Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
- 1st
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The Wind Commands: Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific by Harry Morton (McIndoe, 1976)
- 2nd
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A Soldier’s Tale by M. K. Joseph (Collins, 1976)
- 3rd
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Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand by Audrey Eagle (Collins, 1975)
New Zealand Book Awards
- Poetry
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Fires and Patterns by Louis Johnson (Jacaranda Press, 1975)
- Poetry
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Quesada by C. K. Stead (The Shed, 1975)
- Fiction
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A Glorious Morning, Comrade by Maurice Gee (Auckland University Press, 1975)
- Fiction
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Selected Stories by O. E. Middleton (McIndoe, 1975)
- Non-Fiction
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Traditional Songs of the Maori by Mervyn McLean and Margaret Orbell (Reed, 1975)