It’s our pleasure to announce the Top 20 finalists for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka and the Top 5 finalists for the 2023 APRA Maioha Award. New Zealand APRA members are now invited to vote for their top songs/waiata in each category.
A selection of prizes is up for grabs for members who submit their votes in both categories before 11:59pm Monday 24 July. More details below.
Voting has now closed.
“New Zealand has long been confident in its capacity to create world-class songwriters and the shortlist of APRA Silver Scroll and Maioha Award nominees continues to grow increasingly competitive each year” says Bic Runga, APRA NZ’s Writer Director.
“Voting for Aotearoa's best songs is a difficult task for APRA members - a song's power is subjective, its magic impossible to measure. But there's no doubting the aroha, lyricism, and musical skill that has gone into each one of these high-quality works. This is a fantastic shortlist of masterpieces and future classics that demonstrate the vibrancy and good health of songwriting in New Zealand today.”
The Silver Scroll Top 20 list was decided by a carefully curated panel of APRA members who are also well-respected songwriters, producers, and performers. They spent 3 weeks listening to more than 350 entries before joining an in-person judging meeting to decide on the shortlist.
Judges this year were: Alex Freer, Chelsea Jade, Dianne Swann, Ladi6, Mara TK, Marika Hodgson, Mark Vanilau, Nadia Reid, Rizván Tu’itahi, Sam Taylor.
The APRA Maioha Award Top 5 shortlist was decided 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: Hēmi Kelly, Maisey Rika, Nadia Marsh, Ruth Smith.
All APRA members are now invited to vote for their Top 3 waiata, which will determine the finalists and winner who will be presented with the Tohu Maioha on Wednesday 4 October at Spark Arena.
You can listen to a Spotify playlist of all top 20 Silver Scroll songs and top five Maioha Award waiata HERE
Want to know more about the judging process for the Silver Scroll Award Kaitito Kaiaka and Maioha Award? LEARN MORE HERE
PRIZES
To be eligible for these prizes you must be a New Zealand APRA member and vote in both categories (Silver Scroll Award and Maioha Award) before midnight Monday 24th July.
Prize #1: Two seats at the invite-only APRA Silver Scroll Awards ceremony held at Spark Arena on Weds 4 October.
Prize #2: Two seats at the invite-only APRA Silver Scroll Awards ceremony plus one night's accommodation on the night of the event, Weds 4 October.
Prize #3: Free studio hire for one day at Big Fan in Morningside, Auckland. The booking date will be organised by the winner and Big Fan.
The APRA Silver Scroll Award and APRA Maioha Award will be presented at Spark Arena on Wednesday 4 October. The other awards presented on the night are:
You can watch past award presentations and performances HERE.
Listen to all the incredible songs and waiata shortlisted for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Award and APRA Maioha Award!