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Indie folk singer Marlon Williams’ 1960s-inspired ‘Aua Atu Rā’ and kapa haka waiata ‘Korero Māori’ are finalists in this year's awards.

RNZ Online

29 October 2025

2 min read

Composite image of artists, from top left, clockwise, Fazerdaze (Amelia Murray), Marlon Williams, JessB, band There's a Tuesday and Mazbou Q.

From top left, clockwise, Fazerdaze (Amelia Murray), Marlon Williams, JessB, band There's a Tuesday and Mazbou Q.Supplied, Ian Laidlaw, Bandcamp, Andi Crown Photography

Indie folk singer Marlon Williams’ 1960s-inspired ‘Aua Atu Rā’ and kapa haka waiata ‘Korero Māori’ are finalists of the APRA Silver Scroll and Tohu Maioha awards.

The awards, at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Ōtautahi, Christchurch on Wednesday night, will be streamed live on RNZ.

Williams won the Silver Scroll in 2018 for his song 'Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore'.

Fazerdaze aka Amelia Murray also scored a finalist spot this year for the peer-voted Silver Scroll for ‘Cherry Pie’ - the lead single from her second album Soft Power, which won Album of the Year at the Aotearoa Music Awards.

Indie rock band There’s a Tuesday’s ‘Margo’ (from their debut album Blush), Kenyan-New Zealand artist JessB’s self-empowerment anthem ‘Power’ and Mazbou Q’s ‘TORQUE’ were also named on the Silver Scroll top five.

The other finalists for the Maioha Award, which recognises the art of contemporary Māori music and celebrates kaitito creating waiata in te reo Māori, are Dillastrate for ‘Kei Whati Te Marama’ and MĀ for ‘Pūhā me te Porohewa’.

Ōtautahi band Dillastrate, consisting of Henare 'H' Kaa and Tim Driver, described their waiata as a “tribute to our wāhine - who go through so much”. It featured in the fifth anniversary Waiata Anthems release in 2024.

Last year, powerhouse Anna Coddington's bilingual waiata 'Kātuarehe' won the Silver Scroll while Jordyn with a Why's 'He Rei Niho' took home the Maioha Award.