Past Winners
Adamson, Paula
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
Non-Fiction
The Beginner’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand
by Paula Adamson (Random House, 2013)
Agnew, Leonie
NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction
The Memory Thief
by Leonie Agnew (Penguin Random House (Puffin), 2021)
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
Best First Book
Super Finn
by Leonie Agnew (Scholastic, 2011)
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
Junior Fiction
Super Finn
by Leonie Agnew (Scholastic, 2011)
Aho-White, Isobel Joy Te
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2026
Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction
Whenua: Māori Pūrākau of Aotearoa
Written and illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāi Tahu) (Little Moa, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand)
Allen, Pamela
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
Picture Book
Cuthbert’s Babies
by Pamela Allen (Viking, 2003)
Anderson, Sarah Nelisiwe
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
Children’s Choice
The Were-Nana (NOT a Bedtime Story)
by Melinda Szymanik, illustrated by Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson (Scholastic, 2008)
Andrews, Kimberly
NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Russell Clark Award for Illustration
Puffin the Architect
illustrated and written by Kimberly Andrews (Penguin Random House (Puffin), 2018)