A Kiwi comic who lost a third of her audience when a fan vomited during her show has taken home the Billy T Award.
Melanie Bracewell, a writer, stand-up comedian and radio DJ, took home the $3000 prize for her latest show Melodrama.
Bracewell, a weekend DJ on Hauraki, won the award just two days after a fan vomited halfway through her show at the Basement Theatre,
"About 35 minutes into the show, this guy .... at first I thought he was just spilling a drink, then the spilling of the drink went on for a while," she told the Herald.
"It turned out that he was just very, very sick and there was a lot of chundering involved. It was one of those things where I just had no idea what to do."
Her show received rave reviews, with Herald critic Gary Dooley calling her a "fully-fledged star, saying her show was "packed with laugh-out-loud moments galore and endearing storytelling, delivered by a comedian fully in control of her craft and her audience".
Other winners include Chris Parker taking out the Fred Award and Rhys Nicholson winning the Best International Show gong.
James Mustapic won the best newcomer award in Auckland, with Wellington's going to Josh Kingsford.
The host has been spotted across the Atlantic post-election.