APRA Silver Scrolls - past winners in full

Silver Scroll winner in 2000 for <i>My Only Friend</i>, Chris Knox. Image / APRA

The APRA Silver Scrolls have been rewarding songwriting excellence since 1965. Here is the full list of winners, in all awards.

Silver Scroll Award

1965 Wayne Kent-Healey Teardrops

1966 Ray Columbus I Need You

1967 Roger Skinner Let's Think of Something

1968 David Jordan I Shall Take My Leave

1969 David Jordan Out of Sight, Out of Mind

1970 Wayne Mason Nature

1971 Corben Simpson Have You Heard a Man Cry?

1972 Stephen Robinson Lady Wakes Up

1973 Ray Columbus & Mike Harvey Jangles, Spangles & Banners

1974 John Hanlon Lovely Lady

1975 John Hanlon Windsongs

1976 Mike Harvey All Gone Away

1977 Lea Maalfrid Lavendar Mountain

1978 Steve Allen Why Do They?

1979 Sharon O'Neill Face in a Rainbow

1980 Paul Schreuder You've Got Me Loving You

1981 - no event -

1982 Stephen Young I Can't Sing Very Well

1983 Stephen Bell-Booth All I Want is You

1984 Hammond Gamble Look What Midnight's Done To Me

1985 Malcolm Black & Nick Sampson For Today

1986 Tony Waine Abandoned By Love

1987 Dave Dobbyn You Oughta Be In Love

1988 Shona Laing Soviet Snow

1989 Stephen Bell-Booth Hand It Over

1990 Guy Wishart Don't Take me for Granted

1991 Rikki Morris Heartbroke

1992 Shona Laing Mercy of Love

1993 Dave Dobbyn Belle of the Ball

1994 Don McGlashan Anchor Me

1995 Mark Tierney, Paul Casserly & Anthony Ioasa Sweet Disorder

1996 Bic Runga Drive

1997 Greg Johnson Liberty

1998 Dave Dobbyn Beside You

1999 Bill Urale Reverse Resistance

2000 Chris Knox My Only Friend

2001 Neil Finn Turn and Run

2002 Che Ness & Godfrey de Grut Misty Frequencies

2003 Donald McNulty, Te Awanui Reeder, David Atai, Junior Rikiau & Feleti Strickson-Pua For The People

2004 Malo Luafutu & Peter Wadams Not Many

2005 Dann, Jon & Peter Hume It's Too Late

2006 Don McGlashan Bathe In The River

2007 Brooke Fraser Albertine

2008 Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy & Clinton Harris One Day

2009 James Milne & Luke Buda Apple Pie Bed


Sounz Contemporary Award


1998 Eve de Castro-Robinson Chaos of Delight

1999 Gillian Whitehead Outrageous Fortune

2000 Ross Harris To the Memory of I. S. Totzka

2001 Gillian Whitehead The Improbable Ordered Dance for Orchestra

2002 John Psathas View From Olympus

2003 Gillian Whitehead Alice

2004 John Psathas Piano Concerto

2005 Ross Harris Labyrinth for Tuba and Orchestra

2006 Ross Harris Symphony No. 2

2007 Eve de Castro-Robinson These Arms to Hold You

2008 Chris Gendall Wax Lyrical

2009 Ross Harris Symphony III


APRA Maioha Award



2003 Ngaiwi Apanui Wharikihia

2004 Ruia Aperahama E Tae

2005 Anituatua Black & Whirimako Black Tini Whetu

2006 Richard Bennett E Hine

2007 Andrea Tunks & Pierre Tohe Aio

2008 Ruia Aperahama Rere Reta Rere Reta

2009 Rewi Spraggon & Riki Bennett Tapapakanga


Most Performed Work in New Zealand


1994 Neil Finn & Tim Finn Weather With You

1995 Dave Dobbyn Language

1996 Paul Fuemana & Alan Jansson How Bizarre

1997 Bic Runga Sway

1998 James Reid Supersystem

1999 James Reid Venus

2000 Boh Runga Violent

2001 Julia Deans Lydia

2002 Anika Moa Youthful

2003 Geoffrey Maddock, Kirsten Morrelle, Joel Wilton, Ben King
Andrew Clark Maybe Tomorrow

2004 Brooke Fraser Better

2005 Neil Finn & Tim Finn Won't Give In

2006 James Reid Stand Up

2007 Brooke Fraser Deciphering Me

2008 Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy & Clinton
Harris (Opshop) One Day

2009 Jeremy Redmore, Simon Oscroft, Matthew Warman, Aidan
Bartlett Nick Campbell (Midnight Youth) The Letter


Most Performed Work Overseas


1994 Neil Finn & Tim Finn Weather With You

1995 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

1996 Paul Fuemana & Alan Jansson How Bizarre

1997 Paul Fuemana & Alan Jansson How Bizarre

1998 Paul Fuemana & Alan Jansson How Bizarre

1999 Paul Fuemana & Alan Jansson How Bizarre

2000 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

2001 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

2002 Not presented

2003 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

2004 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

2005 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

2006 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

2007 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

2008 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

2009 Neil Finn Don't Dream It's Over

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