1st

Charles Brasch by James Bertram (Oxford University Press, 1976)

2nd

P. Van der Velden by Rodney Wilson (Reed, 1976)

3rd

Amiria: The Life Story of a Māori Woman by Amiria Stirling, as told to Anne Salmond (Reed, 1976)

Poetry

Walking on the Snow by Ruth Dallas (Caxton Press, 1976)

Poetry

Dear Mondrian by Alan Loney (Hawk Press, 1976)

Fiction

Dick Seddon’s Great Dive by Ian Wedde (R. Dudding, 1976)

Non-Fiction

Walter Nash by Keith Sinclair (Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press, 1976)