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.jpg) The official party of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2015 | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in children and young adult's literature in New Zealand |
| Date | 1982–present |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Presented by | New Zealand Book Awards Trust |
| Reward(s) | NZ$7,500 for each award |
| Website | Official website |
The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a series of literary awards presented annually to recognise excellence in children's and young adult's literature in New Zealand. The awards were founded in 1982, and have had several title changes until the present title was introduced in 2015. In 2016 the awards were merged with the LIANZA children's book awards. As of 2023[update] the awards are administered by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust and each category award carries prize money of NZ$7,500.
History
The awards began in 1982, as the New Zealand Government Publishing Awards,[1] with two categories, Children's Book of the Year and Picture Book of the Year.[2] A non-fiction award was presented in 1986, but not in 1987 or 1988, the final years of this incarnation of the awards.[1][3]
No awards were presented in 1989. In 1990, Unilever New Zealand (then the New Zealand manufacturer of Aim toothpaste) restarted the awards as the AIM Children's Book Awards.[4][2][1][5][6] There were two categories at that time, Fiction and Picture Book.[7][8] Second and third prizes were originally awarded, though these were replaced with honour awards in 1993, presented at the judges' discretion.[9][8] More categories were added over time: Best First Book in 1992 (not presented 1994–5); Non-Fiction in 1993, when Fiction was split into two categories (Senior Fiction and Junior Fiction); and AIM Book of the Year in 1995.[3][7][10]
In 1997, the awards became the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, and another new category was added, the New Zealand Post Children's Choice award.[4] In 2004, the Senior Fiction category was renamed to Young Adult Fiction and the name of the awards changed to New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[11][12]
In 2015 the title of the awards changed to the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. At this time the awards were administered by Booksellers New Zealand, an industry organisation,[9][4][13] and were presented at the end of a 10-day festival organised by the New Zealand Book Council each May.[14]
In 2016, the awards merged with the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Awards, and became administered by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust.[15][16] As a consequence of the merge, the Junior Fiction category prize was combined with the LIANZA Esther Glen Award for junior fiction and the Non-Fiction award was combined with the LIANZA Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction. In addition, two new categories were introduced via the LIANZA Russell Clark Award for Illustration and the LIANZA Te Kura Pounamu Award for works written in te reo Māori (the Māori language).[17]
Prizes
As of 2023[update], the winners of the category awards are awarded NZ$7,500, with the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year winner receiving an additional $7,500.[18] The Picture Book prize money is split evenly between the author and the illustrator of the book.[9] Winners of the Best First Book and New Zealand Post Children's Choice awards receive $2,000 each, and any finalists presented an Honour Award receive $500 each.[9]
Awards
Children's Book of the Year
Now called the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year,[19] this award is presented to a book "which, in the opinion of the judges, achieves outstanding excellence in all general judging criteria".[9] As of 2013[update], winners receive $7,500 (in addition to the $7,500 prize for winning in their category).[9] Currently called the New Zealand Post Children's Book of the Year award, this award was originally known as the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year Award, presented from 1982 to 1988.[9][20] When the New Zealand Government Publishing Awards finished in 1988, the award ceased to exist until 1995, when the AIM Children's Book Awards established the AIM Book of the Year.[4][20]
