The 2011 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Tuesday 13 September 2011 at the

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, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Dave Baxter of

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for the song " Love Love Love", and pop-rock band Hello Sailor were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.

Silver Scroll Award

The Silver Scroll Award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The evening's music performances were produced by Karl Steven of

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. Each of the nominated songs were covered in a new style by another artist.

Long list

In July 2011 a top-20 long list was announced. Ben King (Grand Rapids) "Singing Showers Golden Lights"
Annabel Alpers (

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) "Blanket"
Andrew Keoghan (Andrew Keoghan) "Bright Idea"
Annah MacDonald (

Annah Mac Annah Mac is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer and musician. Her debut album, '' Little Stranger'' was released on the 5 September 2011, it was listed for seven weeks on the New Zealand Albums Top 40 Chart. The most successful single off ...

) "'Celia"

Liam Finn Liam Mullane Finn (born 24 September 1983) is a New Zealand singer and musician. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he moved to New Zealand as a child. He is the son of musicians Sharon and Neil Finn. In 2020, he joined his father's band, Crowded ...

(Liam Finn) Cold Feet
Kody Nielson (Kody and Bic) Darkness All Around Us
Stephen Heard, Dave Rowlands, Strachan Rivers and Tristan Colenso (Clap Clap Riot) "Everyone's Asleep"
Jolyon Mulholland (Mulholland) "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
Ruban Nielson (

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) "FFunny FFriends"
Gareth Thomas (Gareth Thomas) "Google Song"
Jesse Sheehan (Jesse Sheehan) "Grandma's Cookies"
Andrew Wilson, Michael Prain and Lachlan Anderson (Die Die Die) How Ye
Logan Bell and Jordan Bell (Katchafire) Lead Us
Lisa Crawley (Lisa Crawley) "Leaving"
Delaney Davidson (Delaney Davidson) "Little Heart"

Anna Coddington Anna Coddington (born 14 June 1981) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. She has released four albums. Her previous band 'Duchess', for whom Coddington was songwriter, singer and guitarist, also released a 6 track EP in 2005. In 2015, Coddington ...

and Ned Ngatae (Anna Coddington) "Little Islands"

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(Julia Deans) "Little Survivor"
David Baxter (

) " Love Love Love"

Jon Toogood Jonathan Charles Toogood (born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 9 August 1971) is the frontman (lead vocals and guitar) of the New Zealand rock band Shihad. He formed the band in 1988 with fellow Wellingtonian Tom Larkin. Toogood and Larkin met a ...

and Karoline Tamati (

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) "Nothing to Lose"
Richard Setford (Bannerman) "She Was A Mountainside"

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

Pop-rock band Hello Sailor were inducted into the

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. The inducted band members were

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Dave McArtney David Ewan McArtney (5 April 1951 – 15 April 2013) was a New Zealand musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work with the band Hello Sailor and his band Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos. In 1989, McArtney returned to university, ...

, Harry Lyon, Rick Ball, Stuart Pearce and Paul Woolright.

Steve Abel Stephen George Bremner Abel (born January 1970) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and environmental activist who is involved with Greenpeace. In three general elections, he stood as a candidate for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Music ...

and

Gin Wigmore Virginia Claire Wigmore (born 6 June 1986) is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Featured on the Smashproof single "Brother" in 2009, Wigmore went on to release four albums '' Holy Smoke'' (2009), ''Gravel & Wine'' (2011), '' Blood to Bone'' ...

performed Hello Sailor's song " Blue Lady".

Other awards

Four other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music), SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition) and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas.

APRA song awards

Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented four genre awards in 2011. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the

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, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards and the APRA Children’s Song of the Year and ''What Now'' Video of the Year were presented at StarFest.

References

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