Past Winners
Davidson, Leon
- 2006
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards NON-FICTION Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli by Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books, 2005)
- 2011
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards NON-FICTION Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front by Leon Davidson (Text, 2010)
See Leon Davidson's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Davis, Lloyd Spencer
- 2002
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards BOOK OF THE YEAR The Plight of the Penguin by Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press, 2001)
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards NON-FICTION The Plight of the Penguin by Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press, 2001)
Davis, Sarah
- 2016
- New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD - PICTURE BOOK The House on the Hill by Sarah Davis (Scholastic New Zealand, 2016)
- 2017
- New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults PICTURE BOOK AWARD That’s Not a Hippopotamus! by Sarah Davis (Gecko, 2017)
Dawe, Ted
- 2004
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards BEST FIRST BOOK Thunder Road by Ted Dawe (Longacre Press, 2003)
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards YOUNG ADULT FICTION Thunder Road by Ted Dawe (Longacre Press, 2003)
- 2013
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards NEW ZEALAND POST MARGARET MAHY BOOK OF THE YEAR Into the River by Ted Dawe (Mangakino University Press, 2012)
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards YOUNG ADULT FICTION Into the River by Ted Dawe (Mangakino University Press, 2012)
See Ted Dawe's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
De Goldi, Kate
- 1997
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards SENIOR FICTION Sanctuary by Kate De Goldi (Penguin, 1996)
- 2005
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards BOOK OF THE YEAR Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story by Kate De Goldi (Trapeze, 2004)
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards PICTURE BOOK Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story by Kate De Goldi (Trapeze, 2004)
- 2009
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR The 10pm Question by Kate De Goldi (Longacre Press, 2008)
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards YOUNG ADULT FICTION The 10pm Question by Kate De Goldi (Longacre Press, 2008)
- 2016
- New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults ESTHER GLEN JUNIOR FICTION AWARD From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle by Kate De Goldi (Penguin Random House (Longacre), 2016)
See Kate De Goldi's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Dodd, Lynley
- 2000
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards CHILDREN’S CHOICE Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack by Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel, 1999)
- 2005
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards CHILDREN’S CHOICE The Other Ark by Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel, 2004)
See Lynley Dodd's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Drewery, Melanie
- 2008
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards PICTURE BOOK Tahi - One Lucky Kiwi by Melanie Drewery (Random House, 2007)
See Melanie Drewery's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Driscoll, Rachel
- 2010
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR Old Hu-Hu by Rachel Driscoll (Scholastic, 2009)
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR Hū-Hū Koroheke (Te reo edition) by Rachel Driscoll (Scholastic, 2009)
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards PICTURE BOOK Old Hu-Hu by Rachel Driscoll (Scholastic, 2009)
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards PICTURE BOOK Hū-Hū Koroheke (Te reo edition) by Rachel Driscoll (Scholastic, 2009)
See Rachel Driscoll's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Duder, Tessa
- 2000
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards SENIOR FICTION The Tiggie Thompson Show by Tessa Duder (Penguin, 1999)
- 2010
- New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards HONOUR AWARD The Word Witch by Tessa Duder (HarperCollins, 2009)
See Tessa Duder's biography on the NZ Book Council website.