Winners of the Fiction category in 1990 to 1992, when there was no Book of the Year award and the only additional category was Picture Book (and Best First Book in 1992), have been considered Book of the Year winners.[8][10][20][21]
| Year | Book | Author(s) | Category | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Silent One | Joy Cowley; ill. by Sherryl Jordan | N/A | [20] |
| 1983 | The Halfmen of O | Maurice Gee | [20] | |
| 1984 | Jacky Nobody | Anne de Roo | [20] | |
| 1985 | Visitors | Caroline MacDonald; ill. by Garry Melson | [20] | |
| 1986 | Guardian of the Land | Joanna Orwin | [20] | |
| 1987 | The Keeper | Barry Faville | [20] | |
| 1988 | Alex | Tessa Duder | [20] | |
| 1995 | The Fat Man | Maurice Gee | Junior Fiction | [7][20] |
| 1996 | Crossroads | Janice Marriott | Senior Fiction | [7][20] |
| 1997 | The Bantam and the Soldier | Jennifer Beck; ill. by Robyn Belton | Picture Book | [19][22] |
| 1998 | Dare Truth or Promise | Paula Boock | Senior Fiction | [19][23] |
| 1999 | A Summery Saturday Morning | Margaret Mahy; ill. by Selina Young | Picture Book | [19][24] |
| 2000 | The House that Jack Built | Gavin Bishop | Picture Book | [19][25] |
| 2001 | Voyage with Jason | Ken Catran | Senior Fiction | [19][26] |
| 2002 | The Plight of the Penguin | Lloyd Spencer Davis | Non Fiction | [19][27] |
| 2003 | Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa | Robert Sullivan; ill. by Gavin Bishop | Non Fiction | [11][19] |
| 2004 | Bird in the Hand: Keeping New Zealand Wildlife Safe | Janet Hunt | Non Fiction | [12][19] |
| 2005 | Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story | Kate De Goldi; ill. by Jacqui Colley | Picture Book | [19][28] |
| 2006 | Hunter | Joy Cowley | Junior Fiction | [19][29] |
| 2007 | Illustrated History of the South Pacific | Marcia Stenson | Non Fiction | [19][30] |
| 2008 | Snake and Lizard | Joy Cowley; ill. by Gavin Bishop | Junior Fiction | [19][31] |
| 2009 | The 10pm Question | Kate de Goldi | Young Adult Fiction | [19][32] |
| 2010 | Old Hu-Hu Hū Hū Koroheke (Te Reo edition) |
Kyle Mewburn and Rachel Driscoll Te Reo ed. trans. by Kāterina Mataira |
Picture Book | [19][33] |
| 2011 | The Moon & Farmer McPhee | Margaret Mahy; ill. by David Elliot | Picture Book | [19][34] |
| 2012 | Nice Day for a War | Matt Elliot; ill. by Chris Sloane | Non Fiction | [19][35] |
| 2013 | Into the River | Ted Dawe | Young Adult Fiction | [19][36] |
| 2014 | The Boring Book | Vasanti Unka | Picture Book | [19][37] |
| 2015 | Singing Home the Whale | Mandy Hager | Young Adult Fiction | [19][38] |
| 2016 | Anzac Heroes | Maria Gill; ill. by Marco Ivancic | Non Fiction | [19][39] |
| 2017 | Snark | David Elliot (after Lewis Carroll) | [19][40] | |
| 2018 | Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story | Gavin Bishop | Non-Fiction | [41] |
| 2019 | The Bomb | Sacha Cotter, ill. by Josh Morgan | [42] | |
| 2020 | Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference | Selina Tusitala Marsh | Non-Fiction | [43] |
| 2021 | Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea | T. K. Roxborogh, ill. by Phoebe Morris | Fiction | [44] |
| 2022 | Atua: Māori gods and heroes | Gavin Bishop | Fiction | [45] |
| 2023 | Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku | Mat Tait | Non-Fiction | [46] |
Children's Choice
In 2015 for the first time, children chose the finalist list for the Children's Choice awards. With 6,000 students putting their votes in for all 149 of the titles submitted for the awards, the finalists were announced on 9 June. This began the second stage of voting, which saw just under 16,000 students post their votes for the Children's Choice winners.
