Past Winners
Cairns, Puawai
- 2020
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION AWARD Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance by Puawai Cairns (Te Papa Press, 2019)
Camp, Kate
- 1999
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
The NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars by Kate Camp (Victoria University Press, 1998)
- 2011
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New Zealand Post Book Awards
Poetry The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls by Kate Camp (Victoria University Press, 2010)
See Kate Camp's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Campbell, Alistair
- 1982
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New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry Collected Poems, 1974–1981 by Alistair Campbell (Alister Taylor, 1981)
See Alistair Campbell's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Carter, Shayne
- 2020
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
GENERAL NON-FICTION AWARD Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter (Victoria University Press, 2019) -
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – E H MCCORMICK PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter (Victoria University Press, 2019)
Castle, Len
- 2003
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Illustrative Len Castle: Potter by Len Castle (Sang Architects, 2002)
- 2009
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Illustrative Making the Molecules Dance: Ceramics, 1948–2008 by Len Castle (Lopdell House Gallery, 2008)
Catton, Eleanor
- 2009
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton (Victoria University Press, 2008)
- 2014
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New Zealand Post Book Awards
Fiction The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Victoria University Press, 2013) -
New Zealand Post Book Awards
People’s Choice The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Victoria University Press, 2013)
See Eleanor Catton's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Cave, Yvonne
- 2000
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Lifestyle The Gardener’s Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants by Yvonne Cave (Godwit, 1999)
Chaplin, Gillian
- 1987
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Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
3rd Ngā Mōrehu: The Survivors by Gillian Chaplin (Oxford University Press, 1986)
Chapple, Geoff
- 2003
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Environment Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail by Geoff Chapple (Random House, 2002)
Charman, Janet
- 2008
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry Cold Snack by Janet Charman (Auckland University Press, 2007)
See Janet Charman's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Chidgey, Catherine
- 1998
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
The NZSA Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction In a Fishbone Church by Catherine Chidgey (Victoria University Press, 1998)
- 2017
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
ACORN FOUNDATION FICTION PRIZE The Wish Child by Catherine Chidgey (Victoria University Press, 2016)
- 2023
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2022)
See Catherine Chidgey's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Clarke, Alan
- 2008
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction The Great Sacred Forest of Tāne: Te wao tapu nui a Tāne by Alan Clarke (Reed, 2007)
Clayton, Hamish
- 2012
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New Zealand Post Book Awards
The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction Wulf by Hamish Clayton (Penguin, 2011)
Cole, Gina
- 2017
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
THE HUBERT CHURCH BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION Black Ice Matter by Gina Cole (Huia Publishers, 2016)
Colquhoun, Glenn
- 2000
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
The NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry The Art of Walking Upright by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 1999)
- 2003
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 2002) -
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Readers’ Choice Award Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 2002)
See Glenn Colquhoun's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Condliffe, J. B.
- 1972
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Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
2nd Te Rangi Hiroa: The Life of Sir Peter Buck by J. B. Condliffe (Whitcoulls, 1971)
Coney, Sandra
- 1989
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Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
3rd The Unfortunate Experiment by Sandra Coney (Penguin, 1988)
Cooke, Kay McKenzie
- 2003
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry Feeding the Dogs: Poems by Kay McKenzie Cooke (University of Otago Press, 2002)
Cooper, Michael
- 1989
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Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
2nd Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand by Michael Cooper (Hodder & Stoughton, 1988)
- 1994
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New Zealand Book Awards
Book Production The Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand, 4th Edition by Michael Cooper (Hodder & Stoughton, 1993)
- 1997
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Leisure & Lifestyle The Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand by Michael Cooper (Hodder Moa Beckett, 1996)
- 2003
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction The Wine Atlas of New Zealand by Michael Cooper (Hodder Moa Beckett, 2002) -
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture The Wine Atlas of New Zealand by Michael Cooper (Hodder Moa Beckett, 2002)
See Michael Cooper's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Cottrell, William
- 2007
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Reference & Anthology Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830–1900 by William Cottrell (Reed, 2006) -
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
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)
Coventry, David
- 2016
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
THE HUBERT CHURCH BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION The Invisible Mile by David Coventry (Victoria University Press, 2015)
Cowley, Joy
- 2004
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
The A. W. Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature by Joy Cowley ( , )
See Joy Cowley's biography on the NZ Book Council website.
Cranna, John
- 1990
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New Zealand Book Awards
Fiction Visitors by John Cranna (Heinemann Reed, 1989)
Curnow, Allen
- 1980
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New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry An Incorrigible Music: A Sequence of Poems by Allen Curnow (Auckland University Press, 1979)
- 1983
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New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry You Will Know When You Get There by Allen Curnow (Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press, 1982)
- 1987
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New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry (first equal) The Loop in the Lone Kauri Road: Poems, 1983–1985 by Allen Curnow (Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press, 1986)
- 2001
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry The Bells of Saint Babel’s: Poems 1997–2001 by Allen Curnow (Auckland University Press, 2001)
See Allen Curnow's biography on the NZ Book Council website.