Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are a series of literary awards to works of New Zealand citizens. They were created in 1996, merging the Montana Book Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards into the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[1]

There are four categories: fiction (the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize formerly known as the Acorn Foundation Literary Award), general non-fiction (sponsored by Royal Society Te Apārangi), illustrated non-fiction, and poetry. "Best First Book" prizes are awarded to first time authors in each of the categories. The awards event is the opening event of the Auckland Writers Festival. The Awards' main sponsors are Ockham Residential, The Acorn Foundation, Creative New Zealand, and Book Tokens Ltd.

The earlier incarnation of the New Zealand Book Awards ran from 1976 to 1995, while the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards ran from 1968 to 1993. Montana Wines assumed sponsorship in 1994 and the awards became the Montana Book Awards (1994–1995).[1][2] From 2010 until 2014, the awards were known as the New Zealand Post Book Awards. They are governed by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust.

List of winners by year

2020
  • Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize
Becky Manawatu, Auē. Mākaro Press[3][4]
  • Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction
Shayne Carter, Dead People I Have Known. Victoria University Press
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction Award
Stephanie Gibson, Matariki Williams and Puawai Cairns, Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance. Te Papa Press
  • Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry
Helen Rickerby, How to Live. Auckland University Press
  • MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Hubert Church Prize for Fiction
Becky Manawatu, Auē. Mākaro Press
  • MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction
Chris McDowall and Tim Denee, We Are Here: An Atlas of Aotearoa. Massey University Press
  • MitoQ Best First Book Awards: E H McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction
Shayne Carter, Dead People I Have Known. Victoria University Press
  • MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry
Jane Arthur, Craven. Victoria University Press

2019
  • Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize
Fiona Kidman, This Mortal Boy. Vintage, Penguin Random House[5][6]
  • Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction
Joanne Drayton, Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love. Otago University Press
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction Award
Sean Mallon and Sébastien Galliot, Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing. Te Papa Press
  • Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry
Helen Heath, Are Friends Electric?. Victoria University Press
  • Te Mūrau o te Tuhi – Māori Language Award
Tīmoti Kāretu and Wharehuia Milroy, He Kupu Tuku Iho: Ko te Reo Māori te Tatau ki te Ao. Auckland University Press
  • MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Hubert Church Prize for Fiction
Kirsten Warner, The Sound of Breaking Glass. Mākaro Press
  • MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction
John Reid, Whatever it Takes: Pacific Films and John O’Shea 1948–2000. Victoria University Press
  • MitoQ Best First Book Awards: E H McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction
Chessie Henry, We Can Make a Life. Victoria University Press
  • MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry
Tayi Tibble, Poūkahangatus. Victoria University Press

2018
  • Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize
Pip Adam, The New Animals. Victoria University Press[7][8]
  • Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction
Diana Wichtel, Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father. Awa Press
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction Award
Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins, Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds. Bridget Williams Books
  • Poetry Award
Elizabeth Smither, Night Horse. Auckland University Press
  • The Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Annaleese Jochems, Baby. Victoria University Press
  • The Judith Binney Best First Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction
Marcus Thomas and Neil Silverwood, Caves: Exploring New Zealand’s Subterranean Wilderness. Whio Publishing
  • The E H McCormick Best First Book Award for General Non-Fiction
Diana Wichtel, Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father. Awa Press
  • The Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Hannah Mettner, Fully Clothed and So Forgetful. Victoria University Press

2017
  • Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize
Catherine Chidgey, The Wish Child. Victoria University Press[9][10]
  • Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction
Ashleigh Young, Can You Tolerate This? Victoria University Press
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction Award
Barbara Brookes, A History of New Zealand Women. Bridget Williams Books
  • Poetry Award
Andrew Johnston, Fits & Starts. Victoria University Press
  • The Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Gina Cole, Black Ice Matter. Huia Publishers
  • The Judith Binney Best First Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction
Ngarino Ellis, A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngāti Porou Carving, 1830–1930. Auckland University Press
  • The E H McCormick Best First Book Award for General Non-Fiction
Adam Dudding, My Father’s Island. Victoria University Press
  • The Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Hera Lindsay Bird, Hera Lindsay Bird. Victoria University Press

