1st

Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste by John Dunmore (Pegasus, 1969)

2nd

Early Charts of New Zealand 1542–1851 by P. B. Maling (Reed, 1969)

3rd

The World at Their Feet: The Story of New Zealand Mountaineers in the Great Ranges of the World by Philip Temple (Whitcoulls, 1969)