Every year the finalists of the APRA Silver Scroll Awards have cover versions performed at the ceremony, as well as the winners of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award and the APRA Maioha Award.

This year Thames Soup, written by Luke Buda, Sam Scott, Thomas Callwood, Richie Singleton, Chris O'Connor, Conrad Wedde and William Ricketts (The Phoenix Foundation), was performed by Rackets.

Click here to watch the full show, thanks to APRA and Yealands Family Wines

Every year the finalists of the APRA Silver Scroll Awards have cover versions performed at the ceremony, as well as the winners of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award and the APRA Maioha Award.

This year, Bird In Hand, written by Anna Coddington, was performed by Sola Rosa.

Click here to watch the full show, thanks to APRA and Yealands Family Wines

Every year the finalists of the APRA Silver Scroll Awards have cover versions performed at the ceremony, as well as the winners of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award and the APRA Maioha Award.

This year, Royals, written by Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little, was performed by by Lionel Reekie, Bella Kalolo and Phillip Fan

Click here to watch the full show, thanks to APRA and Yealands Family Wines

Watch the replay of the 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards from Auckland's Vector Arena. Featuring cover versions of the finalists, and Dave Dobbyn's induction into the NZ Music Hall Of Fame.

Thanks to APRA and Yealands Family Wines.

Lorde took home her first official music award last night, as she won coveted songwriters trophy, the APRA Silver Scroll, along with her co-writer and producer Joel Little for their international hit song Royals. The annual award, which was presented at an impressive ceremony at Vector Arena in Auckland, is voted for by 10,000 New Zealand songwriters who are members of the Australasian Performing Rights Association, and is particularly prized by songwriters as a vote of confidence, and an indication of artistic integrity, from their peers.

Lorde has taken home her first official music award for her hit Royals, winning the APRA Silver Scroll along with co-writer and producer Joel Little.

Leading up the APRA Silver Scroll Awards on October 15th, NZ Herald Online will be interviewing each of the five finalists - as well as streaming the full show live.

In this video, Anna Coddington talks about Bird In Hand

Leading up the APRA Silver Scroll Awards on October 15th, NZ Herald Online will be interviewing each of the five finalists - as well as streaming the full show live.

In this first video, Cy Winstanley of Tattletale Saints talks about the creation of Complicated Man.

Live footage from Rodney Fisher's Songs From The Backyard project, courtesy of Augusto.

Every year at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards, the five finalist songs and winners of the Maioha and SOUNZ awards are covered by other New Zealand artists.

In this video, Kora cover Herbs' Rust In Dust as part of the band's induction into the New Zealand Music Hall Of Fame.

Thanks to APRA and Satellite Media.

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

After a bout of London loneliness, some of our best solo indie songwriters have jumped into bed together to record an album. Three members of the group talk to Scott Kara.

Don McGlashan talks to MacPlanet about scoring film, making music on Macs and why there's no PC in the mix.

He won the Silver Scroll for best local song and last night Lawrence Arabia took out the inaugural Taite Music Prize for best album.