Fresh off the ceremony at Pipitea Marae, Wellington, the winners of the 2024 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are…
The Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and the Junior Fiction Award:
Nine Girls by Stacy Gregg (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru Hauraki)
The Picture Book Award:
Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai by Michaela Keeble together with her son Kerehi Grace (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Porou), illustrated by Tokerau Brown
Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai
by Michaela Keeble with Kerehi Grace
Illustrated by Tokerau Brown
Published by Gecko Press
RRP: $29.99
Russell Clark Award for Illustration:
Patu: The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop
Young Adult Fiction Award:
Catch a Falling Star, by Eileen Merriman
Elsie Locke Award for Non-fiction:
Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth, by Steve Mushin
Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth
by Steve Mushin
Published by Allen & Unwin
RRP: $38.00
Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori:
Nani Jo me ngā Mokopuna Porohīanga, by Moira Wairama, illustrated by Margaret Tolland
Nani Jo me ngā Mokopuna Porohīanga
by Moira Wairama
Illustrated by Margaret Tolland
Published by Baggage Books
RRP: $25.00
The Best First Book Award:
Tsunami, by Ned Wenlock
