- 1973
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Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
3rd
Pounamu, Pounamu by Witi Ihimaera (Heinemann, 1972)
- 1974
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Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
1st
Tangi by Witi Ihimaera (Heinemann, 1973)
- 1986
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Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
1st
The Matriarch by Witi Ihimaera (Heinemann, 1986)
- 1993
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Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
2nd
Contemporary Māori Writing Volume I by Witi Ihimaera (Reed, 1993)
- 1995
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Montana Book Awards
Fiction
Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera (Penguin, 1994)
- 1997
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Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Illustrative Arts
Mataora: The Living Face: Contemporary Māori Art by Witi Ihimaera (David Bateman, 1996)
- 2016
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
GENERAL NON-FICTION
Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood by Witi Ihimaera (Vintage, 2014)
