There were 24 television categories (a decrease of six on 2006), two digital feature categories, four short film categories and no feature film categories.[3]
Best Drama Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Documentary
- Love, Speed and Loss, Visionary Film & TV
- Touch Wood, Production Line
- Try Revolution, Leanne Pooley
Best Factual Series
- Hunger for the Wild (eps 2 & 3), Peter Young, Tracy Roe
- Emergency (eps 2 & 7), Jenny Williams
- Hidden in the Numbers (eps 1 & 3), Mark McNeill, Dianne Lindesay
Best Mäori Language Programme
- Waka Huia (Te Tau Whakamahara I a Tumatauenga), TVNZ
- Korero Ki Nga Kararehe (ep 5: Makimaki), Robert Pouwhare
- Waka Huia (Korowai o Te Aroha, part 3), TVNZ
Best Children's Programme
Best Lifestyle/Entertainment Programme
- Dancing with the Stars (series 2, ep 8), Debra Kelleher
- Marae DIY, Screentime/Hula Haka Productions
- The Living Room (series 3, ep 10), Mark Albiston, Sticky Pictures
Best Event Broadcast
- Na Ratou Mo Tatou – They Did It For Us, Screentime/Mäori Television
- Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu – 1931–2006, Derek Te Kotuku Wooster
- Vodafone X-Air 2006 Post Event Shows (ep 3), Warren Green, Jason Naran, Sticky Pictures
Best Sports Programme
- Code (ep 32), Code/Mäori Television
Best Reality Series
- Henderson To Hollywood (eps 8 & 9), Ondrej Havas
- Piha Rescue (series 3, ep 1), Eric Derks
- Tough Act (eps 1 & 5), Gibson Group
Performance by an Actress
Performance by a Supporting Actress
Performance by an Actor
Performance by a Supporting Actor
Presenter, Entertainment/Factual
- Jason Gunn, Dancing with the Stars (series 2, ep 8)
Script, Drama
Achievement in Directing, Drama/Comedy Programme
Achievement in Directing, Documentary
- Justin Pemberton, Love, Speed and Loss
- Mark Albiston, Artsville (ep 1: The Magical Word of Misery)
- James Frankham, Pacific Solution
Achievement in Directing, Factual Programming/Entertainment
- Rupert MacKenzie, Hidden in the Numbers (ep 2)
- Mark Albiston, The Living Room (series 3, ep 10)
- Peter Young, Hunger for the Wild
Achievement in Camerawork, Documentary
- Peter Young, Country Calendar (ep 22: Cray Coast)
- James Ellis, Waka Reo (series 2)
- Simon Raby, Elgar's Enigma: Biography of a Concerto
Achievement in Editing Documentary
- Bryan Shaw, Love, Speed and Loss
- John Fraser, Hidden In The Numbers (ep 3)
- Tim Woodhouse, Try Revolution
Achievement in Original Music
Contribution to a Soundtrack
Contribution to Design
Best Digital Feature
- The Waimate Conspiracy, Stefen Lewis
Technical Contribution to a Digital Feature
- Duncan Cole, The Last Magic Show
- Rhys Duncan, You Move You Die
- Georgie Hill, The Last Magic Show
Best Short Film
- Run, Mark Albiston
- Fog, Rachel Gardner, Peter Salmon
- Hawaikii, Michael Jonathan
Performance in a Short Film
Script for a Short Film
- Louis Sutherland, Run
- Miki Magasiva, Uso Brother
- Fiona Samuel, The Garden of Love
Technical Contribution to a Short Film
- John Harding, The King Boys
- Simon Baumfield, Run
- Ginny Loane, Fog