The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards, which ran from 1968 to 1995 (known as the Montana Book Awards from 1994 to 1995). The awards have changed name several times depending on sponsorship. From 1996 to 2009, the awards were known as the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, and sponsored by

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. From 2010 until 2014, the awards were known as the New Zealand Post Book Awards. Since 2015, the main sponsors have been property developer Ockham Residential, the Acorn Foundation,

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, Mary and Peter Biggs, Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand and biotech company MitoQ. The awards event is the opening event of the Auckland Writers Festival, held annually in May.

History and format

Before 1996 there were two major New Zealand literary awards events: the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards (1968 to 1995, known as the Montana Book Awards from 1994 to 1995) and the New Zealand Book Awards (1976 to 1995). The Wattie Book of the Year Award (named for Sir James Wattie) was formed in 1968, supported by the New Zealand Publishers Association and sponsored by the company

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. This award was the first of its kind in New Zealand. The first recipients were John Morton and Michael Miller for ''The New Zealand Sea Shore''. The first novel to win an award was ''Smith's Dream'' by C.K. Stead in 1972. The award became the Goodman Fielder Wattie Awards, and only had a single category covering fiction, non-fiction and other genres. In 1994 the winemaking company Montana became the sponsor and the awards were renamed to the Montana Book Awards. The New Zealand Book Awards were set up by the New Zealand Literary Fund, a government organisation, in 1976. Annual awards were presented for literary merit in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and (later) book production. In 1996, the two award series were amalgamated to form the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, managed by Booksellers New Zealand (a bookselling association) and offering prizes in six categories. In 2010, the

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took over as sponsor, having supported the

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for the previous 14 years. In 2015, Auckland property development firm Ockham Residential assumed sponsorship of the awards, and the New Zealand Book Awards Trust took over the governance and management. No prizes were presented in that year, and the awards were streamlined to discontinue the Book of the Year Award, the Booksellers' Choice Award and the People's Choice Award. Since the first Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in 2016, the ceremony has been held each year in May, as part of the Auckland Writers Festival. In 2020 the award winners were announced in a virtual presentation, after the Auckland Writers Festival was cancelled due to the

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. , there are five principal prizes: fiction (currently known as the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction), general non-fiction (sponsored by

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), illustrated non-fiction, poetry (currently known as the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry) and Te Mūrau o te Tuhi Māori Language Award for books written entirely in te reo Māori. "Best First Book" prizes are awarded to first time authors in the first four categories, currently sponsored by MitoQ. Each category is judged by a panel of three judges. Winners of the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction receive a minimum of 55,000, and is the largest cash book prize in New Zealand. The other principal prizewinners receive 10,000 each, and the winners of the four MitoQ Best First Book awards receive 2,500.

Fiction

Fiction award

Since 2020, the top prize for fiction has been the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction. Between 2017 and 2019, the top prize for fiction was known as the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize. In 2017, it was known as the Acorn Foundation Literary Award. From 1996 to 2016, it was known as the Fiction Prize. * 2025 – Damien Wilkins, ''Delirious''.

Te Herenga Waka University Press Te Herenga Waka University Press or THWUP (formerly Victoria University Press) is the book publishing arm of Victoria University of Wellington, located in Wellington, New Zealand. As of 2022, the press had published around 800 books. History V ...

* 2024 –

Emily Perkins Emily Jean Perkins (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian actress, known for her roles as Crystal Braywood in the TV series ''Hiccups'', young Beverly Marsh in '' Stephen King's It'', and Brigitte Fitzgerald in '' Ginger Snaps''. Since the late 1980s ...

, ''Lioness''. Bloomsbury UK. * 2023 – Catherine Chidgey, ''The Axeman's Carnival''.

* 2022 – Whiti Hereaka, ''Kurangaituku''.

Huia Publishers Huia Publishers is a New Zealand publishing company based in Wellington, established in 1991. Huia publishes material in Māori and English for adults and children, including graphic novels, picture books, chapter books, novels and resources fo ...

* 2021 –

Airini Beautrais Airini Jane Beautrais (born 1982) is a poet and short-story writer from New Zealand. Background Beautrais was born in 1982 and grew up in Auckland and Whanganui. She studied creative writing and ecological science at the Victoria University o ...

, ''Bug Week & Other Stories''.

Victoria University Press Te Herenga Waka University Press or THWUP (formerly Victoria University Press) is the book publishing arm of Victoria University of Wellington, located in Wellington, New Zealand. As of 2022, the press had published around 800 books. History V ...

* 2020 –

Becky Manawatu Becky Manawatu (born 1982) is a New Zealand writer. In 2020, she won two Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her first novel, ''Auē'' and Best Crime Novel at the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards. Biography Manawatu was born Becky Wixon in June 1982 ...

, ''Auē''.

Mākaro Press Mākaro Press is a New Zealand publisher based in Wellington. It was founded in 2013 and has published several award-winning books including ''Auē'' by Becky Manawatu. History Mākaro was founded in 2013 by novelist and editor Mary McCallu ...

* 2019 –

Fiona Kidman Dame Fiona Judith Kidman ( Eakin; born 26 March 1940) is a New Zealand novelist, poet, scriptwriter and short story writer. She grew up in Northland, and worked as a librarian and a freelance journalist early in her career. She began writing ...

, ''This Mortal Boy''.

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* 2018 –

Pip Adam Pip Adam is a novelist, short story writer, and reviewer from New Zealand. Background Adam was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. She attended the New Zealand Film and Television School in Christchurch before moving to Dunedin. Adam has an ...

, ''The New Animals''.

* 2017 – Catherine Chidgey, ''The Wish Child''. Victoria University Press * 2016 –

Stephen Daisley Stephen Daisley (born 1955) is a New Zealand novelist. Biography Daisley was born in Hastings, New Zealand, and spent five years in the New Zealand army before working as a sheep herder, bush cutter, truck driver, construction worker and bar ...

, ''Coming Rain''.

Text Publishing Text Publishing is an Australian publisher of fiction and non-fiction, based in Melbourne, Victoria. Company background Text Media was founded in Melbourne in 1990 by Diana Gribble and Eric Beecher, along with designer Chong Weng Ho and oth ...

* 2015 – no award due to change of sponsors * 2014 –

Eleanor Catton Eleanor Catton (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of M ...

, ''

The Luminaries ''The Luminaries'' is a 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton. Set in New Zealand's South Island in 1866, the novel follows Walter Moody, a prospector who travels to the West Coast settlement of Hokitika to make his fortune on the goldfields. Instead ...

''. Victoria University Press * 2013 –

Kirsty Gunn Kirsty Gunn (born 1960, New Zealand) is a novelist, essayist, short story writer, and professor of creative writing. She has won the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year award, the New Zealand Post Book Awards Book of the Year award, and the ...

, ''The Big Music''.

Faber and Faber Faber and Faber Limited, commonly known as Faber & Faber or simply Faber, is an independent publishing house in London. Published authors and poets include T. S. Eliot (an early Faber editor and director), W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Margaret S ...

* 2012 –

Paula Morris Paula Jane Kiri Morris (born 18 August 1965) is a New Zealand novelist, short-story writer editor and literary academic. She is an associate professor at the University of Auckland and founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature. Life Mor ...

, ''Rangatira''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2011 –

Laurence Fearnley Laurence Fearnley (born 1963) is a New Zealand short-story writer, novelist and non-fiction writer. Several of her books have been shortlisted for or have won awards, both in New Zealand and overseas, including ''The Hut Builder'', which won the ...

, ''The Hut Builder''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2010 –

Alison Wong Alison Wong (born 1960) is a New Zealand poet and novelist of Chinese heritage. Her background in mathematics comes across in her poetry, not as a subject, but in the careful formulation of words to white space and precision. She has a son wi ...

, ''As the Earth Turns Silver''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2009 –

, ''A Novel About My Wife''.

