New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards
- Book of the Year
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A Bird in the Hand by Janet Hunt (Random House, 2003)
- Children’s Choice
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Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea! by Ngāreta Gabel, illustrated by Ali Teo and Astrid Jensen (Huia, 2003)
- Best First Book
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Thunder Road by Ted Dawe (Longacre Press, 2003)
- Honour Award
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Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer by Lloyd Jones, illustrated by Graeme Gash (Mallinson Rendel, 2003)
- Young Adult Fiction
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Thunder Road by Ted Dawe (Longacre Press, 2003)
- Junior Fiction
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Juggling with Mandarins by V. M. Jones (HarperCollins, 2003)
- Picture Book
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Cuthbert’s Babies by Pamela Allen (Viking, 2003)
- Non-Fiction
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A Bird in the Hand by Janet Hunt (Random House, 2003)