The Silver Chanter
Awarded annually insce 1977, the Silver Chanter is the premier light music competition in New Zealand solo piping. Competitiors must submit three Marches, three Strathspeys and three Reels, and the adjudicators pick one of each to play. The winner receives the Silver Chanter, worth over $1000.
| 1977 | William Boyle | Tunes Unknown |
| 1978 | Alastair Munro | Tunes Unknown |
| 1979 | Iain Hines | Tunes Unknown |
| 1980 | Brian Switalla | Tunes Unknown |
| 1981 | Frank McKinnon | Tunes Unknown |
| 1982 | John Hanning | Tunes Unknown |
| 1983 | Donald Bain | Tunes Unknown |
| 1984 | Alastair Hanning | Tunes Unknown |
| 1985 | Roy Gunn | Tunes Unknown |
| 1986 | Alan Dodd | Tunes Unknown |
| 1987 | Richard Hawke | Tunes Unknown |
| 1988 | Lance Turnbull | Tunes Unknown |
| 1989 | Greg Wilson | Tunes Unknown |
| 1990 | Marion McVean (Marion Horsburgh) | Tunes Unknown |
| 1991 | Stewart McKenzie | Tunes Unknown |
| 1992 | Gary Watt | Tunes Unknown |
| 1993 | George Mason | Tunes Unknown |
| 1994 | Casey Wilkes | Tunes Unknown |
| 1995 | Rosalie Heaney (Rosalie Hobbs) | Tunes Unknown |
| 1996 | Glenn Harris | Tunes Unknown |
| 1997 | Murray Mansfield | Tunes Unknown |
| 1998 | Adrian Melvin | Tunes Unknown |
| 1999 | Martin Frewen | Tunes Unknown |
| 2000 | Fiona Manson | Tunes Unknown |
| 2001 | Geoffrey Hallberg | Tunes Unknown |
| 2002 | Nick Pak | Tunes Unknown |
| 2003 | Euan MacCrimmon | Tunes Unknown |
| 2004 | Stuart Easton | Tunes Unknown |
| 2005 | Iain Robertson | Tunes Unknown |
| 2006 | Matthew Supranowicz | Tunes Unknown |
| 2007 | Jamie Hawke | Tunes Unknown |
| 2008 | Iain Lyons | Tunes Unknown |
| 2009 | Brendon Eade | Tunes Unknown |
| 2010 | Liam Kernaghan | The Duke of Roxburgh’s Farwell to Blackmount Forest, Atholl Cummers, Duncan Lamont |
| 2011 | Callum Gilchrist | 93rd at Modder River, Lady Louden & Willie Cummings Rant |
| 2012 | Graeme Bryce | Hugh Kennedy, Lady Louden, Sound of Sleat |
| 2013 | Richard Cox | The Crags of Stirling, Shepherds Crook, Sandy Cameron |
| 2014 | Alasdair Mackenzie | Hugh Kennedy, Pipers Bonnett, Bessie McIntyre |