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* 2008 –

Charlotte Grimshaw Charlotte Grimshaw (born December 1966) is a New Zealand novelist, short-story writer, columnist and former lawyer. She has written both fiction and non-fiction, often drawing on her legal experience. Her short stories and longer works often ha ...

, ''Opportunity''. Random House NZ * 2007 –

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, '' Mister Pip''. Penguin * 2006 – Maurice Gee, ''Blindsight''. Penguin * 2005 –

Patricia Grace Patricia Frances Grace (; born 17 August 1937) is a New Zealand writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She began writing as a young adult, while working as a teacher. Her early short stories were published in magazines, leadin ...

, ''Tu''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2004 – Annamarie Jagose, '' Slow Water''. Victoria University Press * 2003 – Stephanie Johnson, ''The Shag Incident''. Vintage Books * 2002 –

Craig Marriner Craig Marriner (born 1974) is a novelist from Rotorua, New Zealand. He is best known for his award-winning first novel '' Stonedogs'' (2001). Early life Marriner was born in Rotorua and had what he describes as a "strictly working-class backgro ...

, '' Stonedogs''. Vintage Books * 2001 –

, ''The Book of Fame''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2000 –

Owen Marshall Owen Marshall Jones (born 17 August 1941), who writes under the pen name Owen Marshall, is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist. Early life and family Marshall was born in Te Kūiti on 17 August 1941. He was the third of nine children ...

, ''Harlequin Rex''. Vintage * 1999 –

Elizabeth Knox Elizabeth Fiona Knox (born 15 February 1959) is a New Zealand writer. She has authored several novels for both adults and teenagers, autobiographical novellas, and a collection of essays. One of her best-known works is '' The Vintner's Luck'' ...

, '' The Vintner's Luck''. Victoria University Press * 1998 – Maurice Gee, ''Live Bodies''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 1997 –

Alan Duff Alan Duff (born 26 October 1950) is a New Zealand novelist and newspaper columnist. He is best known as the author of the novel '' Once Were Warriors'' (1990), which was made into a film of the same name in 1994. Biography Alan Duff was bo ...

, '' What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?''. Vintage * 1996 –

Sheridan Keith Sheridan Keith (born 1942) is a New Zealand author, artist, broadcaster and curator. Life and career Keith was born in Wellington in 1942. She is the daughter of ceramic artist and painter June Black. She studied zoology and English literatu ...

, ''Zoology: A Novel''. Penguin

Best first book award (fiction)

Since 2022 and between 2015 and 2018, this award has been known as the Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction. From 2019 to 2021, this award was known as the MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Hubert Church Prize for Fiction. From 1997 to 2014, this award was known as the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction Prize. In 1996, this award was known as the Best First Book Award, Fiction. Prior to 1996, this award had been presented since 1945 by PEN NZ, and was named for the poet, novelist and critic Hubert Church. * 2025 – Michelle Rahurahu, ''Poorhara''. Te Herenga Waka University Press * 2024 – Emma Hislop, ''Ruin and Other Stories''.

* 2023 –

Anthony Lapwood Anthony Lapwood (born 1983) is a New Zealand short story writer. His debut collection ''Home Theatre'', published in 2022, received the Hubert Church Prize for Fiction at the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Early life and education Lapwoo ...

. ''Home Theatre''.

* 2022 – Rebecca K Reilly, ''Greta & Valdin''.

* 2021 –

Rachel Kerr Rachel Charmaine Kerr is a British singer/songwriter, celebrity vocal coach and entrepreneur from Walsall, England. She is also the CEO and founder of Singercise. She is a member of the Grammy Award Association and a BET Music Matters endorsed ...

, ''Victory Park''.

* 2020 –

, ''Auē''. Mākaro Press * 2019 – Kirsten Warner, ''The Sound of Breaking Glass''. Mākaro Press * 2018 – Annaleese Jochems, ''Baby''. Victoria University Press * 2017 – Gina Cole, ''Black Ice Matter''.

* 2016 – David Coventry, '' The Invisible Mile''.

* 2015 – no award due to change of sponsors * 2014 – Amy Head, ''Tough''. Victoria University Press * 2013 – Lawrence Patchett, ''I Got His Blood on Me''. Victoria University Press * 2012 – Hamish Clayton, ''Wulf''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2011 –

, ''Everything We Hoped for''. Victoria University Press * 2010 – Anna Taylor, ''Relief''. Victoria University Press * 2009 –

, ''The Rehearsal''. Victoria University Press * 2008 – Mary McCallum, ''The Blue''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2007 –

Rachael King Rachael King (born 1970) is an author from New Zealand. Background King was born in 1970, in Hamilton, New Zealand. In 2001 she received a Master of Arts in creative writing from Victoria University of Wellington. King is a bass guitarist an ...

, ''The Sound of Butterflies''.

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* 2006 – Gillian Ranstead, ''A Red Silk Sea''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2005 –

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, ''My Real Life and Other Stories''.

* 2004 – Kelly Ana Morey, ''Bloom''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2003 –

''Queen of Beauty''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2002 –

, '' Stonedogs''. Vintage Books * 2001 –

Karyn Hay Karyn Hay (born 1959 in Auckland) is a New Zealand author and broadcaster. She came to fame as the presenter of 1980s music TV show Radio with Pictures before going on to a career in television and radio. Early life Hay grew up in the Thames V ...

, ''Emerald Budgies''. Vintage Books * 2000 –

Duncan Sarkies Duncan Sarkies is a New Zealand screenwriter, playwright, stand-up comic, and novelist. He is best known for having co-written the script of ''Scarfies'' with his brother Robert Sarkies, who directed the film. Early life and education Duncan S ...

, ''Stray Thoughts And Nosebleeds''. Victoria University Press * 1999 – William Brandt, ''Alpha Male''. Victoria University Press * 1998 – Catherine Chidgey, ''In a Fishbone Church''. Victoria University Press * 1997 – Dominic Sheehan, ''Finding Home''. Secker & Waburg * 1996 –

, ''Not Her Real Name''. Victoria University Press

Poetry

Poetry award

Since 2020, this award has been the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry. Before 2019, this award was known as the Poetry Award. * 2025 – Emma Neale, ''Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit'',

Otago University Press Otago University Press is an academic publisher associated with the University of Otago. The press is located in Dunedin, New Zealand. The Otago University Press is the oldest academic publisher in New Zealand. The Otago University Press publis ...

* 2024 – Grace Yee, ''Chinese Fish'' Giramondo * 2023 – Alice Te Punga Somerville, ''Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised''.

Auckland University Press Auckland University Press is a New Zealand publisher that produces creative and scholarly work for a general audience. Founded in 1966 and formally recognised as Auckland University Press in 1972, it is a publisher based within the University ...

* 2022 – Joanna Preston, ''Tumble''.

* 2021 –

Tusiata Avia Donna Tusiata Avia (born 1966) is a New Zealand poet and children's author. She has been recognised for her work through receiving a 2020 Birthday Honours (New Zealand), 2020 Queen's Birthday Honour and in 2021 her collection ''The Savage Colo ...

, ''The Savage Coloniser Book''.

* 2020 –

Helen Rickerby Helen Rickerby is a New Zealand poet, writer, editor and publisher. In 2020, she won the Mary and Peter Biggs poetry prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New ...

, ''How to Live''.

* 2019 – Helen Heath, ''Are Friends Electric?''. Victoria University Press * 2018 – Elizabeth Smither, ''Night Horse''. Auckland University Press * 2017 – Andrew Johnston, ''Fits & Starts''. Victoria University Press * 2016 –

David Eggleton David Eggleton (born 1952) is a New Zealand poet, critic and writer. Eggleton has been awarded the Ockham New Zealand Book Award for poetry and in 2019 was appointed New Zealand Poet Laureate, a title he held until 2022. Eggleton's work has ap ...

