Past Winners

New Zealand Post Book Awards

New Zealand Post Book of the Year
New Zealand’s Native Trees by John Dawson and Rob Lucas (Craig Potton Publishing, 2011)
Fiction
Rangatira by Paula Morris (Penguin, 2011)
Poetry
Shift by Rhian Gallagher (Auckland University Press, 2011)
General Non-Fiction
Tupaia: The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator by Joan Druett (Random House, 2011)
Illustrated Non-Fiction
New Zealand’s Native Trees by John Dawson and Rob Lucas (Craig Potton Publishing, 2011)
New Zealand Post Māori Language Award
Tōku Reo, Tōku Ohooho: My Language, My Inspiration by Chris Winitana (Huia, 2011)
People’s Choice
From Under the Overcoat by Sue Orr (Vintage, 2011)
The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
Wulf by Hamish Clayton (Penguin, 2011)
The NZSA Jessie MacKay Best First Book of Poetry
Briefcase by John Adams (Auckland University Press, 2011)
The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
New Zealand Design by Michael Smythe (Random House, 2011)