Past Winners

Daisley, Stephen

2016: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Fiction Coming Rain by Stephen Daisley (Text Publishing, 2015); Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
THE ACORN FOUNDATION LITERARY AWARD Coming Rain by Stephen Daisley (Text Publishing, 2015)

Daley, John

2002: Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting by John Daley (Godwit, 2001)

Dallas, Ruth

1977: New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry Walking on the Snow by Ruth Dallas (Caxton Press, 1976)

See Ruth Dallas's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Davies, Sonja

1985: Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
2nd Bread and Roses by Sonja Davies (Fraser Books, 1984)

Dawson, John

1997: Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Natural Heritage New Zealand Coast and Mountain Plants: Their Communities and Lifestyles by John Dawson (Victoria University Press, 1996)

2012: New Zealand Post Book Awards
New Zealand Post Book of the Year New Zealand’s Native Trees by John Dawson (Craig Potton Publishing, 2011); New Zealand Post Book Awards
Illustrated Non-Fiction New Zealand’s Native Trees by John Dawson (Craig Potton Publishing, 2011)

De Goldi, Kate

2009: Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Readers’ Choice Award The 10pm Question by Kate De Goldi (Longacre Press, 2008)

See Kate De Goldi's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

De Montalk, Stephanie

2001: Montana New Zealand Book Awards
The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry Animals Indoors by Stephanie De Montalk (Victoria University Press, 2000)

See Stephanie De Montalk's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Denee, Tim

2020: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JUDITH BINNEY PRIZE FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION We Are Here: An Atlas of Aotearoa by Tim Denee (Massey University Press, 2019)

Desmond, Pip

2010: New Zealand Post Book Awards
The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction Trust: A True Story of Women and Gangs by Pip Desmond (Random House, 2009)

Deverson, Tony

2005: Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Reference & Anthology The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary by Tony Deverson (Oxford University Press, 2005)

Dingle, Graeme

2006: Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Biography Dingle: Discovering the Sense in Adventure by Graeme Dingle (Craig Potton Publishing, 2005)

See Graeme Dingle's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Docking, Gil

1972: Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
1st 200 Years of New Zealand Painting by Gil Docking (Reed, 1971)

Dodd, Lynley

1981: New Zealand Book Awards
Book Production (Further Awards) Drusillica by Lynley Dodd (Hodder & Stoughton, 1980)

See Lynley Dodd's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Drayton, Joanne

2019: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
ROYAL SOCIETY TE APĀRANGI AWARD FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Hudson and Halls: The Food of Love by Joanne Drayton (Otago University Press, 2018)

Druett, Joan

2012: New Zealand Post Book Awards
General Non-Fiction Tupaia: The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator by Joan Druett (Random House, 2011)

See Joan Druett's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Duckworth, Marilyn

1985: New Zealand Book Awards
Fiction Disorderly Conduct by Marilyn Duckworth (Hodder & Stoughton, 1984)

See Marilyn Duckworth's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Dudding, Adam

2017: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
THE E H MCCORMICK BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION My Father’s Island by Adam Dudding (Victoria University Press, 2016)

Duff, Alan

1991: Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
2nd Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff (Tandem Press, 1990)

1997: Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Fiction What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? by Alan Duff (Vintage, 1996)

See Alan Duff's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Dunmore, John

1970: Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
1st Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste by John Dunmore (Pegasus, 1969)