The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame is a hall of fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

 dedicated to noteworthy musician

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

s from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...

 (RIANZ) and Australasian Performing Right Association

Australasian Performing Right Association

The Australasian Performing Right Association is a copyright collective representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. The association's head offices located in Sydney Australia, and it has branch offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth...

 (APRA) announced their intentions to create the hall of fame in August 2007. Two musicians are inducted into the hall each year, one at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards, decided by APRA, and the other is the winner of the Legacy Awards at the New Zealand Music Awards

New Zealand Music Awards

The New Zealand Music Awards show, is a major annual New Zealand music event where musical acts and singers are awarded each year. It has occurred every year since 1965 to outstanding New Zealand musicians and groups....

 (NZMAs), picked by RIANZ.

, nine artists have been inducted into the hall. The Exponents

The Exponents

The Exponents are a New Zealand rock group led by vocalist and songwriter Jordan Luck.Their major hits, including "Why Does Love Do This To Me", "Who Loves Who The Most", "Victoria", "I'll Say Goodbye " and "Whatever Happened To Tracey" have been taken up by successive generations of younger New...

 frontman Jordan Luck

Jordan Luck

Jordan Luck was the lead singer and songwriter for the New Zealand rock band The Exponents. He was born in Vanderhoof in the province of British Columbia, Canada, but his family moved to Tokarahi and later moved to Geraldine where he grew up. He attended University of Canterbury and College House...

 was the inaugural inductee, honoured with the title at the 2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards. Later in the year, rock musician Johnny Devlin

Johnny Devlin

Johnny Devlin, born John Lockett Devlin , was an influential early New Zealand rock musician, sometimes called "New Zealand's answer to Elvis Presley"....

 was awarded the salutation at the New Zealand Music Awards. Comedians and country musicians the Topp Twins

Topp Twins

The Topp Twins are the folk singing sister comedy duo of New Zealand entertainers Jools and Lynda Topp.They are known for their country music influenced style, live shows and television performances. They are openly lesbian...

 and rock band Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.-Biography:...

 were inducted the following year. In 2009, APRA selected traditional Māori instrumentalists

Maori music

Te Pūoro Māori or Māori Music is music composed or performed by Māori, the native people of New Zealand, and includes a wide variety of folk music styles, often integrated with poetry and dance, as well as modern rock and roll, soul, reggae and hip hop....

, Hirini Melbourne

Hirini Melbourne

Hirini Melbourne was a Māori composer, singer, university lecturer, poet and author. He was from Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu Maori tribes.He is known in New Zealand for his work surrounding the revival of Māori culture...

 and Richard Nunns

Richard Nunns

Richard Nunns QSM is a Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā heritage. He is particularly known for playing the Taonga pūoro and his collaboration with fellow Māori instrumentalist Hirini Melbourne. Since Melbourne's death, he is regarded as the world's foremost authority on Māori...

, to be commissioned into the hall, while RIANZ chose 1960s rock band Ray Columbus and the Invaders to be presented with the accolade. Rock group The Fourmyula

The Fourmyula

The Fourmyula were a New Zealand rock group formed in 1967. Ten of their fourteen singles reached the New Zealand Top 20.The group consisted of Martin Hope , Wayne Mason , Ali Richardson and Chris Parry...

 was approved into the hall in September 2010, while at the 2010 NZMAs Shihad

Shihad

Shihad is a New Zealand hard/alternative rock band, currently based in Melbourne, Australia. During Shihad's recording career, they have produced four number-one studio albums and three top-ten singles in their home country of New Zealand....

 were inducted into the hall of fame.

Hall of Fame

Year	Artists
	APRA inductee	RIANZ inductee
2007	Jordan Luck Jordan Luck Jordan Luck was the lead singer and songwriter for the New Zealand rock band The Exponents. He was born in Vanderhoof in the province of British Columbia, Canada, but his family moved to Tokarahi and later moved to Geraldine where he grew up. He attended University of Canterbury and College House...	Johnny Devlin Johnny Devlin Johnny Devlin, born John Lockett Devlin , was an influential early New Zealand rock musician, sometimes called "New Zealand's answer to Elvis Presley"....
2008	Topp Twins Topp Twins The Topp Twins are the folk singing sister comedy duo of New Zealand entertainers Jools and Lynda Topp.They are known for their country music influenced style, live shows and television performances. They are openly lesbian...	Straitjacket Fits Straitjacket Fits Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.-Biography:...
2009	Hirini Melbourne Hirini Melbourne Hirini Melbourne was a Māori composer, singer, university lecturer, poet and author. He was from Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu Maori tribes.He is known in New Zealand for his work surrounding the revival of Māori culture...  and Richard Nunns Richard Nunns Richard Nunns QSM is a Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā heritage. He is particularly known for playing the Taonga pūoro and his collaboration with fellow Māori instrumentalist Hirini Melbourne. Since Melbourne's death, he is regarded as the world's foremost authority on Māori...	Ray Columbus & the Invaders Ray Columbus & the Invaders Ray Columbus & the Invaders were a rock group from New Zealand active from 1964 to 1966.The group was influenced by the early 1960s work of Cliff Richard and The Beatles. They scored a #1 hit in Australia and New Zealand with "She's a Mod" in 1964, a cover version of a song by The Senators. They...
2010	The Fourmyula The Fourmyula The Fourmyula were a New Zealand rock group formed in 1967. Ten of their fourteen singles reached the New Zealand Top 20.The group consisted of Martin Hope , Wayne Mason , Ali Richardson and Chris Parry...	Shihad Shihad Shihad is a New Zealand hard/alternative rock band, currently based in Melbourne, Australia. During Shihad's recording career, they have produced four number-one studio albums and three top-ten singles in their home country of New Zealand....