The 2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards were held on Thursday 24 August 2006 at SkyCity Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand. Previously known as the New Zealand Screen Awards, the awards were renamed when airline Air New Zealand became the naming-rights sponsor, signing for five years of sponsorship.
The film awards had only four titles in the feature films category: "The World's Fastest Indian", "No.2", "River Queen" and "Sione's Wedding", with "The World's Fastest Indian" winning seven of its 10 categories. Hollywood actors Anthony Hopkins and Ruby Dee won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards. 
Nominees and winners.
There were 13 feature film categories (an increase of one on 2005), two digital feature categories, four short film categories and 28 television categories (an increase of six on 2005).
Feature film.
Best Picture 
Achievement in Directing
Screenplay 
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in Editing
Achievement in Original Music 
Contribution to a Soundtrack 
Achievement in Production Design 
Achievement in Costume Design
Digital Feature.
Best Digital Feature 
Technical Contribution to a Digital Feature 
Short film.
Best Short Film 
Performance in a Short Film 
Script for a Short Film 
Technical Contribution to a Short Film 
Television.
Best Drama Programme 
Best Drama Series 
Best Comedy Programme 
Best Documentary 
Best Documentary / Factual Series 
Best Mäori Language Programme
Best Children's Programme 
Best Lifestyle/Entertainment Programme 
Best Event Broadcast
Best Reality Series
Performance by an Actress
Performance by a Supporting Actress
Performance by an Actor 
Performance by a Supporting Actor 
Presenter Entertainment/Factual 
Script, Single Episode of a Drama Series or Serial
Script, Comedy 
Achievement in Directing, Drama/Comedy Programme 
Achievement in Directing, Documentary
Achievement in Directing, Factual/Entertainment/Reality
Achievement in Camerawork, Drama 
Achievement in Camerawork, Documentary 
Achievement in Editing, Drama
Achievement in Editing, Documentary
Achievement in Original Music 
Contribution to a Soundtrack 
Achievement in Production Design
Contribution to Design
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