Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
- 1st
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To the Is-Land by Janet Frame (Hutchinson, 1982)
- 2nd
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Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand: Second Series by Audrey Eagle (Collins, 1982)
- 3rd
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Historic Buildings of New Zealand: South Island by Historic Places Trust (Methuen, 1983)
New Zealand Book Awards
- Poetry
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You Will Know When You Get There by Allen Curnow (Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press, 1982)
- Poetry
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Homing In by Cilla McQueen (McIndoe, 1982)
- Fiction
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Other Halves by Sue McCauley (Hodder & Stoughton, 1982)
- Non-Fiction
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Cork of War: Ngati Toa and the British Mission, An Historical Narrative by Ray Grover (McIndoe, 1982)
- Book Production
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Maui Development Environmental Study by A. C. Kibblewhite (Auckland University Press for Shell BP & Todd Oil Services Ltd., 1982)
