Past Winners

2025

OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS

  • Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction

    Delirious

    by Damien Wilkins (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2024)

  • Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry

    Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit

    by Emma Neale (Otago University Press, 2024)

  • BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction

    Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art

    by Deidre Brown and Ngarino Ellis and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (Auckland University Press, 2024)

  • General Non-Fiction Award

    Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery

    by Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku (HarperCollins Publishers Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024)

  • Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book Award – Hubert Church Prize for Fiction

    Poorhara

    by Michelle Rahurahu (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2024)

  • Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book Award – Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry

    Manuali'i

    by Rex Letoa Paget (Saufo'i Press, 2024)

  • Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book Award – Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction

    Sightlines: Women and Art in Aotearoa

    by Kirsty Baker (Auckland University Press, 2024)

  • Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book Award – E.H. McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction

    The Chthonic Cycle

    by Una Cruickshank (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2024)