2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
{{Short description|New Zealand songwriting award}}
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| awarded_for = Excellence in New Zealand songwriting
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| date = {{Start date|2016|9|29}}
| winner = None (revoked)
| location = Vector Arena, Auckland
| country = New Zealand
| presenter = APRA New Zealand-Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society
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| previous = 2015
| main = APRA Awards (NZ)
| next = 2017
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The 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Thursday 29 September 2016 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting.{{cite news|title=2016 Silver Scroll nominees announced|url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/2016-silver-scroll-nominees-announced-2016072021#axzz4F0FVjxgo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721122956/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/2016-silver-scroll-nominees-announced-2016072021#axzz4F0FVjxgo|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2016|website=Newshub |publisher=Mediaworks|access-date=21 July 2016}} Five years later APRA revoked the 2016 Silver Scroll after recipient Thomas Oliver admitted assaulting a woman on the night of the awards.{{cite news |title=APRA revokes Thomas Oliver's Silver Scroll award over attack |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/443486/apra-revokes-thomas-oliver-s-silver-scroll-award-over-attack |access-date=4 March 2025 |publisher=RNZ |date=27 May 2021}}
Silver Scroll award
The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 1 September.{{cite web|title=Top five finalists announced for the 2016 Apra Silver Scroll Award|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/83782743/Top-five-finalists-announced-for-the-2016-Apra-Silver-Scroll-Award|website=Stuff|date=31 August 2016|publisher=Fairfax|access-date=2 September 2016}}
The Silver Scroll was awarded to Thomas Oliver. He is no longer recognised as the winner after APRA revoked the award in 2021. Oliver admitted that at an after-party on the night of a separate award ceremony in 2017, he assaulted a woman by grabbing her around the neck.{{cite news |last1=Skipwith |first1=David |title=Wellington singer-songwriter Thomas Oliver stepping down from music industry following assault allegations |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300308391/wellington-singersongwriter-thomas-oliver-stepping-down-from-music-industry-following-assault-allegations |access-date=4 March 2025 |publisher=Stuff |date=15 May 2021}}
The music director for 2016 was musician and 2007 Silver Scroll nominee Sean James Donnelly. As well as overseeing all music performances, he was arranged for the five Silver Scroll finalists to be covered in a unique style by different artists.{{cite web|title=Music Director Announced for 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1609/S00238/music-director-announced-for-2016-apra-silver-scroll-awards.htm|website=Scoop|publisher=Scoop|access-date=27 September 2016}}
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! Song ! Act ! Covering artist{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/top/284501/2015-silver-scrolls|title=2015 Silver Scrolls|date=17 September 2015}} |
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| Lydia Cole
| "Dream" | Lydia Cole | Nadia Reid with Sam Taylor |
| Samuel Scott, Lukasz Buda, Conrad Wedde, William Ricketts, Thomas Callwood, Christopher O’Connor
| "Give Up Your Dreams" | Oystercatcher |
| Thomas Oliver
| "If I Move To Mars" | Thomas Oliver | Yoko Zuna |
| Emily Littler, Billie Rogers, Alex Brown, Christopher Farnham
| "Pedestrian Support League" | Courtney Hate |
| Tami Neilson, Jay Neilson
| "The First Man" | Jocee Tuck |
= Long list =
In July 2016 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that will make up the year's short list.{{cite web|title=Finalists for the 2016 Apra Silver Scroll Award have been announced|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/82322321/finalists-for-the-2016-apra-silver-scroll-award-have-been-announced|website=Stuff|date=21 July 2016|publisher=Fairfax|access-date=21 July 2016}}
- "10 Years" - Seth Haapu
- "A Lake" - Lawrence Arabia
- "All Eyes In The Room" - Gareth Thomas
- "All Over You" - Leisure
- "August Song" - The Sami Sisters
- "Buried By The Burden" - Pacific Heights featuring Louis Baker
- "Don't Rate That" - David Dallas
- "Dream" - Lydia Cole
- "Give Up Your Dreams" - The Phoenix Foundation