, ''The Conch Trumpet''.

* 2015 – no award due to change of sponsors * 2014 – Vincent O'Sullivan, ''Us, Then''. Victoria University Press * 2013 – Anne Kennedy, ''The Darling North''. Auckland University Press * 2012 – Rhian Gallagher, ''Shift''. Auckland University Press * 2011 – Kate Camp, ''The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls''. Victoria University Press * 2010 – Brian Turner, ''Just This''. Victoria University Press * 2009 – Jenny Bornholdt, ''The Rocky Shore''. Victoria University Press * 2008 – Janet Charman, ''Cold Snack''. Auckland University Press * 2007 –

Janet Frame Janet Paterson Frame (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author. She is internationally renowned for her work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous award ...

, ''The Goose Bath''.

* 2006 –

Bill Manhire William Manhire (born 27 December 1946) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, emeritus professor, and New Zealand's inaugural Poet Laureate (1997–1998). He founded New Zealand's first creative writing course at Victoria University of We ...

, ''Lifted''. Victoria University Press * 2005 – Vincent O'Sullivan, ''Nice Morning for It, Adam''. Victoria University Press * 2004 – Anne Kennedy, ''Sing-song''. Auckland University Press * 2003 – Glenn Colquhoun, ''Playing God''. Steele Roberts * 2002 –

Hone Tuwhare Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tuwhare (21 October 1922 – 16 January 2008) was a noted Māori people, Māori New Zealand poet. He is closely associated with The Catlins in the Southland region of New Zealand, where he lived for the latter ...

, ''Piggy-back Moon''. Godwit * 2001 –

Allen Curnow Thomas Allen Monro Curnow (17 June 1911 – 23 September 2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. Life Curnow was born in Timaru, New Zealand, the son of a fourth generation New Zealander, an Anglican clergyman, and he grew up in a relig ...

, ''The Bells of St Babel's''. Auckland University Press * 2000 – Elizabeth Smither, ''The Lark Quartet''. Auckland University Press * 1999 – Vincent O'Sullivan, ''Seeing You Asked''. Victoria University Press * 1998 –

, ''Shape-Shifter''. Steele Roberts * 1997 – edited by Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien and Mark Williams, ''An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English''. Oxford University Press * 1996 –

, ''My Sunshine''. Victoria University Press

Best first book award (poetry)

Since 2022 and between 2015 and 2018, this award has been known as the Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry. Between 2019 and 2021, this award was known as the MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry. From 1997 to 2014, this award was known as the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Prize. In 1996, this award was known as the Best First Book Award, Poetry. Prior to 1996, this award had been presented since 1940 by PEN NZ, and was named for

Jessie Mackay Jessie Mackay (15 December 1864 – 23 August 1938) was a New Zealand poet, journalist, feminist and animal rights activist.Amey, Catherine. (2014). ''The Compassionate Contrarians: A History of Vegetarians in Aotearoa New Zealand''. Rebel Pre ...

, New Zealand's first local-born poet. * 2025 – Rex Letoa Paget, ''Manuali'i''. Saufo'i Press * 2024 – Megan Kitching, ''At the Point of Seeing''.

* 2023 – Khadro Mohamed, ''We're All Made of Lightning''. Tender Press * 2022 – Nicole Titihuia Hawkins, ''Whai''. We Are Babies Press * 2021 –

Jackson Nieuwland Always Becominging (formerly Jay Nieuwland; born 1990) is a New Zealand poet, editor and co-founder of the publishing house We Are Babies. Her 2021 publication ''I Am a Human Being'' won the best first book award (poetry) at the Ockham New Zeala ...

, ''I Am a Human Being''. Compound Press * 2020 – Jane Arthur, ''Craven''.

* 2019 –

Tayi Tibble Tayi Tibble (born 1995) is a New Zealand poet. Her poetry reflects Māori culture and her own family history. Her first collection of poetry, ''Poūkahangatus'' (2018), received the Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry at the 2019 Ockham New Zealand B ...

, ''Poūkahangatus''. Victoria University Press * 2018 – Hannah Mettner, ''Fully Clothed and So Forgetful''. Victoria University Press * 2017 –

Hera Lindsay Bird Hera Lindsay Bird (born 31 December 1987) is a New Zealand poet. Life and career Hera Lindsay Bird was born and raised in Thames in the North Island of New Zealand. She attended Victoria University of Wellington and then received her Master's d ...

, ''Hera Lindsay Bird''. Victoria University Press * 2016 –

Chris Tse Chris Tse may refer to: * Chris Tse (New Zealand writer) (born 1982), New Zealand poet, short story writer and editor * Chris Tse (Canadian poet) (born 1989), Canadian spoken-word poet, motivational speaker, and hip hop artist {{human name disa ...

, ''How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes''.

* 2015 – no award due to change of sponsors * 2014 –

Marty Smith Marty Smith (November 26, 1956 – April 27, 2020) was an American professional motocross racer. He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1974 to 1981, most prominently as a member of the Honda factory racing team with whom he won 1 ...

, ''Horse with Hat''. Victoria University Press * 2013 – Helen Heath, ''Graft''. Victoria University Press * 2012 –

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, ''Briefcase''. Auckland University Press * 2011 – Lynn Jenner, ''Dear Sweet Harry''. Auckland University Press * 2010 – Selina Tusitala Marsh, ''Fast Talking PI''. Auckland University Press * 2009 – Sam Sampson, ''Everything Talks''. Auckland University Press * 2008 –

Jessica Le Bas Jessica Le Bas is a Nelson-based poet from New Zealand. Background Le Bas received her MA(Hons) from the University of Auckland. Career During the Balkan Wars, Le Bas worked for the United Nations as a Training Consultant for UNPROFOR. She ...

, ''Incognito''. Auckland University Press * 2007 –

, ''Secret Heart''. Victoria University Press * 2006 –

Karlo Mila Karlo Estelle Mila (born 1974) is a New Zealand writer and poet of Tongan, Pālagi and Samoan descent. Her first collection, ''Dream Fish Floating'', received the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry in 2006 at the Montana Ne ...

, ''Dream Fish Floating''. Huia Publishers * 2005 –

Sonja Yelich Sonja Yelich (; born 1965) is a New Zealand poet. She is the mother of singer Lorde. Early life Sonja Yelich () was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1965, into an immigrant family from the region of Dalmatia. She studied literature at the Univer ...

, ''Clung''. Auckland University Press * 2004 – Cliff Fell, ''The Adulterer's Bible''. Victoria University Press * 2003 – Kay McKenzie Cooke, ''Feeding the Dogs, Kay McKenzie Cooke''. University of Otago Press * 2002 – Chris Price, ''Husk''. Auckland University Press * 2001 – Stephanie de Montalk, ''Animals Indoors''. Victoria University Press * 2000 – Glenn Colquhoun, ''The Art of Walking Upright''. Steele Roberts * 1999 – Kate Camp, ''Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars''. Victoria University Press * 1998 – Kapka Kassabova, ''All Roads Lead to the Sea''. Auckland University Press * 1997 – Diane Brown, ''Before the Divorce We Go To Disneyland''. Tandem Press * 1996 – James Brown, ''Go Round Power Please''. Victoria University Press

General non-fiction

General non-fiction award

Since 2020, the top prize for general non-fiction has been the General Non-Fiction Award. Between 2016 and 2019, this award was known as the Royal Society Te Apārangi Award. Between 2010 and 2015, this award was known as the General Non-Fiction Prize. Between 1998 and 2009, the top prize for non-fiction was the Montana Medal for Non-Fiction. There was no top prize for general non-fiction in 1996 or 1997. * 2025 – Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku, ''Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery'', HarperCollins Publishers * 2024 – Damon Salesa, ''An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays''. Bridget Williams Books * 2023 – Ned Fletcher, ''The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi''.

