, Pacific Emerging Leadership Award, Pacific Health and Wellbeing, and Pacific Service Excellence SunPix Awards honour outstanding people in these six award categories.

The 2022 Awards' Platinum Sponsor is the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE). With special appreciation to our Pacific Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) employees, we acknowledge the assistance that Pacific communities provided as part of New Zealand's COVID-19 response. The mission of MBIE is to "Grow New Zealand for All." We are in charge of the government's economic priorities and help to implement Lalanga Fou, the strategy for the entire government's wellbeing in the Pacific.

SunPix was built on the Fa'aaloalo, Fa'atasiga, and Fa'amaoni values of the Pacific Islands. We have experience creating material with high production values that can be used on numerous platforms. With independent Pacific freelancers, directors, journalists, and creatives across Aotearoa and the surrounding area, SunPix has wide networks. Along with the growing NZ-born Pacific population, the corporation has strong relationships to the Samoan, Tongan, Cook Islands, Niue, Fiji, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Rotuma, and Kiribati communities. When we were chosen to carry on Tagata Pasifika's heritage, we were ecstatic. It is a privilege.

This honour recognises a company that, through its work, significantly benefits Pacific Islander communities. This category honours efforts, projects, or programmes that assist Pacific Islander families and communities. Governmental organisations and non-profit businesses that have outstanding programmes and services especially created and specialised for Pacific populations in New Zealand are nominated in this category.

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