2016
  • The Acorn Foundation Literary Award
Stephen Daisley, Coming Rain. Text Publishing[11][12]
  • Fiction
Stephen Daisley, Coming Rain. Text Publishing
  • General Non-Fiction
Witi Ihimaera, Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood. Vintage
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction
Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney and Aroha Harris, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History. Bridget Williams Books
  • Poetry
David Eggleton, The Conch Trumpet. Otago University Press
  • The Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
David Coventry, The Invisible Mile. Victoria University Press
  • The Judith Binney Best First Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction
Richard Nunns with Allan Thomas, Te Ara Puoro: A Journey into the World of Māori Music. Potton & Burton
  • The E H McCormick Best First Book Award for General Non-Fiction
Melissa Matutina Williams, Panguru and the City, Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua: An Urban Migration History. Bridget Williams Books
  • The Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Chris Tse, How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes. Auckland University Press

2015

NB: Due to change of sponsors from New Zealand Post to Ockham Residential, there were no awards in 2015.[13][14]

2014
  • New Zealand Post Book of the Year
Jill Trevelyan, Peter McLeavey: The life and times of a New Zealand art dealer. Te Papa Press[15][16]
  • Fiction
Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries. Victoria University Press
  • Poetry
Vincent O'Sullivan, Us, then. Victoria University Press
  • General Non-Fiction
Jill Trevelyan, Peter McLeavey: The life and times of a New Zealand art dealer. Te Papa Press
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction
Bruce Ansley & Jane Ussher, Coast: A New Zealand journey. Godwit Press
  • People's Choice
Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries. Victoria University Press
  • Nielsen Booksellers' Choice
Harry Broad & Rob Suisted, Molesworth: Stories from New Zealand’s largest high country station. Craig Potton Publishing
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
Amy Head, Tough. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Marty Smith, Horse with Hat. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Rebecca Macfie, Tragedy at Pike River Mine. Awa Press

2013
  • New Zealand Post Book of the Year
Kirsty Gunn, The Big Music. Faber and Faber[17][18]
  • Fiction
Kirsty Gunn, The Big Music. Faber and Faber
  • Poetry
Anne Kennedy, The Darling North. Auckland University Press
  • General Non-Fiction
Steve Braunias, Civilisation: Twenty Places on the Edge of the World. Awa Press
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction
Gregory O'Brien & Gil Hanly, Pat Hanly. Ron Sang Publications
  • People's Choice
Jarrod Gilbert, Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand. Auckland University Press
  • Nielsen Booksellers' Choice
Shaun Barnett, Rob Brown & Geoff Spearpoint, Shelter from the Storm: The story of New Zealand's backcountry huts. Craig Potton Publishing
  • New Zealand Post Maori Language Award
Dame Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira, Ngā Waituhi o Rēhua. Huia Publishers
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
Lawrence Patchett, I Got His Blood on Me. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Helen Heath, Graft. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Quinn Berentson, Moa: The life and death of New Zealand’s legendary bird. Craig Potton Publishing

2012
  • New Zealand Post Book of the Year
John Dawson and Rob Lucas, New Zealand's Native Trees. Craig Potton Publishing[19][20]
  • Fiction
Paula Morris, Rangatira. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Poetry
Rhian Gallagher, Shift. Auckland University Press
  • General Non-Fiction
Joan Druett, Tupaia: The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator. Random House NZ
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction
John Dawson and Rob Lucas, New Zealand's Native Trees. Craig Potton Publishing
  • New Zealand Post Māori Language Award
Chris Winitana, Tōku Reo, Tōku Ohooho : My Language, My Inspiration. Huia Publishers
  • People's Choice
Sue Orr, From Under the Overcoat. Vintage, Random House NZ
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Hamish Clayton, Wulf. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
John Adams, Briefcase. Auckland University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Michael Smythe, New Zealand by Design. Random House NZ