Bridget Williams Books Bridget Williams Books is a New Zealand book publisher, established in 1990 by Bridget Williams. Establishment Williams established the company in 1990 when the company she was working for, Allen & Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a Brit ...

* 2022 – Vincent O'Malley, ''Voices from the New Zealand Wars , He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa''. Bridget Williams Books * 2021 – Vincent O'Sullivan, ''The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere: A Biographical Portrait''.

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* 2020 –

Shayne Carter Shayne P. Carter is a New Zealand musician best known for leading Straitjacket Fits from 1986 to 1994, and as the only permanent member of Dimmer (1995–2012). Carter is a member of the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, and has been awarded the ...

, ''Dead People I Have Known''.

* 2019 – Joanne Drayton, ''Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love''.

* 2018 – Diana Wichtel, ''Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father''. Awa Press * 2017 –

Ashleigh Young Ashleigh Young (born 1983) is a poet, essayist, editor and creative writing teacher. She received the Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes, Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in 2017 for her second book, a collection of personal essays titled ''C ...

, ''Can You Tolerate This?'' Victoria University Press * 2016 –

Witi Ihimaera Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler (; born 7 February 1944) is a New Zealand author. Raised in the small town of Waituhi, he decided to become a writer as a teenager after being convinced that Māori people, Māori people were ignored or mischaracteri ...

, ''Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood''.

* 2015 – no award due to change of sponsors * 2014 – Jill Trevelyan, ''Peter McLeavey: The life and times of a New Zealand art dealer''.

Te Papa Press The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa (Māori for ' the treasure box'), it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand an ...

* 2013 –

Steve Braunias Steven Carl Braunias (born 20 June 1960) is a New Zealand author, columnist, journalist and editor. He is the author of 14 books. Early life and family Braunias was born in New Zealand to an Austrian immigrant father and a New Zealand-born mother ...

, ''Civilisation: Twenty Places on the Edge of the World''. Awa Press * 2012 – Joan Druett, ''Tupaia: The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator''. Random House NZ * 2011 –

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, ''Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964''.

* 2010 –

Judith Binney Dame Judith Mary Caroline Binney (née Musgrove, 1 July 1940 – 15 February 2011) was a New Zealand historian, writer and Emerita Professor of History at the University of Auckland. Her work focussed on religion in New Zealand, especially ...

, ''Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820–1921''.

* 2009 – Jill Trevelyan, ''Rita Angus: An Artist's Life''. Te Papa Press * 2008 – Janet Hunt, ''Wetlands of New Zealand''. Random House NZ * 2007 –

Audrey Eagle Audrey Lily Eagle (née Brodey; 30 October 1925 – 27 November 2022) was a New Zealand botanical illustrator, whose work mainly focused on New Zealand's distinctive trees and shrubs. As the author and illustrator of the two volume ''Eagle's ...

, ''Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand''. Te Papa Press * 2006 – Philip Simpson, ''Pōhutukawa & Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees''. Te Papa Press * 2005 – Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, ''At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design''. Godwit Press * 2004 –

Anne Salmond Dame Mary Anne Salmond (née Thorpe; born 16 November 1945) is a New Zealand anthropologist. She was New Zealander of the Year in 2013. In 2020, she was appointed to the Order of New Zealand, the highest honour in New Zealand's royal honour ...

, ''The Trial of the Cannibal Dog''.

Allen Lane Sir Allen Lane (born Allen Lane Williams; 21 September 1902 – 7 July 1970) was a British publisher who together with his brothers Richard and John Lane founded Penguin Books in 1935, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fictio ...

/ Penguin Group (NZ) * 2003 – Michael Cooper, ''Wine Atlas of New Zealand''.

Hodder Moa Beckett Hodder is an English surname, derived from the Old English word "hod", meaning hood. Therefore, the original bearer of the name was a seller or maker of hoods. People * Alfred Hodder (1866–1907), American author, attorney and academic * Bill Ho ...

* 2002 –

Lynley Hood Lynley Hood (born 1942) is an author from New Zealand. Biography Hood was born in 1942 in Hamilton, New Zealand. She has an MSc in Physiology, and LittD from University of Otago. She currently lives in Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the secon ...

, ''A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case''.

Longacre Press Longacre Press was founded in 1995 in New Zealand, by Barbara Larson, Paula Boock, and Lynsey Ferrari, three former workers at McIndoe Publishing, Dunedin.Cawley, N.,Publish and be praised", ''New Zealand Listener'', 14 February 2004. Retrieve ...

* 2001 – Michael King, ''Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame''.

Viking Press Viking Press (formally Viking Penguin, also listed as Viking Books) is an American publishing company owned by Penguin Random House. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheimer and then acqu ...

* 2000 – Grahame Sydney, ''The Art of Grahame Sydney''. Longacre Press * 1999 –

Heather Nicholson Heather Nicholson is a British animal rights activist.Peachey, Paul (23 August 2014)"Animal rights group ends 15-year campaign against experiments at Huntingdon" ''The Independent''. Nicholson set up Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) to c ...

, ''The Loving Stitch: A history of knitting and spinning in New Zealand''. Auckland University Press * 1998 – Harry Orsman, ''Dictionary of New Zealand English: A Dictionary of New Zealandisms on Historical Principles''. Oxford University Press

Best first book award (general non-fiction)

Since 2022 and between 2015 and 2018, this award has been known as the E H McCormick Best First Book Award for General Non-Fiction. Between 2019 and 2021, this award was known as the MitoQ Best First Book Awards: E H McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction. From 1997 to 2014, this award was known as the NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction Prize. In 1996, this award was known as the Best First Book Award, Non-Fiction. The award is named for New Zealand historian and biographer

Eric Hall McCormick Eric Hall McCormick (17 June 1906 – 23 March 1995) was a New Zealand teacher, critic, historian, university lecturer and biographer. Life and career McCormick was born in Taihape, Wanganui. He attended Wellington College, Wellington, as a boa ...

. * 2025 – Una Cruickshank, ''The Chthonic Cycle''.

* 2024 – Emma Wehipeihana, ''There's a Cure for This''. Penguin Random House * 2023 – Noelle McCarthy, ''Grand: Becoming my Mother's Daughter''.

* 2022 – Dave Lowe, ''The Alarmist: Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change''.

* 2021 – Madison Hamill, ''Specimen: Personal Essays''.

* 2020 –

, ''Dead People I Have Known''.

* 2019 – Chessie Henry, ''We Can Make a Life''. Victoria University Press * 2018 – Diana Wichtel, ''Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father''. Awa Press * 2017 – Adam Dudding, ''My Father's Island''. Victoria University Press * 2016 – Melissa Williams, ''Panguru and the City, Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua: An Urban Migration History''.

* 2015 – no award due to change of sponsors * 2014 –

Rebecca Macfie Rebecca Macfie is a New Zealand author and journalist. Early life and family Rebecca Macfie is the fifth of six children born to Bob and Helen Macfie and raised on the family farm in South Otago, which had been awarded to Bob after his A-grad ...

, ''Tragedy at Pike River Mine''. Awa Press * 2013 – Quinn Berentson, ''Moa: The Life and Death of New Zealand's Legendary Bird''. Craig Potton Publishing * 2012 – Michael Smythe, ''New Zealand by Design''. Random House NZ * 2011 –

Poia Rewi Poia Rewi is a professor and the former head of Te Tumu: School of Maori, Pacific, and Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is known for his work in the areas of the revitalisation of the Māori language and ...

, ''Whaikōrero: The World of Māori Oratory''. Auckland University Press * 2010 – Pip Desmond, ''Trust: A True Story of Women & Gangs''. Random House NZ * 2009 – Chris Brickell, ''Mates & Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand''.

Godwit Press Godwit Press is a New Zealand publisher of non-fiction works, mainly of New Zealand arts, literature, and natural history. Initially founded in Auckland in 1990 by Andrew Campbell and Jane Connor, the company was taken over by Random House New Z ...

