Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (Penguin, 2006)

Montana Medal for Non-Fiction

Eagle’s Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand by Audrey Eagle (Te Papa Press, 2006)

Fiction

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (Penguin, 2006)

Poetry

The Goose Bath by Janet Frame (Vintage, 2006)

History

Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific edited by K. R. Howe (David Bateman, 2006)

Biography

Douglas Lilburn: His Life and Music by Philip Norman (Canterbury University Press, 2006)

Environment

Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand by George Gibbs (Craig Potton Publishing, 2006)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture

Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists by Ann Packer (Random House, 2006)

Reference & Anthology

Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830–1900 by William Cottrell (Reed, 2006)

Readers’ Choice Award

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (Penguin, 2006)

The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction

The Sound of Butterflies by Rachael King (Black Swan, 2006)

The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry

Secret Heart by Airini Beautrais (Victoria University Press, 2006)

The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction

Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830–1900 by William Cottrell (Reed, 2006)

BPANZ Best Review Page or Programme Award

The Listener

BPANZ Reviewer of the Year Award

David Eggleton