2011
  • New Zealand Post Book of the Year
Chris Bourke, Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964. Auckland University Press[21]
  • Fiction
Laurence Fearnley, The Hut Builder. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Poetry
Kate Camp, The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls. Victoria University Press
  • General Non-Fiction
Chris Bourke, Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964. Auckland University Press
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction
Damian Skinner, The Passing World: The Passage of Life: John Hovell and the Art of Kowhaiwhai. Rim Books
  • People's Choice
Chris Bourke, Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964. Auckland University Press
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Pip Adam, Everything We Hoped for. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Lynn Jenner, Dear Sweet Harry. Auckland University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Dr Poia Rewi, Whaikōrero: The World of Māori Oratory. Auckland University Press

2010
  • New Zealand Post Book of the Year
Judith Binney, Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820–1921. Bridget Williams Books[22]
  • Fiction
Alison Wong, As the Earth Turns Silver. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Poetry
Brian Turner, Just This. Victoria University Press
  • General Non-Fiction
Judith Binney, Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820–1921. Bridget Williams Books
  • Illustrated Non-Fiction
Al Brown, Go Fish: Recipes and stories from the New Zealand Coast. Random House NZ
  • People's Choice
Al Brown, Go Fish: Recipes and stories from the New Zealand Coast. Random House NZ
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Anna Taylor, Relief. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA Jessie MacKay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Selina Tusitala Marsh, Fast Talking PI. Auckland University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Pip Desmond, Trust: A True Story of Women & Gangs. Random House NZ

2009
  • Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Emily Perkins, Novel About My Wife. Bloomsbury[23]
  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Jill Trevelyan, Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life. Te Papa Press
  • Fiction
Emily Perkins, Novel About My Wife. Bloomsbury
  • Poetry
Jenny Bornholdt, The Rocky Shore. Victoria University Press
  • History
Richard Boast, Buying the Land, Selling the Land. Victoria University Press
  • Biography
Jill Trevelyan, Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life. Te Papa Press
  • Environment
edited by Ian J. Graham, A Continent on the Move: New Zealand Geoscience into the 21st Century. Geological Society of New Zealand
  • Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Alexa Johnston. Ladies, A Plate: Traditional Home Baking. Penguin Group New Zealand
  • Illustrative
Len Castle, Len Castle: Making the Molecules Dance. Lopdell House Gallery
  • Reference and Anthology category winner
CK Stead, Collected Poems 1951–2006. Auckland University Press
  • Māori Language Award
Maori Language Commission, He Pātaka Kupu te kai a te rangatira. Raupo Press
  • Readers' Choice Award
Kate De Goldi, The 10 pm Question. Longacre Press
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Eleanor Catton, The Rehearsal. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Sam Sampson, Everything Talks. Auckland University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Chris Brickell, Mates & Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand. Godwit Press
  • BPANZ Review Page or Programme Award
New Zealand Listener
  • BPANZ Reviewer of the Year Award
David Eggleton

2008
  • Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Charlotte Grimshaw, Opportunity. Random House NZ[24]
  • Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Janet Hunt, Wetlands of New Zealand. Random House NZ
  • Fiction Winner
Charlotte Grimshaw, Opportunity. Random House NZ
  • Fiction Runner-up
Laurence Fearnley, Edwin & Matilda. Penguin Group NZ
  • Poetry
Janet Charman, Cold Snack. Auckland University Press
  • History
Hilary Mitchell & John Mitchell, Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka Volume II: Te Ara Hou – The New Society. Huia Publishers
  • Biography
Judy Siers, The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor. Millwood Heritage Productions Ltd.
  • Environment
Janet Hunt, Wetlands of New Zealand. Random House NZ
  • Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo. Penguin Group NZ
  • Illustrative
Jennifer Hay, with Ron Brownson, Chris Knox, and Laurence Aberhart; designed by Aaron Beehre, Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning. Christchurch Art Gallery
  • Reference & Anthology
Gregory O'Brien, A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the New Zealand School Journal. Learning Media Ltd.
  • Maori Language Award
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
  • Reader's Choice
Mary McCallum, The Blue. Penguin Group NZ
  • Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
Mary McCallum, The Blue. Penguin Group NZ
  • Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Jessica Le Bas, Incognito. Auckland University Press
  • E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non Fiction
Alan Clarke, The Great Sacred Forest of Tane. Raupo Publishing
  • BPANZ Best Review Page or Programme Award
New Zealand Listener
  • BPANZ Reviewer of the Year Award
Charlotte Grimshaw

