Past Winners

Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards

1st
The Wind Commands: Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific by Harry Morton (McIndoe, 1976)
2nd
A Soldier’s Tale by M. K. Joseph (Collins, 1976)
3rd
Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand by Audrey Eagle (Collins, 1975)

New Zealand Book Awards

Poetry
Fires and Patterns by Louis Johnson (Jacaranda Press, 1975)
Poetry
Quesada by C. K. Stead (The Shed, 1975)
Fiction
A Glorious Morning, Comrade by Maurice Gee (Auckland University Press, 1975)
Fiction
Selected Stories by O. E. Middleton (McIndoe, 1975)
Non-Fiction
Traditional Songs of the Maori by Mervyn McLean and Margaret Orbell (Reed, 1975)