LIVE BLOG: NZ Music Awards finalists announced

This year's hosts Shannon Ryan and Ben Hurley are reading out the finalists. Photo / Brett Phibbs

Welcome to the Herald online Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards finalist announcement live blog.

We're live at the Langham Hotel in Auckland, where we'll be finding out the winners of the three technical categories, the finalists for the main awards, which three acts will perform at a showcase for the new critics' prize, and which band will receive this year's New Zealand Herald Legacy Award.

The function is due to start around 5pm, with the official bits starting around 5.45pm.

Comments and questions are welcome.

-Herald Online