2007
  • Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip. Penguin Books[25]
  • Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Audrey Eagle, Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand. Te Papa Press
  • Fiction Winner
Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip. Penguin Books
  • Fiction Runners-up
Damien Wilkins, The Fainter. Victoria University Press
Nigel Cox, The Cowboy Dog. Victoria University Press
  • Poetry
Janet Frame, The Goose Bath. Vintage
  • History
Edited by K.R. Howe, Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors. David Bateman
  • Biography
Philip Norman, Douglas Lilburn: His Life and Music. Canterbury University Press
  • Environment
George Gibbs, Ghosts of Gondwana. Craig Potton Publishing
  • Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Ann Packer, Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists. Random House
  • Illustrative
Audrey Eagle, Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand. Te Papa Press
  • Reference & Anthology
William Cottrell, Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830–1900. Reed Publishing
  • Reader's Choice
Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip. Penguin Books
  • Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
Rachael King, The Sound of Butterflies. Black Swan
  • Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Airini Beautrais, Secret Heart. Victoria University Press
  • E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non Fiction
William Cottrell, Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830–1900. Reed Publishing
  • BPANZ Best Review Page or Programme Award
New Zealand Listener
  • BPANZ Reviewer of the Year Award
David Eggleton

2006
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Maurice Gee, Blindsight. Penguin Books[26]
  • Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Philip Simpson, Pōhutukawa & Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees. Te Papa Press
  • Fiction Winner
Maurice Gee, Blindsight. Penguin Books
  • Fiction Runners-up
Fiona Kidman, The Captive Wife. Vintage
Nigel Cox, Responsibility. Victoria University Press
  • Poetry
Bill Manhire, Lifted. Victoria University Press
  • History
Rosemary McLeod, Thrift to Fantasy: Home Textile Crafts of the 1930s – 1950s. Vintage
  • Biography
Graeme Dingle, Dingle. Vintage
  • Reference & Anthology
Edited by Damien Wilkins, Great Sporting Moments: The best of Sport magazine 1988 – 2004. Victoria University Press
  • Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Justin Paton, How to Look at a Painting. Vintage
  • Environment
Philip Simpson, Pōhutukawa & Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees. Vintage
  • Illustrative
Edited by Hannah Holm & Lara Strongman, Contemporary New Zealand Photographers. Vintage
  • Reader's Choice Joint Winners
Maurice Gee, Blindsight. Penguin Books
Fiona Kidman, The Captive Wife. Vintage
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Gillian Ranstead, A Red Silk Sea. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Karlo Mila, Dream Fish Floating. Huia Publishers
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Patrick Snedden, Pakeha and the Treaty: Why It's Our Treaty Too. Random House NZ
  • BPANZ Best Review Page or Programme
Dominion Post
  • BPANZ Reviewer of the Year
Jolisa Gracewood

2005
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Patricia Grace, Tu. Penguin Group (NZ)[27]
  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design. Godwit
  • Fiction Award winner
Patricia Grace, Tu. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Fiction Runners-up
C K Stead, Mansfield. Vintage Books
Nigel Cox, Tarzan Presley. Victoria University Press
  • Poetry Award winner
Vincent O'Sullivan, Nice morning for it, Adam. Victoria University Press
  • History Award winner
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design. Godwit
  • Biography Award winner
Martin Edmond, Chronicle of the Unsung. Auckland University Press
  • Reference & Anthology Award winner
Edited by Tony Deverson & Graeme Kennedy, The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary. Oxford University Press
  • Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award winner
Gareth Shute, Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa. Reed Publishing
  • Environment Award winner
Anne Rimmer, Tiritiri Matangi: A Model of Conservation. Tandem Press
  • Illustrative Award winner
Luit Bieringa, Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs. BWX
  • Reader's Choice Award
Julie Le Clerc and John Bougen, Made in Morocco. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Julian Novitz, My Real Life and Other Stories. Vintage Books
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Sonja Yelich, Clung. Auckland University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Douglas Wright, Ghost Dance. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Review Pages/Section of the Year Award
North & South
  • Reviewer of the Year
Tony Simpson

