This is a list of number-one hits by New Zealand artists in New Zealand from the Official New Zealand Music Chart singles chart.Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by Recorded Music New Zealand
List
Key – Number-one single of the year. – Number-one single of the year, of New Zealand origin.
Reachednumber one Artist Title Weeks atnumber one "Opportunity" 1 "Thanks To You" 3 "Why Or Where Or When" 2 Simple Image "Spinning, Spinning, Spinning" 2 "I Have Loved Me a Man" 2 Rebels "My Son John" 2 "M'Lady" 2 Shane "Saint Paul" 6 Hi Revving Tongues "Rain and Tears" 1 "Nature" 4 "Cheryl Moana Marie" 1 "Star Crossed Lovers" 4 Hogsnort Rupert "Pretty Girl" 3 "Pinocchio" 6 Rumour "L'Amour est l'Enfante de la Liberte" 4 Space Waltz "Out on the Street" 2 "Lovely Lady" 3 Official New Zealand Music Chart (Recorded Music New Zealand) "Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life" 3 "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" 4 "Tania" 4 "Jezebel" 6 "Montego Bay" 1 Split Enz "I Got You" 3 "The Bridge" 2 "Counting the Beat" 3 Screaming Meemees "See Me Go" 1 "Whakaaria Mai (How Great Thou Art)" 5 "E Ipo" 1 Dave and the Dynamos "Life Begins at Forty" 3 Pātea Māori Club "Poi E" 4 Peking Man "Room That Echoes" 2 All Of Us "Sailing Away" 9 featuring Herbs "Slice of Heaven" 8 Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over" 1 Tex Pistol "Game of Love" 1 Holidaymakers "Sweet Lovers" 6 Tex Pistol and "Nobody Else" 1 When the Cat's Away "Melting Pot" 1 "Escaping" 3 "Welcome to Our World" 3 Ngaire "To Sir With Love" 5 Push Push "Trippin'" 6 "Tears on My Pillow" 1 "You Make the Whole World Smile" 3 (2 runs) "The Heater" 1 3 The Hard Way "Hip Hop Holiday" 3 Supergroove "Can't Get Enough" 1 Headless Chickens "George" 2 OMC "How Bizarre" 3 DLT "Chains" 5 "We Don't Know How Lucky We Are" 1 Deep Obsession "Lost in Love" 2 Che Fu"Without a Doubt"/"Machine Talk" 1 Ardijah "Silly Love Songs" 1 True Bliss "Tonight" 2 Deep Obsession "Cold" 1 "Can You Hear Us" 1 Deep Obsession "One & Only" 2 Fur Patrol "Lydia" 1 Goodshirt "Sophie" 1 Scribe "Stand Up"/"Not Many"‡ 12 3 The Hard Way "It's On (Move to This)" 1 Scribe "Dreaming"/"So Nice" 1 "They Can't Take That Away"‡ 7 Misfits of Science "Fools Love" 4 Adeaze featuring Aaradhna "Getting Stronger"1 "So Damn Beautiful" 1 Dei Hamo"We Gon' Ride" 5 P-Money featuring Scribe "Stop the Music" 3 Savage "Swing" 5 Savage featuring Akon"Moonshine"† 7 "All I Ask" 2 Boyband "You Really Got Me" 1 "Hold Out" 1 Atlas "Crawl"† 7 "A Very Silent Night" 1 "Always On My Mind"† 2 Nesian Mystik "Nesian 101" 1 P-Money featuring Vince Harder "Everything" 3 Smashproof featuring Gin Wigmore "Brother"† 11 "Black Box" 10 featuring Scribe "You Got Me"‡4 "Young Blood"2 "Something in the Water"1 Six60 "Rise Up 2.0"1 Avalanche City "Love Love Love"3 Gotye featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know"†6 Flight of the Conchords "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)"†2 Titanium "Come On Home"1 Lorde "Royals"†3 Lorde "Tennis Court"1 "Bones"1 "It's Worth It"2 Ginny Blackmore and Stan Walker "Holding You" 1 Six60 "Special" 1 Timmy Trumpet & Savage "Freaks" 5 Avalanche City "Inside Out" 1 Lorde"Green Light" 1L.A.B."In the Air" † 3Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"6L.A.B."Why Oh Why"5Six60"All She Wrote"1Lorde"What Was That"1
Notes Gotye was born in Belgium but raised in Australia. Kimbra is from New Zealand. Timmy Trumpet is Australian, Savage is from New Zealand. "Freaks" was Number one of New Zealand origin for 2014 and 2015. Neil Finn is from New Zealand, and the other band members are Australian "In The Air" was also number one of New Zealand origin in 2022 and 2023. "Why Oh Why" was number one of New Zealand origin in 2021.
New Zealand artists with the most number-one hits
These totals includes singles when the artist is 'featured'—that is, not the main artist.
– includes duet or collaboration by two New Zealand artists. – includes songs whose chart placings predate the Official New Zealand Music Chart which began in May 1975.
ArtistNumber-onesinglesLongest runTotal weeks atnumber one Scribe 4 "Stand Up"/"Not Many" (12 weeks) † 20 Lorde 4 "Royals" (3 weeks) 6 John Rowles 3 ‡ "Tania" (4 weeks) 6 Mr. Lee Grant 3 ‡ "Thanks To You" (3 weeks) 6 Deep Obsession 3 "Lost in Love", "One & Only" (2 weeks each) 5 Savage 3 "Moonshine" (7 weeks) 17 Jon Stevens 2 "Jezebel" (5 weeks) 7 Mark Williams 2 "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (4 weeks) 7 Tex Pistol 2 "Game of Love", "Nobody Else" (1 week each) 2 3 The Hard Way 2 "Hip Hop Holiday" (3 weeks) 4 P-Money 2 "Stop the Music", "Everything" (3 weeks each) † 6 Ginny Blackmore 2 "Bones", "Holding You" (1 week each) † 2 Stan Walker 2 "Black Box" (6 weeks) † 7 Avalanche City 2 "Love Love Love" (3 weeks) 4 L.A.B. 2 "Why oh Why" (5 weeks) 8
Singles with most weeks at number one
– includes songs whose chart placings predate the Official New Zealand Music Chart which began in May 1975.
Year Artist Song(s) Total weeks atnumber one 2003 Scribe "Stand Up"/"Not Many" 12 2009 Smashproof featuring Gin Wigmore "Brother" 11 2009 Stan Walker "Black Box" 10 1986 All Of Us "Sailing Away" 9 1986 Dave Dobbyn featuring Herbs "Slice of Heaven" 8 2020 Jawsh 685"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"8 2004 Ben Lummis "They Can't Take That Away" 7 2005 Savage featuring Akon"Moonshine" 7 2007 Atlas "Crawl" 7 1969 Shane "Saint Paul"‡ 6 1970 Maria Dallas "Pinocchio"‡ 6 1979 Jon Stevens "Jezebel" 6 1988 Holidaymakers "Sweet Lovers" 6 1991 Push Push "Trippin'" 6 2011 Gotye featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know"6
References Charts.org.nz - NZ singles charts (Recorded Music NZ) The Official NZ Music Charts (Hung Medien)