{"id":632063,"date":"2026-10-16T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632063\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:34:10","slug":"samoan-love-song-lalelei-makes-history-at-the-2026-silver-scroll-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632063\/","title":{"rendered":"Samoan love song Lalelei makes history at the 2026 Silver Scroll Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Five other awards were presented at a star-studded ceremony celebrating Apra\u2019s 100th year representing New Zealand songwriters and composers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Emily and Charles Looker (Ng\u0101puhi, Te Rarawa, Ng\u0101ti Te Ata, Ng\u0101ti Mutunga) \u2013 who perform as Aro \u2013 won the Apra Maioha award, which recognises contemporary te reo M\u0101ori waiata. Their winning song, Puna Ora, was one of two of their works that made the shortlist.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Emily and Charles Looker perform music together as Aro. Photo\/ Cara Graham\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Emily and Charles Looker perform music together as Aro. Photo\/ Cara Graham<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe song is about awakening that inner puna ora, that living spring inside us that connects us to our t\u016bpuna, our tamariki, and to something beyond what we can see,\u201d the Lookers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Tihi o te Maunga Tito, a new award celebrating kaitito M\u0101ori who write and compose for kapa haka, went to Rob Ruha for Te Tapuni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Te Tapuni is a celebration of life dedicated to the late Ricky Lee Tapuni Mitai (Te Whakat\u014dhea), honouring his dedication to preserving te reo M\u0101ori and tikanga alongside his passion for arts and culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Acclaimed composer and performer Dylan Lardelli (Ng\u0101ti Porou, Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe) was awarded the Sounz Contemporary Award for Light Lines, his first work for string trio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Composer Clare Cowan was awarded Best Original Music in a Series Award for her composition on local crime drama Bust Up. Cowan previously won the award in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Producer and composer Karl Solve Steven received the Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award \u2013 for the fourth time \u2013 with his score for the film Pike River.<\/p>\n<p>Full list of winners:<\/p>\n<p>Apra Silver Scroll Award \u2013 Kaitito Kaiaka<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Lalelei, written by David Feauai-Afaese*, Navakatoa Tekela-Pule*, Levi Gemmell, Larsen Taylor, and performed by Leao (*Heard &amp; Seen Publishing)<\/p>\n<p>Apra Maioha Award &#8211; Tohu Maioha<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Puna Ora, written by Charles Looker and Emily Looker, performed by Aro<\/p>\n<p>Sounz Contemporary Award &#8211; Te Tohu Auaha<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Light Lines by Dylan Lardelli for string trio<\/p>\n<p>Te Tihi o te Maunga Tito \u2013 Kapa Haka Songwriting Award<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Te Tapuni, written by Rob Ruha, performed by Te Taumata o Apanui (TOA)<\/p>\n<p>Apra Best Original Music in a Series Award \u2013 Tohu Paerangi<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Claire Cowan for Bust Up<\/p>\n<p>Apra Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award \u2013 Tohu P\u016bmanawa<\/p>\n<p class=\"FxSPvgIxedhFU\" style=\"display:none\">Karl Steven for Pike River (Heard and Seen Publishing)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five other awards were presented at a star-studded ceremony celebrating Apra\u2019s 100th year representing New Zealand songwriters and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2246,1975,10779,1651,156,1861,309946,2882,5338,157,111,139,69,154770,20153,130673,7457,8628,223],"class_list":["post-632063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-2246","tag-at","tag-awards","tag-digital","tag-entertainment","tag-history","tag-lalelei","tag-love","tag-makes","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-reporters","tag-samoan","tag-scroll","tag-silver","tag-song","tag-the"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}