- "Harmony House" - Dave Dobbyn
- "If I Move To Mars" - Thomas Oliver
- "Love Will Be A River" - Holly Arrowsmith with Fly My Pretties
- "March" - Electric Wire Hustle featuring Deva Mahal
- "One Question" - Yoko-Zuna featuring Laughton Kora
- "Pedestrian Support League" - Street Chant
- "Pocket" - Miloux
- "Stuck In Melodies" - Andrew Keoghan
- "The First Man" - Tami Neilson
- "The Hours" - Mice On Stilts
- "We Will Rise Again" - Shayne P Carter
New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
{{Main|New Zealand Music Hall of Fame}}
Singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the Silver Scroll awards ceremony in September.{{cite news|title=Moana Maniapoto to be inducted into NZ Music Hall of Fame|url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/moana-maniapoto-to-be-inducted-into-nz-music-hall-of-fame-2016091921|website=Newshub |publisher=Mediaworks|access-date=20 September 2016}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Other awards
Six other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music),{{cite web|title=APRA Maioha Award|url=http://apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/silver-scroll-awards/apra-maioha-award/|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)|access-date=21 July 2016}} SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition),{{cite web|title=SOUNZ Contemporary Award|url=http://apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/silver-scroll-awards/sounz-contemporary-award/|publisher=APRA-AMCOS|access-date=21 July 2016}} and APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award.{{cite web|title=SCREEN AWARDS|url=http://www.apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/silver-scroll-awards/screen-awards/|website=APRA-AMCOS NZ|publisher=APRA-AMCOS NZ|access-date=26 October 2014}} The award for the most performed New Zealand song in New Zealand and overseas was dropped in 2016.
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APRA song awards
Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented six genre awards in 2016. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards,{{cite web|title=BEST PACIFIC SONG|url=http://www.apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/song-awards/best-pacific-song/|website=APRA AMCOS|publisher=APRA AMCOS|access-date=6 August 2014}} the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards,{{cite web|title=BEST COUNTRY MUSIC SONG|url=http://www.apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/song-awards/best-country-music-song/|website=APRA AMCOS|publisher=APRA AMCOS|access-date=6 August 2014}} the APRA Best Māori Songwriter will be presented at the Waiata Maori Music Awards{{cite web|title=Best Maori Songwriter|url=http://apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/song-awards/best-maori-songwriter/|website=APRA|publisher=APRA|access-date=16 July 2015}} and the APRA Children's Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year will be presented live on What Now.{{cite web|title=CHILDREN'S MUSIC AWARDS|url=http://www.apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/song-awards/childrens-music-awards/|website=APRA AMCOS|publisher=APRA AMCOS|access-date=6 August 2014}} For the first time in 2016, the award for Best Jazz Composition was awarded, presented at the National Jazz Festival.{{cite web|title=BEST JAZZ COMPOSITION|url=http://apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/song-awards/jazz-composition/|website=APRA|publisher=APRA|access-date=21 July 2016}}
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! Songwriter(s) ! Act ! Song |
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| APRA Best Pacific Song
| Opetaia Foa’i | Te Vaka | "Papua I Sisifo" |
| APRA Best Country Music Song
| Mel Parsons | "Alberta Sun" |
| APRA Best Jazz Composition
| Callum Allardice | Callum Allardice | "Sons of Thunder" |
| APRA Best Māori Songwriter
| Rob Ruha | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| APRA Children's Song of the Year
| Lucy Hiku & Jenny Payne | Itty Bitty Beats | "Pō Mārie" |
| What Now Children's Video of the Year
| Rainbow Rosalind | Rainbow Rosalind | "Aotearoa, Home of Our Hearts" |
References
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External links
- [http://www.apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/silver-scroll-awards/ APRA AMCOS Silver Scroll Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828185324/http://www.apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/silver-scroll-awards |date=2014-08-28 }}
{{APRA Awards (New Zealand)}}
Category:New Zealand music awards