* 2008 –

Alan Clarke Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Life and career Clarke was born on 28 October 1935, in Wallasey. Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cin ...

, ''The Great Sacred Forest of Tane''. Raupo Publishing * 2007 – William Cottrell, ''Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830–1900''. Reed Publishing * 2006 – Patrick Snedden, ''Pakeha and the Treaty: Why It's Our Treaty Too''. Random House NZ * 2005 – Douglas Wright, ''Ghost Dance''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2004 – Deidre Brown, ''Tai Tokerau Whakairo Rakau: Northland Maori Wood Carving''. Reed Publishing * 2003 – Sam Mahon, ''Year of the Horse''. Longacre Press * 2002 –

, ''Fool's Paradise''. Random House * 2001 – Paul Tapsell, ''Pukaki: A Comet Returns''. Reed Publishing * 2000 – Peter Thomson, ''Kava in the Blood''. Tandem Press * 1999 – Helen Schamroth, ''100 New Zealand Craft Artists''. Godwit Press * 1998 – Genevieve Noser, ''Olives: the New Passion''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 1997 – Jessie Munro, ''The Story of Suzanne Aubert''. Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books * 1996 – Alex Frame, ''Salmond: Southern Jurist''. Victoria University Press

Illustrated non-fiction

Illustrated non-fiction award

Since 2025, this award has been known as the Bookhub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction. From 2021 to 2024, this award was known as the Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction. From 2004 to 2020, this award was known as the Illustrated Non-Fiction Award. From 1996 to 2003, this award was known as the Illustrative Arts Award. * 2025 – Deidre Brown, Ngarino Ellis and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, ''Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art''.

* 2024 –

Gregory O'Brien Gregory Leo O’Brien (born 1961) is a New Zealand poet, painter, author and editor. He is also an art curator and writes art history and criticism for both adults and children. Life Born in Matamata in 1961, O'Brien trained as a journalist in ...

, ''Don Binney: Flight Path''.

* 2023 – Nick Bollinger, ''Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand''.

. * 2022 – Claire Regnault, ''Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910''.

* 2021 –

Monique Fiso Monique Tumema Fiso (born 23 October 1987) is a New Zealand chef and author known for her contribution to the revival of Māori and Polynesian cuisine. Early life Fiso was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and is of Māori and Samoan descent ...

, ''Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine''.

* 2020 – edited by Stephanie Gibson, Matariki Williams and Puawai Cairns, ''Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance''.

* 2019 – Sean Mallon and

Sébastien Galliot Sébastien is a common French given name. It is a French form of the Latin language, Latin name ''Sebastianus'' meaning "from Sebaste". Sebaste (disambiguation), Sebaste was a common placename in classical Antiquity, derived from the Greek langua ...

, ''Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing''. Te Papa Press * 2018 –

Alison Jones Barbara Alison Jones is a New Zealand academic who works in the field of sociology of education. She is the great-great-great granddaughter of Andrew Buchanan, New Zealand politician 1862–1874; great-great granddaughter of William Baldwin Ne ...

and

Kuni Kaa Jenkins Kuni Kaa Jenkins (born 1941) is an educationalist and author in New Zealand. She is a Professor in Education at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. She has researched early Māori written documents looking at relationships between Māori and Pāke ...

, ''Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds''.

* 2017 –

Barbara Brookes Barbara Lesley Brookes (born 1955) is a New Zealand historian and academic. She specialises in women's history and medical history. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2022. Biography Brookes completed a bachelor's ...

, ''A History of New Zealand Women''. Bridget Williams Books * 2016 –

Atholl Anderson Atholl John Anderson (born 1943) is a New Zealand archaeologist who has worked extensively in New Zealand and the Pacific. His work is notable for its syntheses of history, biology, ethnography and archaeological evidence. He made a major contr ...

and Aroha Harris, ''Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History''. Bridget Williams Books * 2015 – no award due to change of sponsors * 2014 – Bruce Ansley & Jane Ussher, ''Coast: A New Zealand Journey''. Godwit Press * 2013 –

& Gil Hanly, ''Pat Hanly''. Ron Sang Publications * 2012 – John Dawson and

Rob Lucas Robert Ivan Lucas (born 7 June 1953) is an Australian former politician and a former member of the South Australian Legislative Council between the 1982 election and the 2022 election, representing the South Australian Division of the Libera ...

, ''New Zealand's Native Trees''. Craig Potton Publishing * 2011 – Damian Skinner, ''The Passing World: The Passage of Life: John Hovell and the Art of Kowhaiwhai''. Rim Books * 2010 – Al Brown, ''Go Fish: Recipes and stories from the New Zealand Coast''. Random House NZ * 2009 –

Len Castle Leonard Ramsay Castle (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a New Zealand potter. Early life and family Born in Auckland on 23 December 1924, Castle was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School. He went on to study at Auckland University ...

, ''Len Castle: Making the Molecules Dance''. Lopdell House Gallery * 2008 –

Jennifer Hay Jennifer Bohun Hay is a New Zealand linguist who specialises in sociolinguistics, laboratory phonology, and the history of New Zealand English. As of 2020 she is a full professor at the University of Canterbury. Academic career In 2000, Ha ...

, with

Ron Brownson Ron Brownson (1952–2023), also Ronald Brownson, was a prominent New Zealand curator who contributed significantly to Māori and Pacific art and culture in New Zealand. Brownson was the Senior Curator New Zealand and Pacific Art at the Aucklan ...

Chris Knox Chris Knox (born 2 September 1952) is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist and movie reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love. After Toy Love disbanded in the early 1980s, he formed the gr ...

, and

Laurence Aberhart Laurence Geoffrey Aberhart (born 1949) is a New Zealand photographer. Biography Aberhart was born in Nelson in 1949, along with three siblings, and was educated at Nelson College from 1963 to 1966.''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–200 ...

; designed by Aaron Beehre, ''Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning''.

Christchurch Art Gallery The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, commonly known as the Christchurch Art Gallery, is the public art gallery of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It has its own substantial art collection and also presents a programme of New ...

* 2007 –

, ''Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand''. Te Papa Press * 2006 – Edited by Hannah Holm & Lara Strongman, ''Contemporary New Zealand Photographers''.

* 2005 –

Luit Bieringa Luit Bieringa (1942–2022) was a New Zealand art historian, art gallery director and documentary film maker. Bieringa was born in Groningen in the Netherlands and emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1956. Museum career He was Direct ...

, ''Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs''. BWX * 2004 – Arno Gasteiger, ''Central''.

* 2003 – Nancy Pel &

, ''Len Castle: Potter''. Ron Sang Publications * 2002 – Joan Whincup & Tony Whincup with Julia Parkinson (designer), ''Akekeia! Traditional Dance in Kiribati''.

Susan Barrie Ida Julia Pollock ( Crowe; 12 April 1908 – 3 December 2013) was a British writer of several short-stories and over 125 romance novels that were published under her married name, Ida Pollock, and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. ...

* 2001 – Edited by

Ian Wedde Ian Curtis Wedde (born 17 October 1946) is a New Zealand poet, fiction writer, critic, and art curator. Biography Born in Blenheim, New Zealand, Wedde lived in East Pakistan and England as a child before returning to New Zealand. He attended ...

, ''Ralph Hotere: Black Light''. Te Papa Press &

Dunedin Public Art Gallery The Dunedin Public Art Gallery holds the main public art collection of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located in The Octagon in the heart of the city, it is close to the city's public library, Dunedin Town Hall, and other facilities such as ...

