Nigel Cox

New Zealand Book Awards - Winners 2005

Deutz Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Tu, Patricia Grace (Penguin Books)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins (Godwit)

Fiction
Tu, Patricia Grace (Penguin Books)

Fiction runners-up
Mansfield, C K Stead (Vintage)
Tarzan Presley, Nigel Cox (Victoria University Press)

Poetry
Nice morning for it, Adam, Vincent O'Sullivan (Victoria University Press)

History
At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins (Godwit)

Biography
Chronicle of the Unsung, Martin Edmond (Auckland University Press)

Environment
Tiritiri Matangi: A Model of Conservation, Anne Rimmer (Tandem Press)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa, Gareth Shute (Reed Publishing)

Illustrative
Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs, Luit Bieringa (BWX)

Reference & Anthology
The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary , edited by Tony Deverson & Graeme Kennedy (Oxford University Press)

Readers' Choice Award
Made in Morocco, Julie Le Clerc & John Bougen (Penguin Books)

Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
My Real Life and Other Stories, Julian Novitz (Vintage)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Clung, Sonja Yelich (Auckland University Press)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Ghost Dance, Douglas Wright (Penguin Books)

Review Page or Programme of the Year Award
North & South

Reviewer of the Year Award
Tony Simpson

New Zealand Book Awards - Winners 2006

Deutz Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Blindsight, Maurice Gee (Penguin Books)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Pohutukawa & Rata: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees, Philip Simpson (Te Papa Press)

Fiction
Blindsight, Maurice Gee (Penguin Books)

Fiction runners-up
Responsibility, Nigel Cox (Victoria University Press)
The Captive Wife, Fiona Kidman (Vintage)

Poetry
Lifted, Bill Manhire (Victoria University Press)

History
Thrift to Fantasy: Home Textile Crafts of the 1930s-1950s, Rosemary McLeod (HarperCollins Publishers)

Biography
Dingle: Discovering the Sense in Adventure, Graeme Dingle (Craig Potton Publishing)

Environment
Pohutukawa & Rata: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees, Philip Simpson (Te Papa Press)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
How to Look at a Painting, Justin Paton (Awa Press)

Illustrative
Contemporary New Zealand Photographers, Hannah Holm & Lara Strongman (eds.) (Mountain View Publishing)

Reference & Anthology
Great Sporting Moments: The best of Sport magazine 1988-2004, Damien Wilkins (ed.) (Victoria University Press)

Readers' Choice Award
Blindsight, Maurice Gee (Penguin Books)
The Captive Wife, Fiona Kidman (Vintage)

Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
A Red Silk Sea, Gillian Ranstead (Penguin Books)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Dream Fish Floating, Karlo Mila (Huia Publishers)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Pakeha and the Treaty: Why It's Our Treaty Too, Patrick Snedden (Random House New Zealand)

Review Page or Programme of the Year Award
Dominion Post

Reviewer of the Year Award
Jolisa Gracewood

New Zealand Book Awards - Winners 2007

Montana Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (Penguin Books)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, Audrey Eagle (Te Papa Press)

Fiction
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (Penguin Books)

Fiction runners-up
The Fainter, Damien Wilkins (Victoria University Press)
The Cowboy Dog, Nigel Cox (Victoria University Press)

Poetry
The Goose Bath, Janet Frame (Vintage)

History
Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors, K.R. Howe (ed.) (David Bateman)

Biography
Douglas Lilburn: His Life and Music, by Philip Norman (Canterbury University Press)

Environment
Ghosts of Gondwana, by George Gibbs (Craig Potton Publishing)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists, Ann Packer (Random House)

Illustrative
Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, Audrey Eagle (Te Papa Press)

Reference & Anthology
Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830-1900, William Cottrell (Reed Publishing)

Readers' Choice Award
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (Penguin Books)

Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
The Sound of Butterflies, Rachael King (Black Swan)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Secret Heart, Airini Beautrais (Victoria University Press)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830-1900, William Cottrell (Reed Publishing)

Review Page or Programme of the Year Award
New Zealand Listener

Reviewer of the Year Award
David Eggleton