The inaugural New Zealand Qantas Television Awards were staged on 12 November 2005 in Auckland, New Zealand.
The awards show and most of the awards were presented by Petra Bagust and Jason Gunn, with additional awards presented by Helen Clark and Don Brash (or more specifically, parodies of them from the TV show "Facelift"), Oscar Kightley, Dave Fane, Jaquie Brown and Oliver Driver. Prime's Charlotte Dawson served as a backstage correspondent.
Nominees and Winners.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
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References.
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