* 2000 – Grahame Sydney, ''The Art of Grahame Sydney''. Longacre Press * 1999 – Helen Schamroth, ''100 New Zealand Craft Artists''. Godwit Press * 1998 – Roger Blackley, ''Goldie''. David Bateman * 1997 – edited by Sandy Adsett, Cliff Whiting and Witi Ihimaera, ''Mataora: The Living Face: Contemporary Maori Art''. David Bateman * 1996 – Winsome Shepherd, ''Gold and Silversmithing in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century New Zealand''. Museum of New Zealand

Best first book award (illustrated non-fiction)

Since 2022, this award has been known as the Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction. Between 2019 and 2021, this award was known as the MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction. From 2016 to 2018, this award was known as the Judith Binney Best First Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction. The award is named after the New Zealand historian

. * 2025 – Kirsty Baker, ''Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa''. Auckland University Press * 2024 – Ryan Bodman, ''Rugby League in New Zealand: A People's History''. Bridget Williams Books * 2023 – Christall Lowe, ''Kai: Food Stories & Recipes from my Family Table''. Bateman Books * 2022 –

Bridget Hackshaw Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun , meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Br ...

, ''The Architect and the Artists: Hackshaw, McCahon, Dibble''. Massey University Press * 2021 –

, ''Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine''.

* 2020 – Chris McDowall and Tim Denee, ''We Are Here: An Atlas of Aotearoa''. Massey University Press * 2019 – John Reid, ''Whatever it Takes: Pacific Films and John O’Shea 1948–2000''.

* 2018 – Marcus Thomas and Neil Silverwood, ''Caves: Exploring New Zealand's Subterranean Wilderness''. Whio Publishing * 2017 – Ngarino Ellis, ''A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngāti Porou Carving, 1830–1930''.

* 2016 –

Richard Nunns Richard Anthony Nunns (7 December 1945 – 7 June 2021) was a Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā heritage. He was particularly known for playing taonga pūoro and his collaboration with fellow Māori instrumentalist Hirini Melbourn ...

with Allan Thomas, ''Te Ara Puoro: A Journey into the World of Māori Music''.

Potton & Burton Potton & Burton, formerly Craig Potton Publishing, is a book publishing company based in Nelson, New Zealand, and is one of the largest independent book publishers in New Zealand. History Potton & Burton was first established in 1987 as Craig P ...

Māori Language Award

Books that meet the general criteria of the fiction, non-fiction and poetry awards and are written wholly and originally in te reo Māori are eligible for Te Mūrau o te Tuhi – Māori Language Award. This award is made at the discretion of a specially appointed judge. Prior to 2019, Māori language awards were presented in 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013. * 2024 – Tā Pou Temara, ''Te Rautakitahi O Tūhoe ki Ōrākau.''

* 2021 –

Tīmoti Kāretu Sir Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu (born 29 April 1937) is a New Zealand academic of Māori language and performing arts. He served as the inaugural head of the Department of Māori at the University of Waikato, and rose to the rank of professor. He wa ...

, ''Mātāmua ko te Kupu!''. Auckland University Press *2019 –

and Wharehuia Milroy, ''He Kupu Tuku Iho: Ko te Reo Māori te Tatau ki te Ao''. Auckland University Press * 2013 – Dame Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira, ''Ngā Waituhi o Rēhua''.

* 2012 – Chris Winitana, ''Tōku Reo, Tōku Ohooho : My Language, My Inspiration''. Huia Publishers * 2009 – Maori Language Commission, ''He Pātaka Kupu: Te Kai a te rangatira''.

Raupo Press Raupo may refer to: *''Typha orientalis'', a wetland plant *Raupo, a fictional town in the ''Footrot Flats'' cartoon * Raupo Press a small press in New Zealand previously known as Reed Publishing and now part of the Penguin Group. * Raupo, an 1876 ...

* 2008 – Edited by Huriana Raven and Piripi Walker, ''Te Tū a Te Toka: He Ieretanga nō ngā Tai e Whā''. Totika Publishers and

Toi Māori Aotearoa Toi Māori Aotearoa (English: Māori Arts New Zealand) is a charitable trust that promotes Māori traditional arts and Māori artists, both in New Zealand and overseas. Much of Toi Māori's funding comes indirectly from the government, through C ...

Discontinued awards

Top awards

Book of the year

There have been a number of "book of the year" awards in the history of the awards. The New Zealand Post Book of the Year was presented between 2010 and 2014, when New Zealand Post was the sponsor of the awards ceremony. The Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry was presented in 2008 and 2009. The Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry was presented between 1998 and 2007. The Book of the Year/Cultural Heritage Award was presented in 1996 and 1997. * 2014 – Jill Trevelyan, ''

Peter McLeavey Peter Joseph John McLeavey (21 September 1936 – 12 November 2015) was a New Zealand art dealer and advocate based in Wellington. Early life Born in Raetihi on 21 September 1936, McLeavey was the son of Leslie Francis McLeavey and Elizabeth T ...

: The life and times of a New Zealand art dealer''.

* 2013 –

, ''The Big Music''.

* 2012 – John Dawson and

, ''New Zealand's Native Trees''. Craig Potton Publishing * 2011 –

, '' Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964''. Auckland University Press * 2010 –

, ''Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820–1921''. Bridget Williams Books * 2009 –

, ''A Novel About My Wife''.

* 2008 –

, ''Opportunity''. Random House NZ * 2007 –

, '' Mister Pip''. Penguin * 2006 – Maurice Gee, ''Blindsight''. Penguin * 2005 –

, ''Tu''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2004 – Annamarie Jagose, '' Slow Water''. Victoria University Press * 2003 – Stephanie Johnson, ''The Shag Incident''.

* 2002 –

, '' Stonedogs''. Vintage Books * 2001 –

, ''The Book of Fame''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2000 –

, ''Harlequin Rex''. Vintage * 1999 –

, '' The Vintner's Luck''. Victoria University Press * 1998 – Maurice Gee, ''Live Bodies''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 1997 – Jessie Munro, ''The Story of

Suzanne Aubert Suzanne Aubert (19 June 1835 – 1 October 1926), better known to many by her religious name ''Mary Joseph'' or "Mother Aubert", was a French religious sister who started a home for orphans and the under-privileged in Jerusalem, New Zealand on ...

''.

* 1996 –

, ''Redemption Songs – A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki''. Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books

People's choice award

The People's Choice Award was presented from 2010 to 2014. Before 2010, this award was known as the Readers' Choice Award. There were no people's choice awards in 1996 or 1997. * 2014 –

, ''

''.

* 2013 – Jarrod Gilbert, ''Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand''.

* 2012 – Sue Orr, ''From Under the Overcoat''. Vintage, Random House NZ * 2011 –

, ''Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964''. Auckland University Press * 2010 – Al Brown, ''Go Fish: Recipes and stories from the New Zealand Coast''. Random House NZ * 2009 –

Kate De Goldi Kate De Goldi (born 1959) is a New Zealand novelist, children's writer and short story writer. Her early work was published under the pseudonym Kate Flannery. Early life De Goldi was born in Christchurch in 1959. She is of mixed Irish and Italia ...

, ''The 10 pm Question''.

* 2008 – Mary McCallum, ''The Blue''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2007 –

, ''Mister Pip''. Penguin * 2006 (joint) – Maurice Gee, ''Blindsight''. Penguin * 2006 (joint) –

, ''The Captive Wife''. Vintage * 2005 –

Julie Le Clerc Julie Le Clerc is a New Zealand food writer, chef, former cafe owner and caterer and a presenter on TV food shows. Biography Le Clerc grew up in the Auckland suburb of Westmere. Her mother Loraine made and iced wedding cakes as a cottage indust ...

and John Bougen, ''Made in Morocco: A Journey of Exotic Tastes and Places''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2004 – Michael King, ''The Penguin History of New Zealand''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2003 – Glenn Colquhoun, ''Playing God''. Steele Roberts * 2002 –

, ''A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case''. Longacre Press * 2001 – Michael King, ''Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame''. Viking Press * 2000 – Grahame Sydney, ''The Art of Grahame Sydney''. Longacre Press * 1999 –

, ''The Vintner's Luck''. Victoria University Press * 1998 – Edited by

Malcolm McKinnon Malcolm Arthur McKinnon (born 1950) is a New Zealand historian and political historian. McKinnon's work largely focuses on the history of New Zealand and New Zealand's international relations. McKinnon has held a number of editorial roles, includ ...

