Want to get your hands on award-winning New Zealand books?  Click on the book titles to access the Ockham New Zealand Book Award Winners in our catalogue.

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards - Winners 2025

JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION- Delirious by Damien Wilkins

MARY AND PETER BIGGS AWARD FOR POETRY - Liar, Liar, Lick, Split by Emma Neale

BOOKHUB AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION - Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art by  Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu), Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī)

GENERAL NON-FICTION AWARD - Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery by Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku (Te Arawa, Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi, Waikato)

Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book Awards - Winners 2025

HUBERT CHURCH PRIZE FOR FICTION -  Poorhara by Michelle Rahurahu (Ngāti Rahurahu, Ngāti Tahu–Ngāti Whaoa)

JESSIE MACKAY PRIZE FOR POETRY - Manuali'i by Rex Letoa Paget

JUDITH BINNEY PRIZE FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION - Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa by Kirsty Baker

E.H. McCORMICK PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION - The Chthonic Cycle by Una Cruickshank