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From Radio NZ:
Marlon Williams has won New Zealand’s premier songwriting award for the second time.
Williams (Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) won the APRA Silver Scroll Award for the song, ‘Aua Atu Rā‘, co-written by KOMMI (Kāi Tahu, Te-Āti-Awa). He won in 2018 for ‘Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore’.
Inspired by 1960s Māori showbands, ‘Aua Atu Rā’ comes from the album Te Whare Tīwekaweka, which was written entirely in te reo Māori with guidance from close friend and artist KOMMI (Kommi Tamati-Elliffe).
Williams’ Silver Scroll double adds him to a list of multi-winners including Dave Dobbyn, Don McGlashan, and Lorde.
As part of the finalist performances at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Ōtautahi, Christchurch on Wednesday night ‘Aua Atu Rā’ was performed by folk/country sister duo The Mitchell Twins.
Christchurch five-piece duo Dillistrate were presented with the Maioha Award for ‘Kei Whati Te Marama’. The peer-voted award was presented to Henare Kaa and Tim Driver, alongside co-writers Hemi Hoskins and Rory Noble, for the drum’n’bass love song, “a tribute to our wāhine who go through so much”.
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