APRA AMCOS NZ have announced the top 20 songs nominated for the 2024 Silver Scroll Award Kaitito Kaiaka and the top 5 waiata nominated for the APRA Maioha Award.

The winners will be announced at the Silver Scroll Awards ceremony on October 8 at the St James Theatre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. The Silver Scroll top 20 list was decided by a panel of APRA members who are also well-respected songwriters, producers, and performers: Amelia Berry (Amamelia), Bailey Wiley, Godfrey de Grut, James Coyle, Justyn Pilbrow, Marika Hodgson, Pati AF, Phil Bell, Sam Taylor and Tami Neilson.

APRA Silver Scroll Award Kaitito Kaiaka Top 20:

• A World Without You written by Alayna Powley and Devin Abrams
• Been and Gone written and performed by Louis Baker and Wallace Gollan
• Boy written 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
• I Like To Be Alone written by Augusta Daisy Chalmers 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, Ruth Smith, Kawiti Waetford, performed by Anna Coddington
• Learning written by Jordan Rakei, Linden Jay Berelowitz, Mike Lesirge, performed by Jordan Rakei
• 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
• March 12 written by Rebecca Mason Melrose and Harry Huavi, performed by Haz & Miloux
• 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
• Running Amuck, written and performed by Byllie-jean
• She, written and performed by Aaradhna Patel
• 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
• 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 featuring Maria Te Aukaha Huata
• He Aho written by Tawaroa Kawana 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
• 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

SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha:

• Karlo Margetić: In All Directions
• Ihlara McIndoe: Mirror Traps
• Nathaniel Otley: The Convergence Of Oceans

APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award | Tohu Pūmanawa:

• Arli Liberman and Troy Kingi: The Mountain
• Dana Lund: Joika
• Karl Sölve Steven: Uproar
• Karl Sölve Steven and Jason Smith: Never Look Away

APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award | Tohu Paerangi:

• David Feauai-Afaese and Navakatoa Tekela-Pule (Hanisi Garue): Still Here Season 2
• Karl Sölve Steven: Testify
• Karl Sölve Steven and Rob Thorne: Black Coast Vanishings