Book of the Year
A Summery Saturday Morning, Margaret Mahy (Penguin)
Best First Book
Footsteps of the Gods, Hana Hiraina Erlbeck (Reed).
Children's Choice
The Life-Size Inflatable Whale, Gaelyn Gordon & John Tarlton (Scholastic)
Senior Fiction
Taur, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
Junior Fiction
Starbright and the Dream Eater, Joy Cowley (Penguin)
Picture Book
A Summery Saturday Morning, Margaret Mahy (Penguin)
Non Fiction
The Natural World of New Zealand, Gerard Hutching (Penguin)
Finalists
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Orchard Street, Maurice Gee (Penguin Books)
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Dog Breath and Other Stories, Norman Bilbrough (Mallinson Rendel)
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Taur, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
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I am not Esther, Fleur Beale (Longacre Press)
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Leaving One-Foot Island, Graeme Lay (Mallinson Rendel)
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The Wild West Gang, Joy Cowley (HarperCollins)
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Strange Tales from the Mall, Bob Kerr (Mallinson Rendel)
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Starbright and the Dream Eater, Joy Cowley (Penguin Books)
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Give It Hoops, David Hill (Scholastic New Zealand)
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Killer Moves, Denis Edwards (Scholastic New Zealand)
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The Life-sized Inflatable Whale, Gaewyn Gordon & John Tarlton (Scholastic New Zealand)
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Hinepukohurangi, Hirini Melbourne & Manu Smith (Learning Media)
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Te Tautoko 35, Katerina Mataira & Gus Hunter (Learning Media)
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Slinki Malinki Catflaps, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)
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A Summery Saturday Morning, Margaret Mahy & Selina Young (Penguin Books)
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The Natural World of New Zealand, Gerard Hutching (Penguin Books)
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All Sorts of Trucks, Pauline Cartwright & Tim Hawkins (Bridge Hill Publishing)
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The Naming of the Land, Ron Bacon & Manu Smith (Waiatarua Publishing)
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Nature's Alphabet, Andrew Crowe & Dave Gunson (Penguin Books)
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What's Around the Rocks, Glenys Stace & Jenny & Tony Enderby (Penguin Books)
