New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults – Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori

Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are administered by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust. In 2016, the award merged with the LIANZA Te Kura Pounamu Award.

See more New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and other kids' literary prize winners.

2023 

Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro written by Brianne Te Paa, illustrated by Story Hemi-Morehouse (Huia Publishers) Winner

• He Raru ki Tai written by Jane Cooper, illustrated by Story Hemi-Morehouse (Huia Publishers) 
• Te Kōkōrangi: Te Aranga o Matariki written by Witi Ihimaera, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, translated by Hēni Jacob (Penguin Random House NZ)

2022

• I Waho, i te Moana written by Yvonne Morrison, illustrated by Jenny Cooper and translated by Pānia Papa Winner
• He Wheke Wai Mamangu Au written and illustrated by Stephanie Thatcher and translated by Pānia Papa
• Ki te Moe Aotearoa written and illustrated by Donovan Bixley and translated by Darryn Joseph
• Mokopuna Matatini written by Pania Tahau-Hodges and illustrated by Story Hemi-Morehouse
• Te Hipo Huna written by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Sarah Davis and translated by Karena Kelly

2021

• Ngake me Whātaitai written by Ben Ngaia and illustrated by Laya Mutton-Rogers Winner
• Te Uruuru Whenua o Ngātoroirangi written by Chris Winitana and illustrated by Laya Mutton-Rogers
• Aroha Te Whai Ora written by Craig Phillips and Rebekah Lipp, illustrated by Craig Phillips and translated by Karena Kelly
• Mihi written and illustrated by Gavin Bishop
• Pīpī kiwi written and illustrated by Helen Taylor and translated by Hēni Jacob

2020 

• Tio Tiamu, Kurahau, illustrated by Laya Mutton-Rogers Winner
• Arapū Toi, Moira Wairama, illustrated by Austin Whincup
• Ko Flit, te Tīrairaka, me ngā Hēki Muna, written and illustrated by Kat Quin, translated by Ngaere Roberts 
• Ngā Hoa Hoihoi o Kuwi, written and illustrated by Kat Quin, translated by Pānia Papa
• Te Kirihimete i Whakakorea, Pania Tahau-Hodges and Bryony Walker, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, translated by Kawata Teepa 

2019

• Te Haka a Tānerore Reina Kahukiwa, translated by Kiwa Hammond and illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa, published by Mauri Tu Winner
• Ngā Whetū Matariki i Whānakotia Miriama Kamo, translated by Ngaere Roberts and illustrated by Zak Waipara, published by Scholastic New Zealand
• Te Hīnga Ake a Māui i Te Ika Whenua written and illustrated by Donovan Bixley, translated by Darryn Joseph (cultural adviser) and Keri Opai, published by Upstart Press

2018

• Tu Meke Tūī! written by Malcolm Clarke, translated by Evelyn Tobin, and illustrated by Hayley King (FLOX), published by Little Love, Mary Egan Publishing Winner
• Hineahuone, Xoë Hall, translated by Sian Montgomery-Neutze (TeacherTalk)
• Te Tamaiti me te Aihe Robyn Kahukiwa, translated by Kiwa Hammond (Little Island Press Ltd)

2017

• Te Kaihanga Māpere Sacha Cotter, illustrated by Josh Morgan, translated by Kawata Teepa, published by Huia Publishers Winner
• Nga Manu Tukutuku e Whitu o Matariki Calico McClintock, illustrated by Dominique Ford, translated by Ngaere Roberts, published by Scholastic NZ
• Ngarara Huarau Maxine Hemi, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, published by Huia Publishers
• Te Haerenga Maia a Riripata i Te Araroa Maris O'Rourke, illustrated by Claudia Pond Eyley, translated by Ani Wainui, published by David Ling Publishing Limited (Duck Creek Press)
• Tuna raua ko Hiriwa Ripeka Takotowai Goddard, illustrated by Kimberly Andrews, published by Huia Publishers

2016

• Whiti te Ra! Patricia Grace, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, translated by Kawata Teepa Winner
• Tamanui te Kokako Morehu o Taranaki Rebecca Beyer and Linley Wellington, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, translated by Kawata Teepa
• Te Hua Tuatahi a Kuwi Kat Merewether translated by Pania Papa

2015

• Ngā kī Sacha Cotter and Joshua Morgan, translated by Kawata Teepa Winner
• Hoiho paku Stephanie Thatcher, translated by Ngaere Roberts

2014

• Taka ki rō wai Keri Kaa and Martin D. Page