2004
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Annamarie Jagose, Slow Water. Victoria University Press[28]
  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Anne Salmond, The Trial of the Cannibal Dog. Allen Lane / Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Fiction Award winner
Annamarie Jagose, Slow Water. Victoria University Press
  • Fiction Runners-up
Maurice Gee, The Scornful Moon. Penguin Group (NZ)
Peter Wells, Iridescence. Vintage Books
  • Poetry Award winner
Anne Kennedy, Sing-song. Auckland University Press
  • Biography Award winner
Rachel Barrowman, Mason. Victoria University Press
  • History Award winner
Anne Salmond, The Trial of the Cannibal Dog. Allen Lane / Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Reference & Anthology Award winner
Edited by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan, Whetu Moana. Auckland University Press
  • Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award winner
John Kent & David Hallett, Classic Fly Fishing. Craig Potton Publishing
  • Environment Award winner
Peter Batson, Deep New Zealand. Canterbury University Press
  • Illustrative Award winner
Arno Gasteiger, Central. Viking Press
  • Reader's Choice Award
Michael King, The Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Kelly Ana Morey, Bloom. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Cliff Fell, The Adulterer's Bible. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Deidre Brown, Tai Tokerau Whakairo Rakau: Northland Maori Wood Carving. Reed Publishing
  • A W Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature
Joy Cowley
  • Review Pages/Section of the Year Award
The Listener
  • Reviewer of the Year
Michael King

2003
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Stephanie Johnson, The Shag Incident. Vintage Books[29]
  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Michael Cooper, Wine Atlas of New Zealand. Hodder Moa Beckett
  • Fiction Award winner
Stephanie Johnson, The Shag Incident. Vintage Books
  • Fiction Runners-up
Fiona Farrell, The Hopeful Traveller. Vintage Books
Owen Marshall, When Gravity Snaps. Vintage Books
  • Poetry Award winner
Glenn Colquhoun, Playing God. Steele Roberts
  • History Award winner
Jim McAloon, No Idle Rich: The Wealthy in Canterbury & Otago 1840 – 1914. University of Otago Press
  • Biography Award winner
Philip Temple, A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields. Auckland University Press
  • Environment Award winner
Geoff Chapple, Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail. Random House
  • Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award winner
Michael Cooper, Wine Atlas of New Zealand. Hodder Moa Beckett
  • Illustrative Arts Award winner
Nancy Pel & Len Castle, Len Castle: Potter. Ron Sang Publications
  • Reference & Anthology Award winner
Edited by Paul Morris, Harry Ricketts & Mike Grimshaw, Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse. Godwit
  • Reader's Choice Award
Glenn Colquhoun, Playing God. Steele Roberts
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Paula Morris Queen of Beauty. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Kay McKenzie Cooke, Feeding the Dogs, Kay McKenzie Cooke. University of Otago Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Sam Mahon, Year of the Horse. Longacre Press
  • Review Pages/Section of the Year Award
The Listener
  • Reviewer of the Year
David Eggleton

