Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
- 1st
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The Matriarch by Witi Ihimaera (Heinemann, 1986)
- 2nd
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From the Cradle to the Grave: A Biography of Michael Joseph Savage by Barry Gustafon (Reed Methuen, 1986)
- 3rd (equal)
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Potiki by Patricia Grace (Penguin, 1986)
- 3rd (equal)
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Te Kaihau: The Windeater by Keri Hulme (Victoria University Press, 1986)
New Zealand Book Awards
- Poetry
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Stories About Wooden Keyboards by Kendrick Smithyman (Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press, 1985)
- Fiction
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People of the Long Water by Peter Hooper (McIndoe, 1985)
- Non-Fiction
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The Envoy from Mirror City: An Autobiography, Volume III by Janet Frame (Hutchinson, 1985)
- Book Production (first equal)
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The Bach by Paul Thompson (Government Printing Office Publishing, 1985)
- Book Production (first equal)
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Witness to Change: Life in New Zealand by Janet Bayly and Athol McCredie (Government Printing Office Publishing, 1985)
