1st

Going West by Maurice Gee (Viking, 1992)

2nd

Contemporary Māori Writing Volume I edited by Witi Ihimaera (Reed, 1993)

3rd

The Autobiography of My Father by Martin Edmond (Auckland University Press, 1992)

Poetry

Beyond: Poems by Brian Turner (McIndoe, 1992)

Fiction

The Skinny Louie Book by Fiona Farrell (Penguin, 1992)

Non-Fiction

Ettie: A Life of Ettie Rout by Jane Tolerton (Penguin, 1992)

Book Production

Tivaevae: Portraits of Cook Islands Quilting, by Lynnsay Rongokea designed by Lindsay Missen (Daphne Brasell Associates, 1992)