Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
- 1st
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Eruera: The Teachings of a Maori Elder by Eruera Stirling, as told to Anne Salmond (Oxford University Press, 1980)
- 2nd
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Te Rauparaha: A New Perspective by Patricia Burns (Reed, 1980)
- 3rd
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The Lovelock Version by Maurice Shadbolt (Hodder & Stoughton, 1980)
New Zealand Book Awards
- Poetry
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Wall by Michael Jackson (McIndoe, 1980)
- Fiction
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The Lovelock Version by Maurice Shadbolt (Hodder & Stoughton, 1980)
- Non-Fiction
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The Life of Katherine Mansfield by Anthony Alpers (Viking, 1980)
- Book Production (Major Award)
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Contemporary New Zealand Artists Part I by Jim Barr and Mary Barr and Marti Friedlander (Alister Taylor, 1980)
- Book Production (Further Awards)
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Lindsay Missen for the design of Salt from the North by Lauris Edmond (Oxford University Press, 1980)
- Book Production (Further Awards)
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Lynley Dodd for her illustrations in Drusillica by Clarice England (Hodder & Stoughton, 1980)
