SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music Toi te Arapūoru, in collaboration with APRA AMCOS Te Tautāwhinga is delighted to announce Dylan Lardelli (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe) as the winner of the 2026 SOUNZ Contemporary Award Te Tohu Auaha. Dylan’s winning work, Light Lines is a work for string trio that builds emerging fragile lines out of ever-shifting and invisible foundations.