Last night, Rachel and Stella headed to see the glitz and glam of the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Awards Kaitito Kaiaka. Steph Brown and Fen Ikner of LIPS were the Music Directors this year, curating a selection of covers honouring the nominees. Listen back to hear from the winners nominees and across categories about their feelings on the tracks, storied careers, and thoughts about the craft of songwriting. Whakarongo mai nei!
1 year on from the awful Grenfell Tower fire in London, the Auckland Council have declared that the highly combustible aluminium polyethylene filled cladding is safe for use in Aucklands buildings.
The council have produced a list naming all the buildings with the cladding which include 7 Auckland hospital buildings and Auckland universities OGGB building.
Lucy Austin spoke with RNZ reporter Phil Pennington to find out more.
It's an award ceremony spesh! Rachel and Stella share their coverage of the Silver Scrolls 2023 across the show, with chats from NZ Music Hall of Fame inductee Don McGlashan to Silver Scroll winners The Beths. Lucinda Bennett yarns about ice cream on Breakfast Food. The Hobby Goblins introduce their cryptid clay, and a hammer makes an appearance. Whakarongo mai nei!
The 2021 APRA Silver Scroll winner Troy Kingi phoned up for a kōrero about his winning song, 'All Your Ships Have Sailed' and what's been happening in his world. Whakarongo mai!
Aneeka chats to Anna Coddington following the awards ceremony last night for the APRA AMCOS Silver Scrolls 2024. Anna Coddington's waiata Kātuarehe, co-written with Noema Te Hau III, Ruth Smith and Kawiti Waetford won the Kaitito Kaiaka/APRA Silver Scroll Award. Whakarongo mai nei!
Ant Healey, Head of Operations at APRA AMCOS NZ, and newly minted Silver Scroll nominee Fazerdaze (a.k.a. Amelia Murray) talk to Mike about songwriting and the 2017 APRA Silver Scrolls longlist announce. After an initial 200 songs have been whittled to 20 by a jury of songwriter peers, what stands to happen next for both the award organisers and the award hopefuls?
Fabian Fanboy is in LA but still very excited about a few faves from NZIFF, special mentions go to Under The Silver Lake and Midsommar. And of course, the long-awaited Lion King is finally out, but does it live up to the hype?
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