2002
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Craig Marriner, Stonedogs. Vintage Books[30]
  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Lynley Hood, A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case. Longacre Press
  • Fiction Award winner
Craig Marriner, Stonedogs. Vintage Books
  • Fiction Runners-up
Elizabeth Knox, Billie's Kiss. Victoria University Press
Lloyd Jones, Here at the End of the World We Learn To Dance. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Poetry Award winner
Hone Tuwhare, Piggy-back Moon. Godwit
  • Biography Award winner
Peter Wells, Long Loop Home. Vintage Books
  • History Award winner
Lynley Hood, A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case. Longacre Press
  • Environment Award winner
Bob Harvey, Rolling Thunder: The Spirit of Karekare. Exisle Publishing
  • Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award winner
Lynnsay Rongokea & John Dalley (photographer), The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting. Godwit
  • Illustrative Arts Award winner
Joan Whincup & Tony Whincup with Julia Parkinson (designer), Akekeia! Traditional Dance in Kiribati. Susan Barrie
  • Reference & Anthology Award winner
Hirini Moko Mead & Neil Grove, Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors. Victoria University Press
  • Honour Award
Te Onehou Phillis, Eruera Manuera. Huia Publishers
  • Reader's Choice Award
Lynley Hood, A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case. Longacre Press
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Craig Marriner, Stonedogs. Vintage Books
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Chris Price, Husk. Auckland University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Steve Braunias, Fool's Paradise. Random House
  • A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award
Maurice Shadbolt
  • Review Pages/Section of the Year Award
North & South
  • Reviewer of the Year
Jane Hurley

2001
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Lloyd Jones, The Book of Fame. Penguin Group (NZ)[31]
  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Michael King, Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame. Viking Press
  • Fiction Award winner
Lloyd Jones, The Book of Fame. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Fiction Runners-up
Charlotte Randall, The Curative. Penguin Group (NZ)
Damien Wilkins, Nineteen Widows Under Ash. Victoria University Press
  • Poetry Award winner
Allen Curnow, The Bells of St Babel's. Auckland University Press
  • History and Biography Award winner (tied)
Michael King, Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame. Viking
Edited by Te Miringa Hohaia, Gregory O'Brien & Lara Strongman, Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance. City Gallery Wellington, Trustees of Parihaka Pa & Victoria University Press
  • Environment Award winner
Philip Simpson, Dancing Leaves: The Story of New Zealand's Cabbage Tree, Ti Kouka. Canterbury University Press
  • Lifestyle Award winner
Julie Biuso & Ian Batchelor (photographer), Fresh. New Holland Publishers
  • Illustrative Arts Award winner
Edited by Ian Wedde, Ralph Hotere: Black Light. Te Papa Press & Dunedin Public Art Gallery
  • Reader's Choice Award
Michael King, Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame. Viking Press
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Karyn Hay, Emerald Budgies. Vintage
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Stephanie de Montalk, Animals Indoors. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Paul Tapsell, Pukaki: A Comet Returns. Reed Publishing
  • A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award
Dame Fiona Kidman
  • Review Pages/Section of the Year Award
The Evening Post
  • Reviewer of the Year
David Eggleton

2000
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Owen Marshall, Harlequin Rex. Vintage[32]
  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney. Longacre Press
  • Fiction Award winner
Owen Marshall, Harlequin Rex. Vintage
  • Fiction Runners-up
Catherine Chidgey, Golden Deeds. Victoria University Press
C.K. Stead, Talking About O'Dwyer. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Poetry Award winner
Elizabeth Smither, The Lark Quartet. Auckland University Press
  • History and Biography Award winner
Chris Maclean, Kapiti. The Whitcombe Press
  • Illustrative Arts Award winner
Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney. Longacre Press
  • Environment Award winner
Shaun Barnett & Rob Brown, Classic Tramping in New Zealand . Craig Potton Publishing
  • Lifestyle Award winner
Yvonne Cave & Valda Paddison, The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants. Godwit
  • Reader's Choice Award
Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney. Longacre Press
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Duncan Sarkies, Stray Thoughts And Nosebleeds. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Glenn Colquhoun, The Art of Walking Upright. Steele Roberts
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Peter Thomson, Kava in the Blood. Tandem Press
  • A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award
Allen Curnow
  • Review Pages/Section of the Year Award
The Evening Post
  • Reviewer of the Year
Michael King

