The award winners were announced at two ceremonies: the New Zealand Television Craft Awards, hosted by Screen Auckland was held at GRID Auckland on November 8 and the Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards gala ceremony at the mighty Civic Theatre on November 22.
| NZ On Air Best Web Series | Baby Mama's Club | Culture Factory (TVNZ On Demand) | Hanelle Harris, Mia Teirney Henry |
| Best Children's Programme | Thunderbirds are Go | Pukeko Pictures & ITV Studios (TVNZ On Demand) | Richard Taylor, Stuart McAra, Sharon Lark, Estelle Hughes, Giles Ridge |
| Te Māngai Pāho Best Maori Programme | NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka | Great Southern Film & Television (RNZ) | Adrian Stevanon, Mihingarangi Forbes, Carmen J Leonard, Colin McRae, Annabelle Lee |
| Te Māngai Pāho Best Reo Programme | Waka Huia - Timoti Karetu | Scottie Productions (TVNZ 1) | Ngahuia Wade, Megan Douglas, Whatanui Flavell |
| Best Live Event Coverage | ANZAC Dawn Service 2018 | Māori Television | Wayne Leonard, Brendon Butt |
| Monstavision Best Sports Programme | No Regrets | Sky Network Television | Bevan Sanson, Brian Hitchcock, Dave Earl, Nick Quail, Clinton Grey, Howard Dunn 3 |
| Best Director: Documentary/Factual | Felicity Morgan-Rhind | Topp Country S3 | Diva Productions (TVNZ 1) |
| Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama | Peter Salmon | Wanted S2 | Matchbox Pictures, R&R Productions (Three) |
| NZ On Air Best Factual Series | Coast New Zealand | Great Southern Film & Television (TVNZ 1) | Anna Lynch |
| Best Current Affairs Programme | Stuff Circuit | Stuff | Eugene Bingham, Phil Johnson, Toby Longbottom, Paula Penfold |
| Best Pasifika Programme | Tales Of Time - Coconet TV | Tikilounge Productions | Tuki Laumea, Lisa Taouma |
| Best Lifestyle Programme | Topp Country S3 | Diva Productions (TVNZ 1) | Arani Cuthbert, Felicity Morgan-Rhind |
| Best Comedy/Comedy Entertainment Programme | Jono and Ben | Three | Bronwynn Bakker |
| Huawei Mate20 Best Presenter: Entertainment | Anika Moa | Anika Moa Unleashed S1 | Rogue Productions Ltd (Maori Television / TVNZ On Demand) 4 |
| Best Original Reality Series | The Casketeers | Great Southern Film amp; Television (TVNZ 1) | Anna Lynch, Susan Leonard |
| Stage amp; Screen Best Format Reality Series | My Kitchen Rules NZ S3 | Seven Productions NZ Ltd (TVNZ 1) | Simon Fleming |
| NZ On Air Best Documentary | NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka | Great Southern Film & Television (RNZ) | Adrian Stevanon, Mihingarangi Forbes, Carmen J Leonard, Colin McRae, Annabelle Lee |
| Best News Coverage | One News | TVNZ | Tati Urale |
| Reporter of the Year | Jehan Casinader | Sunday | TVNZ |
| Best Presenter: News and Current Affairs | Mike McRoberts | Newshub | Three |
| Best Actor | Rick Donald | 800 Words S3 | South Pacific Pictures (TVNZ 1) |
| Huawei Mate20 Best Actress | Antonia Prebble | Westside S3 | South Pacific Pictures (Three) 5 |
| NZ On Air Best Drama Series | Westside S3 | South Pacific Pictures | Mark Beesley, Chris Bailey, Kelly Martin, James Griffin (Three) |
| Images & Sound Best Feature Drama | The Dance Exponents – Why Does Love? | Great Southern Film amp; Television (TVNZ 1) | Carmen J Leonard |
| Woman's Day Television Personality of the Year | Hayley Holt (TVNZ Breakfast) | ||
| Legend Award | Tini Molyneux | ||
| 2018 Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Craft Awards, hosted by Screen Auckland | |||
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| Best Editing: Documentary/Factual | Toby Longbottom | The Valley | Stuff Circuit |
| Best Editing: Drama | Cushla Dillon, Paul Maxwell | Wanted S2 | Matchbox Pictures (Three) |
| Huawei Mate20 Best Camerawork: Documentary/Factual | Clayton Carpinter & Richard Harling | Topp Country | Diva Productions (TVNZ 1) |
| Best Director: Multi Camera | Marcus Kennedy | HSBC Rugby Sevens World Series, Hamilton | Sky Network Television 6 |
| Best Cinematographer: Drama | David Paul | The Dance Exponents - Why Does Love? | Great Southern Film & Television (TVNZ 1) |
| Best Contribution to a Soundtrack | Ben Sinclair, Steve Finnigan, Mike Bayliss, Chris Sinclair - Images and Sound | Wanted S2 | Matchbox Pictures (Three) |
| Images amp; Sound Best Original Score | Resolve | Karl Steven | Screentime (TVNZ 1) |
| Best Post Production Design | Alana Cotton (Colourist) - Images and Sound | Wanted S2 | Matchbox Pictures (Three) |
| Screen Auckland Best Art Direction or Production Design | Miro Harré | The Dance Exponents - Why Does Love? | Great Southern Film & Television (TVNZ 1) |
| Best Costume Design | Katrina Hodge | The Dance Exponents - Why Does Love? | Great Southern Film & Television (TVNZ 1) |
| Best Makeup Design | Susie Glass, Jacqueline Leung, Joe Whelan | The New Legends of Monkey | See-Saw Films (TVNZ 2) |
| Huawei Mate20 Best Script: Comedy | Alice Snedden | Funny Girls | Three 7 |
| Best Script: Drama | Pip Hall, Philip Smith | The Dance Exponents - Why Does Love? | Great Southern Film & Television (TVNZ 1) |
The New Zealand Television Awards recognises excellence in television, and honours the special skills and unique talents of the companies and individuals who create, produce, and perform in television programmes in New Zealand. The New Zealand Television Awards is open to traditional, subscription and digital television platforms.
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