Until 2014, the Children's Choice award was chosen from the finalists in all categories below by a public vote open to school aged children, and is considered one of the highest accolades in the awards.[47][35][48] As of 2013[update] winners of the Children's Choice award receive a prize of $2,000.[9]
The Children's Choice award was created at the first New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards in 1997, and has been presented every year since.[4][49] Despite being open to finalists from all categories, as of 2013[update] all winners have been from the Picture Book category.[49][50] From 2010 the winners of each category have also been announced.[49]
| Year | Book | Author(s) | Category | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Mechanical Harry | Bob Kerr | Picture Book | [22][49] |
| 1998 | Alphabet Apartments | Lesley Moyes | Picture Book | [23][49] |
| 1999 | The Life-Size Inflatable Whale | Gaelyn Gordon; ill. by John Tarlton | Picture Book | [24][49] |
| 2000 | Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack | Lynley Dodd | Picture Book | [25][49] |
| 2001 | Oliver in the Garden | Margaret Beames, ill. by Sue Hitchcock | Picture Book | [26][49][50] |
| 2002 | Grandpa's Shorts | Joy Watson, ill. by Wendy Hodder | Picture Book | [27][49] |
| 2003 | Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? | Dawn McMillan & Bert Signal; ill. by Ross Kinnaird | Picture Book | [11][49] |
| 2004 | Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea! | Ngāreta Gabel; ill. by Ali Teo & Astrid Jensen | Picture Book | [12][49] |
| 2005 | The Other Ark | Lynley Dodd | Picture Book | [28][49] |
| 2006 | Nobody's Dog | Jennifer Beck; ill. by Lindy Fisher | Picture Book | [29][49][51] |
| 2007 | Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! | Kyle Mewburn; ill. by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly | Picture Book | [30][49] |
| 2008 | The King's Bubbles | Ruth Paul | Picture Book | [31][49] |
| 2009 | The Were-Nana | Melinda Szymanik & Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson | Picture Book | [32][49][52] |
| 2010 | The Wonky Donkey | Craig Smith; ill. by Katz Cowley | Picture Book | [33][49] |
| 2011 | Baa Baa Smart Sheep | Mark Sommerset; ill. by Rowan Sommerset | Picture Book | [34][49][53] |
| 2012 | The Cat's Pyjamas | Catherine Foreman | Picture Book | [35][49] |
| 2013 | Melu | Kyle Mewburn; ill. by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly. | Picture Book | [36][49][54] |
| 2014 | The Three Bears … Sort Of | Yvonne Morrison; ill. by Donovan Bixley | Picture Book | [37][49] |
| Where categories are bold these books also won the category award. | ||||
| Year | Book | Author(s) | Category | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dear Alison: A New Zealand Soldier's Story from Stalag 383 | Dudley Muff; ed. by Simon Pollard | Non-fiction | [33][49] |
| 2010 | Friends: Snake and Lizard | Joy Cowley; ill. by Gavin Bishop | Junior Fiction | [33][49] |
| 2010 | Brainjack | Brian Falkner | Young Adult Fiction | [33][49] |
| 2011 | Who's Cooking Tonight? | Claire Gourley & Glenda Gourley | Non-fiction | [34][49] |
| 2011 | Hollie Chips1 | Anna Gowan | Junior Fiction | [34][49] |
| 2011 | Smiling Jack | Ken Catran | Young Adult Fiction | [34][49] |
| 2012 | New Zealand Hall of Fame: 50 Remarkable Kiwis | Maria Gill; ill. by Bruce Potter | Non-fiction | [49] |
| 2012 | Super Finn1 | Leonie Agnew | Junior Fiction | [49] |
| 2012 | The BridgeH | Jane Higgins | Young Adult Fiction | [49] |
| 2013 | Kiwi: The Real Story | Annemarie Florian; ill. by Heather Hunt | Non-fiction | [49][55][56] |
| 2013 | My Brother's War | David Hill | Junior Fiction | [49][55] |
| 2013 | Snakes and Ladders | Mary-anne Scott | Young Adult Fiction | [49][55] |
| 2015 | The Letterbox Cat and other poems | Paula Green;ill. by Myles Lawford | Non-fiction | [49][38] |
| 2015 | The Anzac Puppy | Peter Millett;ill. by Trish Bowles | Picture Book | [49][38] |
| 2015 | Monkey Boy | Donovan Bixley | Junior Fiction | [49][38] |
| 2015 | Night Vision | Ella West | Young Adult Fiction | [49][38] |
| 2016 | First to the Top | David Hill;ill. by Phoebe Morris | Non-fiction | [49][39] |
| 2016 | Te Hua Tuatahi a Kuwi | Kat Merewether, translated by Pānia Papa | Te Reo Māori | [49][39] |
| 2016 | The House on the Hill | Kyle Mewburn;ill. by Sarah Davis | Picture Book | [49][39] |
| 2016 | The Girl Who Rode the Wind | Stacy Gregg | Junior Fiction | [49][39] |
| 2016 | Stray | Rachael Craw | Young Adult Fiction | [49][39] |
| Where categories are bold these books also won the category, 1 denotes a Best First Book award, and H denotes an Honour Award. | ||||
Best First Book
The Best First Book award is open to entrants in any of the categories below who are first‐time authors. As of 2012[update], winners in of the Best First Book award receive a prize of $2,000.[35]
The Best First Book category was first included in the AIM Children's Book Awards in 1992, but was not awarded 1994–5.[10] Since then, the award has been presented every year except 2001.[10][26][57]