1999
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck. Victoria University Press[33]
  • Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Heather Nicholson, The Loving Stitch: A history of knitting and spinning in New Zealand. Auckland University Press
  • Fiction Award winner
Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck. Victoria University Press
  • Poetry Award winner
Vincent O'Sullivan, Seeing You Asked. Victoria University Press
  • History & Biography Award winner
Kevin Ireland, Under the Bridge and Over the Moon. Vintage
  • Illustrative Arts Award winner
Helen Schamroth, 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Godwit
  • Environment & Heritage Award winner
Gerard Hutching, The Natural World of New Zealand. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Lives & Lifestyle
Heather Nicholson, The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand. Auckland University Press
  • Reader's Choice Award
Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Willian Brandt, Alpha Male. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Kate Camp, Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Helen Schamroth, 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Godwit
  • Best Review Page
Landfall
  • Reviewer of the Year
Iain Sharp

1998
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Maurice Gee, Live Bodies. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Edited by Harry Orsman, Dictionary of New Zealand English. Oxford University Press[34]
  • Fiction Award winner
Maurice Gee, Live Bodies. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Poetry Award winner
Hone Tuwhare, Shape-Shifter. Steele Roberts
  • History & Biography Award winner
Edited by Harry Orsman, Dictionary of New Zealand English. Oxford University Press
  • Illustrative Arts Award winner
Roger Blackley, Goldie. David Bateman
  • Environment & Heritage Award winner
Peter Johnson, Pick of the Bunch: New Zealand Wildflowers. Longacre Press
  • Lives & Lifestyle Award winner
Geoff Thomas, The Complete New Zealand Fisherman. David Bateman
  • Reader's Choice Award
Edited by Malcolm McKinnon, New Zealand Historical Atlas. David Bateman
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Catherine Chidgey, In a Fishbone Church. Victoria University Press
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Kapka Kassabova, All Roads Lead to the Sea. Auckland University Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Genevieve Noser, Olives: the New Passion. Penguin Group (NZ)
  • Best Review Page
The Evening Post
  • Reviewer of the Year
Graeme Lay

1997

There were no Montana Medal, Deutz Medal or Reader's Choice Award for 1997 and 1996.

  • Book of the Year/Cultural Heritage
Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert. Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books[35]
  • Fiction
Alan Duff, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?. Vintage
  • Poetry
edited by Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien and Mark Williams, An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English. Oxford University Press
  • Illustrative Arts
edited by Sandy Adsett, Cliff Whiting and Witi Ihimaera, Mataora: The Living Face: Contemporary Maori Art. David Bateman
  • Natural Heritage
John Dawson, photography by Rob Lucas, New Zealand Coast and Mountain Plants: Their Communities and Lifestyles. Victoria University Press
  • Leisure & Lifestyle
Michael Cooper, photography by John McDermott, The Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand. Hodder Moa Beckett
  • Honour Award, Fiction
Maurice Shadbolt, Dove on the Waters. David Ling
  • Honour Award, Poetry
J. C. Sturm, Dedications. Steele Roberts
  • NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Dominic Sheehan, Finding Home. Secker & Waburg
  • NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Diane Brown, Before the Divorce We Go To Disneyland. Tandem Press
  • NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert. Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books

1996

There were no Montana Medal, Deutz Medal or Reader's Choice Award for 1997 and 1996.

  • Book of the Year/Cultural Heritage
Judith Binney, Redemption Songs – A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki. Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books[36]
  • Fiction
Sheridan Keith, Zoology: A Novel. Penguin
  • Poetry
Bill Manhire, My Sunshine. Victoria University Press
  • Illustrative Arts
Winsome Shepherd, Gold and Silversmithing in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century New Zealand. Museum of New Zealand
  • Natural Heritage
Neville Peat and Brian Patrick, Wild Dunedin: The Natural History of New Zealand’s Wildlife Capital. Otago University Press
  • Leisure & Lifestyle
Michael Lee-Richards, Cook!. Reed
  • Honour Award
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
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Emily Perkins, Not Her Real Name. Victoria University Press.
Poetry: James Brown, Go Round Power Please. Victoria University Press
Non-Fiction: Alex Frame, Salmond: Southern Jurist. Victoria University Press

See also

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