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Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero
Paul Little & John Lockyer
Puffin Books
ISBN 978-0-14330-457-9 pb RRP $25.00
Target age 10+

From his amazing childhood growing up on New Zealand’s East Coast, to his favourite pig-hunting adventures and the people that inspired him along the way, this is the story of Willie Apiata, VC – an ordinary Kiwi bloke, a very reluctant hero.

Each year a panel of three judges is appointed for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. The judges are supported by eight specialist category advisors and a Te Reo Māori advisor. The judges and advisors are chosen by the Montana New Zealand Book Awards Management Committee from a broad range of nominations put forward by literary and book trade organisations. Wherever possible one of the judges will be a practising writer.