The 2011 Aotearoa Film & Television Awards were held in two ceremonies. The Craft Awards Lunch was held at the Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand on Thursday 10 November 2011, and the Gala Awards were held at the Viaduct Events Centre on the evening of Saturday 12 November 2011.

News and Current Affairs

Qantas Best News	Best News or Current Affairs Presenter
One News 3 News Tonight	Hilary Barry - 3 News John Campbell - Campbell Live Peter Williams - One News
Best News Reporting	Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one‐off current affairs special
Hamish Clark - 3 News Guyon Espiner - One News Duncan Garner & Tony Reid - 3 News	Amanda Millar & Joanne Mitchell - Sunday Janet McIntyre - Sunday Sonya Wilson - 20/20
Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme	Best Current Affairs Series
Mark Crysell & Kate McCallum - Close Up John Campbell - Campbell Live Gill Higgins & Kate McCallum - Close Up	Native Affairs - Colin McRae 60 Minutes - Terence Taylor Sunday
Investigation of the Year
John Campbell, Pip Keane & Claudine MacLean - Campbell Live – The Tsunami Aid Money Investigation Paula Penfold & Eugene Bingham - Secrets and Lies Rachel Stace - A Rotten Shame

General Television

Images & Sound Best Drama Programme	NZ On Air Best Comedy OR Comedy Series
This Is Not My Life - Desert Road Outrageous Fortune series 6 - South Pacific Pictures What Really Happened: Waitangi - Eyeworks New Zealand	7 Days - MediaWorks A Night At The Classic - Two Heads Super City - Super Fumes
Maori Language Commission/ Te Mangai Paho Best Maori Language Programme	Best Children’s/Youth Programme
E Tu Kahikatea - Te Noni Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira - Maori Television Kowhao Rau series 1 - Kura Productions	Kaitangata Twitch - ProductionShed.tv The Amazing Extraordinary Friends, Series 3 - Greenstone TV What Now 30th Birthday Show - Whitebait TV
Best Information Programme	Auckland Council Best Entertainment/ Factual Entertainment Programme
Whare Maori, episode 1 - Kainga Scottie Productions North, episode 6 - JAM TV The Politically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers - Razor	MasterChef New Zealand - Imagination Television Making Tracks - Two Heads The New Zealand Variety Show - Eureka Productions
Kordia Best Multi‐cam Broadcast	Best Observational Reality Series
Rise Up Christchurch – Global Telethon Commotion TV ANZAC Day 2011 ‐ Kotahi Te Wairua Maori Television Polynesian Blue Pacific Music Awards -TVNZ	The Secret Lives of Dancers - Eyeworks New Zealand Intrepid Journeys - JAM TV Rescue 1, Series 3 - Great Southern Television
Best Constructed Reality Series	Best Performance by an Actress
Missing Pieces - Eyeworks New Zealand Are You My Tribe? -Claudette Hauiti Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger - thedownlowconcept	Madeleine Sami - Super City Miriama McDowell - This Is Not My Life Tandi Wright - This Is Not My Life
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress	Best Performance by an Actor
Rena Owen - Shortland Street Nathalie Boltt - Bloodlines Fern Sutherland - The Almighty Johnsons	Mark Mitchinson - Bloodlines Jarod Rawiri - What Really Happened: Waitangi Antony Starr - Spies And Lies
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor	Best Presenter ‐ Entertainment/Factual
Craig Hall - Bloodlines Dean O'Gorman - Nights in the Gardens of Spain Craig Parker - Legend of the Seeker	Jeremy Corbett - 7 Days Nigel Latta - Politically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers Marcus Lush - North, episode 10
Best Script ‐ Drama/Comedy	Images & Sound Best Director ‐ Drama/Comedy
James Griffin - Outrageous Fortune Paula Boock & Donna Malane - Bloodlines Madeleine Sami & Thomas Sainsbury - Super City	Peter Burger - What Really Happened: Waitangi Britta Johnstone - Stolen Peter Burger - Bloodlines
Best Director ‐ Entertainment/Factual
Dean Cornish & Nick Dwyer ‐ Two Heads & Like Rice - Making Tracks James Anderson – Two Heads - The Food Truck Karen Mackenzie & Michael Bennett - Whare Māori, episode 1 - Kainga

Qantas Best News
ONE News

Best News or Current Affairs Presenter
Hilary Barry, (3 News, Christchurch Earthquake)