, ''New Zealand Historical Atlas''. David Bateman

Booksellers' choice award

The Nielsen Booksellers' Choice Award was only presented in 2013 and 2014. * 2014 – Harry Broad & Rob Suisted, ''Molesworth: Stories from New Zealand's largest high country station''. Craig Potton Publishing * 2013 – Shaun Barnett, Rob Brown & Geoff Spearpoint, ''Shelter from the Storm: The story of New Zealand's backcountry huts''. Craig Potton Publishing

Lifetime achievement award

The A W Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature Award was presented in 2004. From 2000 to 2002 this award was known as the A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award. * 2004 –

Joy Cowley Cassia Joy Cowley (; born 7 August 1936) is a New Zealand author best known for her children's fiction, including the popular series of books Mrs. Wishy-Washy. Writing career Cowley started out writing novels for adults, and her first book, ...

* 2002 –

Maurice Shadbolt Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt (4 June 1932 – 10 October 2004) was a New Zealand writerRobinson and Wattie 1998 and occasional playwright. Biography Shadbolt was born in Auckland, and was the eldest of three children. He had a younger bro ...

* 2001 – Dame Fiona Kidman * 2000 –

Non-fiction category awards

History

This award ended in 2009. Before 2001, a single award was given for History and Biography. * 2009 –

Richard Boast Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and ...

, ''Buying the Land, Selling the Land''.

* 2008 –

Hilary Mitchell Hilary Anne Mitchell is a New Zealand historian and author. With her husband, John Mitchell, she published four volumes on the history of Māori in Nelson and Marlborough. The second volume won the Montana New Zealand Book Award for history. M ...

& John Mitchell, ''Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka Volume II: Te Ara Hou – The New Society''.

* 2007 – Edited by K.R. Howe, ''Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors''.

David Bateman David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...

* 2006 – Rosemary McLeod, ''Thrift to Fantasy: Home Textile Crafts of the 1930s – 1950s''.

* 2005 – Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, ''At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design''.

* 2004 –

, ''The Trial of the Cannibal Dog''.

/ Penguin Group (NZ) * 2003 – Jim McAloon, ''No Idle Rich: The Wealthy in Canterbury & Otago 1840 – 1914''. University of Otago Press * 2002 –

, ''A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case''.

* 2001 – Edited by Te Miringa Hohaia,

& Lara Strongman, ''Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance''. City Gallery Wellington, Trustees of Parihaka Pa &

* 2000 – Chris Maclean, ''Kapiti''.

The Whitcombe Press ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The' ...

* 1998 – Harry Orsman, ''Dictionary of New Zealand English: A Dictionary of New Zealandisms on Historical Principles''.

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

Biography

This award ended in 2009. Before 2001, a single award was given for History and Biography. * 2009 – Jill Trevelyan, ''Rita Angus: An Artist's Life''.

* 2008 –

Judy Siers Judith Shelby Siers (born 1937) is a New Zealand writer and historian. In 2008 she won a Montana New Zealand Book Award. Biography In 1981 a film made by her and her husband Jim Siers, titled ''Eye of the Octopus'', sold for more than $500,000 a ...

, ''The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor''.

Millwood Heritage Productions Ltd Millwood may refer to: Places ;Australia *Millwood, New South Wales *Millwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region ;Canada * Millwood High School, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia * Millwood Junior School, Etobicoke, Ontario * Mill Woods, E ...

* 2007 – Philip Norman, ''Douglas Lilburn: His Life and Music''.

Canterbury University Press The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

* 2006 –

Graeme Dingle Sir Graeme Dingle (born 30 November 1945) is a New Zealand outdoor adventurer and mountaineer, who founded the Graeme Dingle Foundation. He is also known for his writing and humanitarianism.Vintage In winemaking, vintage is the process of picking grapes to create wine. A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certain wines, it can denote quality, as in Port wine ...

* 2005 – Martin Edmond, ''Chronicle of the Unsung''.

* 2004 – Rachel Barrowman, ''Mason''.

* 2003 –

Philip Temple Robert Philip Temple (born 1939 in Yorkshire, England) is a Dunedin-based New Zealand author of novels, children's stories, and non-fiction. His work is characterised by a strong association with the outdoors and New Zealand ecology. Career ...

, ''A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields''. Auckland University Press * 2002 – Peter Wells, ''Long Loop Home''. Vintage * 2001 – Michael King, ''Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame''.

* 1999 – Kevin Ireland, ''Under the Bridge and Over the Moon''.

Environment

The Environment award ended in 2009. From 1998 to 1999, this award was titled the Environment & Heritage Award. From 1996 to 1997, this award was titled the Natural Heritage Award. * 2009 – edited by Ian J. Graham, ''A Continent on the Move: New Zealand Geoscience into the 21st Century.''

Geological Society of New Zealand Geology (). is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth s ...

* 2008 – Janet Hunt, ''Wetlands of New Zealand''. Random House NZ * 2007 – George Gibbs, ''Ghosts of Gondwana''. Craig Potton Publishing * 2006 – Philip Simpson, ''Pōhutukawa & Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees''.

* 2005 – Anne Rimmer, ''Tiritiri Matangi: A Model of Conservation''. Tandem Press * 2004 – Peter Batson, ''Deep New Zealand''.

* 2003 – Geoff Chapple, ''Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail''. Random House NZ * 2002 – Bob Harvey, ''Rolling Thunder: The Spirit of Karekare''. Exisle Publishing * 2001 – Philip Simpson, ''Dancing Leaves: The Story of New Zealand's Cabbage Tree''. Canterbury University Press * 2000 – Shaun Barnett & Rob Brown, ''Classic Tramping in New Zealand ''. Craig Potton Publishing * 1999 – Gerard Hutching, ''The Natural World of New Zealand''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 1998 – Peter Johnson, ''Pick of the Bunch: New Zealand Wildflowers''. Longacre Press * 1997 – John Dawson, photography by Rob Lucas, ''New Zealand Coast and Mountain Plants: Their Communities and Lifestyles''. Victoria University Press * 1996 –

Neville Peat Neville Douglas Peat (born 29 November 1947) is a New Zealand author and photographer, based at Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula. He specialises in topics about natural history, notably that of southern New Zealand and New Zealand's subantarc ...

and Brian Patrick, ''Wild Dunedin: The Natural History of New Zealand's Wildlife Capital''. Otago University Press

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture

The Lifestyle & Contemporary Choice award ended in 2009. From 2000 to 2001, this award was the Lifestyle Award. From 1998 to 1999, this award was the Lives & Lifestyle Award. From 1996 to 1997, this award was the Leisure & Lifestyle Award. * 2009 –

Alexa Johnston Alexa Johnston is an author, art curator, and historian from New Zealand. Background Johnston attended Northcote College. She studied Art History at the University of Auckland. Career Johnston worked for nineteen years as a curator at the ...

. ''Ladies, A Plate: Traditional Home Baking''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2008 –

Ngahuia Te Awekotuku Ngahuia is a Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the M� ...

, ''Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2007 –

Ann Packer Ann Elizabeth Packer MBE (born 8 March 1942) is an English former sprinter, hurdler and long jumper. She won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver in the 400 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Biography In 1959 Packer won the E ...

, ''Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists''.

Random House Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...

* 2006 –

Justin Paton Justin Paton (born 1972) is a New Zealand writer, art critic and curator, currently based in Sydney, Australia. His book ''How to Look at a Painting'' (2005) was adapted into a 12-episode television series by TVNZ in 2011. Education Paton stu ...

, ''How to Look at a Painting''.

* 2005 – Gareth Shute, ''Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa''.

