The 2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Tuesday 18 September 2007 at the

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

Brooke Fraser Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood (née Fraser; born 15 December 1983) better known by her maiden name Brooke Fraser, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter best known for her hit single " Something in the Water", released in 2010. Fraser released two ...

for her song " Albertine", and singer

Jordan Luck Jordan William Hunter Luck (born 15 October 1961) is the former lead singer and songwriter of the New Zealand rock band The Exponents. He was born in Vanderhoof in the province of British Columbia, Canada. His family moved to Tokarahi (near O ...

was inducted into the

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as its inaugural member. This was also the first year that the finalists and winners were selected by online votes by APRA members instead of an anonymous panel.

Silver Scroll Award

The Silver Scroll Award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music.

Long list

In July 2007 a top-20 long list was announced. The list was selected by a panel of judges, with APRA members voting on it to select the five finalists and winner.

" Albertine" (Brooke Fraser)
Greg Johnson and Ted Brown "Anyone Can Say Goodbye" (Greg Johnson)
Sean Donnelly "Beautiful Haze" (SJD)
Sean Cunningham, Ben Campbell and Beth Campbell "Crawl" (

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)
Ruban Nielson " Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!" (

The Mint Chicks The Mint Chicks were a New Zealand noise rock/art punk group (the band began to refer to their style of music as "troublegum" and have been referred to as anything from neo-punk to schizo-pop to the only half-serious genre definition of shit-gaz ...

)

Deciphering Me "Deciphering Me" is artist/songwriter Brooke Fraser's sixth single, and her first single from her second studio album '' Albertine''. The song debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number forty on 23 October 2006 and on 4 December 2006, peak ...

" (Brooke Fraser)

Neil Finn Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician who is known for being a member of Crowded House, Split Enz (which he co-fronted with brother Tim), and Fleetwood Mac. Finn rose to prominence in the late ...

" Don't Stop Now" (

Crowded House Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1985. Its founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn (vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later ban ...

)

Boh Runga Boh Runga (born 1969/1970) is a New Zealand recording artist and was the lead singer and guitarist in New Zealand rock band Stellar. Boh is the older sister of Bic Runga and Pearl Runga who are also musicians. Early life Boh grew up in Chris ...

" For a While" ( Stellar)
Miriam Clancy "Girl About Town" (Miriam Clancy)

Hollie Smith Hollie Smith (born 17 November 1982) is a New Zealand soul singer-songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand. Her four solo albums ''Long Player, Humour and the Misfortune of Others, Water or Gold,'' and ''Coming In From The Dark'' have all reach ...

and Jeremy Toy "I Will Do" (Hollie Smith)
Sean Donnelly "I Will Not Let You Down" (

Don McGlashan Donald McGlashan (born 18 July 1959) is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who Is best known for membership in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He has also composed for ci ...

)
Dann Hume and Jon Hume "

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" ( Evermore)
Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy and Clinton Harris "Maybe" ( Opshop)
Redford Grenell, Devin Abrams, Nick Robinson, Sam Trevethick and Paora Apera "One" (

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)
Jeremy Toy, Julien Dyne, Lewis McCallum and Tyra Hammond "Rise Up (part 2)" ( Opensouls)

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 ...

" Second Chance" (Liam Finn)

Julia Deans Julia Mary Deans (born 27 August 1974) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer of rock band Fur Patrol. Banshee Reel In the early '90s Deans joined Wellington-based Celtic rock band Banshee Reel. The group released ...

, Andrew Bain and Simon Braxton "The Way To Breathe" (

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)
Victoria Girling-Butcher "This Soldier" ( Lucid 3)
Buzz Moller " We're So Lost" (

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Shayne Carter Shayne P. Carter is a New Zealand musician best known for leading Straitjacket Fits from 1986 to 1994, and as the only permanent member of Dimmer (1995–2012). Carter is a member of the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, and has been awarded the ...

"What's A Few Tears To the Ocean" (

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)

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

Singer and songwriter

was inducted into the

by Mike Chunn. Luck was the inaugural member of the newly formed Hall of Fame.

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 classical composition) and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas.

APRA Maioha Award

SOUNZ Contemporary Award

Most Performed Works

APRA song awards

Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented two genre awards in 2007. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the

Pacific Music Awards The Pacific Music Awards are an annual New Zealand music award ceremony since 2005 that honours excellence in Pacific music in New Zealand. The awards honour musicians who primarily work in the Pacific Island style of music from the Cook Islands, ...

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

References

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