Journalist of the Year
Hamish Clark, (3 News, Christchurch Earthquake)

Best News Reporting
Hamish Clark, (3 News, Christchurch Earthquake)

Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one-off current affairs special
Amanda Millar & Joanne Mitchell (TV1, Sunday: Innocent)

Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme
Mark Crysell & Kate McCallum, (TV1, Close Up: Webster)

Best Current Affairs Series
Native Affairs (Maori TV)

Investigation of the Year
John Campbell, Pip Keane & Claudine MacLean, (Campbell Live (TV3) The Tsunami Aid Money Investigation)

GENERAL TELEVISION

Images & Sound Best Drama Programme
This Is Not My Life

NZ On Air Best Comedy or Comedy Series
7 Days

Maori Language Commission/Te Mangai Paho Best Maori Language Programme
E Tu Kahikatea

Best Children's/Youth Programme
Kaitangata Twitch

Best Information Programme
Whare Maori

Auckland Council Best Entertainment/Factual Entertainment Programme
MasterChef New Zealand

Kordia Best Multi-cam Broadcast
Rise Up Christchurch - Global Telethon

Best Observational Reality Series
The Secret Lives of Dancers

Best Constructed Reality Series
Missing Pieces

Best Performance by an Actress
Madeleine Sami, Super City

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress
Rena Owen, Shortland Street

Best Performance by an Actor
Mark Mitchinson, Bloodlines

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor
Craig Hall, Bloodlines

Best Presenter - Entertainment/Factual
Jeremy Corbett, 7 Days

Best Script - Drama/Comedy
James Griffin, Outrageous Fortune

Images & Sound Best Director - Drama/Comedy
Peter Burger, Bloodlines

Best Director - Entertainment/Factual
Dean Cornish & Nick Dwyer, Making Tracks

DOCUMENTARY

Best Popular Documentary or Documentary Series
Jesus The Cold Case

Best Arts/Festival/Feature Documentary
I Am The River

Best Director Documentary
Annie Goldson, Brother Number One

FILM

Best Feature Film
Love Story

Outstanding Feature Film Debut
Josh McKenzie, The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell

Best Director in a Feature Film
Florian Habicht, Love Story

Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film
Rawiri Paratene, The Insatiable Moon

Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film
Michelle Ang, My Wedding And Other Secrets

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film
Greg Johnson, The Insatiable Moon

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film
Sara Wiseman, Matariki

Best Screenplay for a Feature Film
Roseanne Liang & Angeline Loo, My Wedding And Other Secrets

Best Short Film
Ebony Society

AFTA Craft Awards

Images & Sound Best Sound in a Feature Film
Dick Reade & Gethin Creagh, After the Waterfall

Best Editing in a Feature Film
Peter O'Donoghue, Love Story

Best Original Music in a Feature Film
Plan 9, Predicament

Best News Camera
Cameron Williams, (3 News, Niger Series/Airline Investigation)

Best Current Affairs Camera
Martin Anderson, (20/20: Rite of Passage, TV2)

Best Cinematography Documentary/Factual
David Paul, The Banker, The Escorts, and The $18 Million

Best Editing Documentary/Factual
Annie Collins, The Waterfall

Images & Sound Best Editing Drama/Comedy
Allanah Milne, Stolen

Best Cinematography Drama/Comedy
Kevin Riley, Legend of the Seeker

Best Original Music
Don McGlashan, This Is Not My Life

Outstanding Technical Contribution to a Short Film
Maria-Elena Doyle, Meniscus

Best Screenplay for a Short Film
Tammy Davis, Ebony Society

Kordia Best Multi-camera Direction
Darryl McEwen, MasterChef New Zealand

Best Contribution to Design
Jane Holland, Legend of the Seeker

Best Production Design in a Feature Film
John Harding, Predicament

Best Costume Design in a Feature Film
Lesley Burkes-Harding, Predicament

Best News Editing
Paul Sparkes, ONE News Special Report CCTV

Best Current Affairs Editing
Nick Reid, 20/20: Sitting on a Killer

Best Performance in a Short Film
Peter Hawes, BIRD

Best Sound Design
Chris Burt, Legend of the Seeker

Best Production Design
Tracey Collins, This Is Not My Life

Best Make-Up Design in a Feature Film
Angela Mooar, Predicament

Best Visual Effects in a Feature Film
Sauce VFX, Predicament

Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Simon Raby, Predicament