The 20 best New Zealand songs of the past year have been named
The Silver Scroll Awards, now in their 47th year, are judged by an anonymous APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) panel and is widely seen as New Zealand's most prestigious song-writing awards.
The panel select the top 20 Kiwi songs from the past year, then more than 8000 other members vote for five finalists.
The finalists will be named in August and the winner will be announced in September at a gala dinner.
Veteran Bic Runga’s Everything is Beautiful and New and Anna Macdonald’s popular tune Girl In Stilettos are among the artists in this year’s top 20.
Chart toppers Six60 have also been nominated for their song Forever.
Previous winners of the Silver Scroll include Don McGlashan, Neil Finn and Chris Knox.
Avalanche City's hit Love, Love, Love won the award in 2011.
The APRA Silver Scroll 2012 longlist:
Never Be Without You, written by Ben King (Grand Rapids)
Everything is Beautiful and New, written by Bic Runga (Bic Runga)
The Origin Of Slaves, written by Nick Gaffaney and Aaron Tokona (Cairo Knife Fight)
Lead Me To The Light, written by Hayden Donnell (Great North)
Datura, written by Tom Scott and Hayden Dick (Home Brew)
Blind Eyes, written by Lisa Crawley (Lisa Crawley)
Hibernate, written by Lydia Cole (Lydia Cole)
Getaway Tonight, written by Kody Nielson (Opossom)
Water To Ice, written by Jane de Jong (Ruby Frost)
Fatal Flaw, written by Louis McDonald, Adam Quigley and Levi Heeringa (Five Mile Town)
Hold On, written by Josh Fountain (Get Well Soon)
Hopeful Dreamer, written by Jess Chambers (Jess Chambers)
By Your Side, written by Jesse Sheehan (Jesse Sheehan)
When It's All Too Much, written by Lauren Mitchell (LA Mitchell)
Anniversary Day, written by Jon Toogood and Julia Deans (The Adults)
State Houses By The River, written by Adam McGrath (The Eastern)
Girl In Stilettos, written by Anna Macdonald (Annah Mac)
Outta Reach, written by Lindon McCormack (Lindon Puffin)
Everything To Me, written by Stephanie Brown (Lips)
Forever, written by Matiu Walters and Marlon Gerbes (Six60)
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