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We've argued and argued about who would win this year. But now the judges have put us all out of our misery!
And the winners are:
We've argued and argued about who would win this year. But now the judges have put us all out of our misery!
And the winners are:
Picture Book category:
Roadworks by Sally Sutton, illustrations by Brian Lovelock
Junior Fiction category:
Old Drumble by Jack Lasenby
Non-fiction category
Back & Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious by Gregory O'Brien
Children's Choice award:
The Were Nana by Melinda Szymanik with illustrations by Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson
Honour Award for the best first book:
Violence 101 by Denis Wright
And the winner of the Senior Fiction category and New Zealand Post Book of the Year is:
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