The nominees for the 2024 APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka have been revealed.
APRA AMCOS NZ today announced the top 20 songs nominated for Aotearoa’s most prestigious songwriting competition. The top 20 was decided upon by a panel of APRA members made up of respected songwriters, producers, and performers, including country star Tami Neilson and 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards winner Amelia Berry (Amamelia).
Established artists such as Stan Walker, Aaaradhna, Louis Baker, and Jordan Rakei have earned nominations, as have up-and-coming talent including MOHI, Luca George, and alayna.
View the full Silver Scroll Award shortlist below.
The top five waiata nominated for the APRA Maioha Award | Tohu Maioha have also been revealed today, decided upon by a panel of judges selected for their knowledge and understanding of waiata reo Māori/waiata reo rua and the current landscape of Māori composition and songwriting.
Stan Walker is again recognised, earning two slots in the top five, where he will face competition from TAWAZ, Jordyn with a Why, and Hawkins ft. Maria Te Aukaha Huata.
“The APRA Silver Scroll is a particularly prestigious honour, as the recognition of your peers is a special celebration indeed,” says Anthony Healey, Head of APRA AMCOS Aotearoa. “The songs shortlisted here reflect the masterful talent of songwriters and storytellers from Aotearoa whose work is being heard not just at home but all around the globe. These waiata represent our unique voices in the world and it’s a privilege and honour to celebrate them.”
New Zealand’s APRA members will now vote for their favourite songs/waiata in each category, with voting closing before midnight on Monday, July 24th.
The winners will then be announced at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards on Tuesday, October 8th, at Wellington’s St James Theatre.
Last year’s Silver Scroll Award was won by The Beths for “Expert in a Dying Field”, while MOHI was given the Maioha Award for “‘Me Pēhea Rā”, co-written with Hēmi Kelly, Amy Boroevich (HINA), and produced by Noema Te Hau III.
APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka Top 20:
- A World Without You written by Alayna Powley and Devin Abrams*, performed by alayna (*Universal Music Publishing)
- Been and Gone written and performed by Louis Baker and Wallace (Gollan)* (*Mushroom Music Publishing)
- Boy written by Joe Locke and performed by P.H.F.
- Choose Me written by Katie Everingham and Jonathan Pearce, performed by Dateline
- I Am written by Stan Walker*, Vince Harder, Donny Te Kanapu Anasta, and Michael Fatkin^, performed by Stan Walker(*Sony Music Publishing, ^Universal Music Publishing)
- I Like To Be Alone written by Gussie Larkin, Lily Paris West, and Abraham Hollingsworth, performed by Mermaidens
- Jenny Greenteeth written by Chelsea Prastiti, Michael Howell, Tom Dennison, and Adam Tobeck, performed by Skilaa
- Kārearea, written by Mohi Allen, Noema Te Hau III, and Rukuwai Allen, performed by MOHI
- Kātuarehe, written by Anna Coddington, Noema Te Hau III, Ruth Smith, and Kawiti Waetford, performed by Anna Coddington
- Learning written by Jordan Rakei*, Linden Jay Berelowitz^, and Mike Lesirge, performed by Jordan Rakei (* Sony Music Publishing, ^ Universal/MCA Music Publishing)
- Māhoe me Patatē written by Emily and Charles Looker, performed by Aro
- Māori Ki Te Ao written by Stan Walker*, Donny Te Kanapu Anasta, Matthew Sadgrove, Rio Panapa, Hugh Lake, and Fasika Ayallew, performed by Stan Walker (*Sony Music Publishing)
- March 12 written by Rebecca Mason Melrose and Harry Huavi, performed by Haz and Miloux (BMG Rights Management obo Big Pop Music Publishing)
- Paradise written by Clark Mathews, Daniel Vernon, Christan Pianta, and Hakopa Kuka-Larsen, performed by DARTZ
- Run It Back written by Tom Scott and Harry Huavi, performed by Home Brew (Concord Music Publishing)
- Running Amuck, written and performed by Byllie-jean
- She, written and performed by Aaradhna
- Suit of Blue, written by Luca George, Harry Charles, and Rita Laing, performed by Luca George
- The Letter, written by Georgia Lines, Whakaio Taahi*, and Patrick Manning, performed by Georgia Lines (*Concord Music Publishing)
- Whai Ora written by Seth Haapu and Hana Mereraiha, and performed by Seth Haapu
APRA Maioha Award Top 5:
- Apakura’s Call (Remember Me) written by Victor Sulfa, performed by Hawkins feat. Maria Te Aukaha Huata
- He Aho written by Tawaroa Kawana and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mana Tamariki, performed by TAWAZ
- He Rei Niho written by Jordyn Rapana, Ruth Smith, Dan Martin, and Kawiti Waetford, performed by Jordyn with a Why
- I Am written by Stan Walker*, Vince Harder, Donny Te Kanapu Anasta, and Michael Fatkin^, performed by Stan Walker (*Sony Music Publishing, ^Universal Music Publishing)
- Māori Ki Te Ao written by Stan Walker*, Donny Te Kanapu Anasta, Matthew Sadgrove, Rio Panapa, Hugh Lake, and Fasika Ayallew, performed by Stan Walker (*Sony Music Publishing)
