New Zealand film and television awards have gone by many different names and have been organised by different industry groups.
[4] The 1987 GOFTA Awards,[5] presented by American TV personality Leeza Gibbons and New Zealand radio host Nic Nolan, is known for its disastrous presentation, including a disruptive audience who heckled guest John Inman, and confusing stage management.
[8] The New Zealand Screen Awards were run by the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand and celebrated both film and television productions, including some overlap with Qantas Television Awards categories.
[10] From 2008 to 2011, the NZTBC and the SDGNZ jointly ran the Qantas Film and Television Awards.
[11] In 2012 the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand announced that due to funding and resource restraints it would not be involved with the 2012 AFTAs and would not organise an alternate film industry awards that year.
[15] Later in 2012, an alternative film awards presentation was announced, independent of the SDGNZ.
[19] The Moas were held for the fourth time in February 2017, covering the period of October 2014 to November 2016.