Reed Publishing Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd (formerly A. H. Reed Ltd and A. H. and A. W. Reed Ltd) was one of the leading publishers in New Zealand. It was founded by Alfred Hamish Reed and his wife Isabel in 1907. Reed's nephew Alexander Wyclif Reed joined the ...

* 2004 – John Kent & David Hallett, ''Classic Fly Fishing''. Craig Potton Publishing * 2003 – Michael Cooper, ''Wine Atlas of New Zealand''.

* 2002 – Lynnsay Rongokea &

John Dalley John Dalley (born 3 March 1935) is an American violinist. He was raised in a musical family. His father was an orchestra conductor, violinist, composer, instrumental teacher, and music educator. His mother, from Bloomington, Illinois, was a celli ...

(photographer), ''The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting''. Godwit * 2001 – Julie Biuso & Ian Batchelor (photographer), ''Fresh''.

New Holland Publishers New Holland Publishers is an Australian based international publisher of non-fiction books, founded in 1955. It is a privately held company, with offices in Australia. History The publishing firm was established as "Holland Press" was on 20 Jun ...

* 2000 – Yvonne Cave & Valda Paddison, ''The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants''. Godwit Press * 1999 — Heather Nicholson, ''The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand''. Auckland University Press * 1998 – Geoff Thomas, ''The Complete New Zealand Fisherman''. David Bateman * 1997 – Michael Cooper, photography by John McDermott, ''The Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand''. Hodder Moa Beckett * 1996 – Michael Lee-Richards, ''Cook!''. Reed

Reference and Anthology

The Reference and Anthology award was presented between 2002 and 2009. * 2009 – C.K. Stead, ''Collected Poems 1951–2006''.

* 2008 –

, ''A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the New Zealand School Journal''. Learning Media Ltd. * 2007 – William Cottrell, ''Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830–1900''.

* 2006 – Edited by Damien Wilkins, ''Great Sporting Moments: The best of Sport magazine 1988 – 2004''.

* 2005 – Edited by Tony Deverson & Graeme Kennedy, ''The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary''.

* 2004 – Edited by

Albert Wendt Albert Tuaopepe Wendt (born 27 October 1939) is a Samoan poet and writer who lives in New Zealand. He is one of the most influential writers in Oceania. His notable works include ''Sons for the Return Home'', published in 1973 (adapted into a ...

, Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan, ''Whetu Moana''. Auckland University Press * 2003 – Edited by Paul Morris,

Harry Ricketts Harry Ricketts (born 1950) is a poet, biographer, editor, anthologist, critic, academic, literary scholar and cricket writer. He has written biographies of Rudyard Kipling and of a dozen British First World War poets. Life Ricketts was bor ...

& Mike Grimshaw, ''Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse''.

* 2002 –

Hirini Moko Mead Sir "Sidney" Hirini Moko Haerewa Mead (born 8 January 1927) is a New Zealand anthropologist, historian, artist, teacher, writer and prominent Māori people, Māori leader. Initially training as a teacher and artist, Mead taught in many school ...

Neil Grove Neil Grove (born 18 January 1971) is a South African-English Heavyweight professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2006, Grove has competed for the UFC, Bellator Cage Rage, UCMMA, and the SFL. Background Originall ...

, ''Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors''. Victoria University Press

Fiction runner up and Honour Awards

Fiction runner up

An award for the runner-up(s) in the Fiction category was presented from 2000 to 2009. * 2009 (joint) –

, ''The 10 pm Question''.

* 2009 (joint) –

Bernard Beckett Bernard Beckett (born 13 October 1967) is a New Zealand writer of fiction for young adults. His work includes novels and plays. Beckett has taught Drama, Mathematics and English at several high schools in the Wellington Region, and is currently ...

, ''Acid Song''. Longacre Press * 2008 –

, ''Edwin & Matilda''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2007 (joint) – Damien Wilkins, ''The Fainter''.

* 2007 (joint) – Nigel Cox, ''The Cowboy Dog''. Victoria University Press * 2006 (joint) –

, ''The Captive Wife''.

* 2006 (joint) – Nigel Cox, ''Responsibility''. Victoria University Press * 2005 (joint) – C K Stead, ''Mansfield''. Vintage Books * 2005 (joint) – Nigel Cox, ''Tarzan Presley''. Victoria University Press * 2004 (joint) – Maurice Gee, ''The Scornful Moon''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2004 (joint) – Peter Wells, ''Iridescence''. Vintage Books * 2003 (joint) –

Fiona Farrell Fiona Farrell (born 1947) is a New Zealand poet, fiction and non-fiction writer and playwright. Early years and education Farrell was born and raised in Oamaru, in the South Island of New Zealand. She attended Waitaki Girls' High School, the ...

, ''The Hopeful Traveller''. Vintage Books * 2003 (joint) –

, ''When Gravity Snaps''. Vintage Books * 2002 (joint) –

, ''Billie's Kiss''. Victoria University Press * 2002 (joint) –

, ''Here at the End of the World We Learn To Dance''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2001 (joint) – Charlotte Randall, ''The Curative''. Penguin Group (NZ) * 2001 (joint) – Damien Wilkins, ''Nineteen Widows Under Ash''. Victoria University Press * 2000 (joint) – Catherine Chidgey, ''Golden Deeds''. Victoria University Press * 2000 (joint) – C.K. Stead, ''Talking About O'Dwyer''. Penguin Group (NZ)

Honour Award

* 2002 – Te Onehou Phillis, ''Eruera Manuera''. Huia Publishers * 1997 (fiction) –

, ''Dove on the Waters''. David Ling * 1997 (poetry) –

J. C. Sturm Jacqueline Cecilia Sturm (born Te Kare Papuni, also known as Jacquie Baxter; 17 May 1927 – 30 December 2009) was a New Zealand poet, short story writer and librarian. She was one of the first Māori women to complete an undergraduate univers ...

, ''Dedications''. Steele Roberts * 1996 – Pei Te Hurinui Jones, translated by Bruce Biggs, ''Nga Iwi o Tainui: The Traditional History of the Tainui People – Nga Koorero Tuku o Nga Tuupuna''. Auckland University Press

Other awards

BPANZ Review Page or Programme Award

This award ended in 2009. Before 2006, this award was known as the Review Pages/Section of the Year Award. * 2009 – ''

New Zealand Listener The ''New Zealand Listener'' is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political, cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuring a variety of topics, including current events, politics, social issues, health, technology, arts, f ...

'' * 2008 – ''

'' * 2007 – ''

'' * 2006 – '' Dominion Post'' * 2005 – '' North & South'' * 2004 – ''

'' * 2003 – ''

'' * 2002 – '' North & South'' * 2001 – '' The Evening Post'' * 2000 – '' The Evening Post'' * 1999 – ''

Landfall Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact ...

'' * 1998 – '' The Evening Post''

BPANZ Reviewer of the Year Award

This award ended in 2009. Before 2006, this award was known as the Reviewer of the Year. * 2009 –

* 2008 –

* 2007 –

* 2006 – Jolisa Gracewood * 2005 –

Tony Simpson Anthony James Simpson (born 15 July 1965) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2005 to 2017. He served as a minister in the government of Colin Barnett from Marc ...

* 2004 – Michael King * 2003 –

* 2002 – Jane Hurley * 2001 –

* 2000 – Michael King * 1999 –

Iain Sharp Iain Sharp (born 1953 in Glasgow) is a New Zealand poet and critic. Sharp emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1961, where they settled in Auckland. He studied at Auckland University where he received a doctorate in English in 1982. His ...

* 1998 – Graeme Lay

References

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, 2016–2021, with covers and links
New Zealand Post Book Awards
at Christchurch City Libraries, 2010–2014, with covers and links
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
at Christchurch City Libraries, 1996–2009, with covers and links
Montana Book Awards
at Christchurch City Libraries, 1994–1995, with covers and links
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at Christchurch City Libraries, 1976–1995, with covers and links
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