Books and their writers wield a transformative and defining power in any national culture.
Every year, the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and National Poetry Day champion and honour New Zealand’s literature.
Our stories, written for us by our writers.
Mihi | Acknowledgement
Ahakoa te wāhi i te motu nei, e mahi ai te New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa, e tika ana kia mihia te ahi kā, otirā, te mana whenua o te rohe nei. Ka whakaū mātou i Te Tiriti o Waitangi hei tūāpapa mō Aotearoa, ā, ka whakamihi, ka whakanui hoki mātou i ngā reo me ngā kōrero Māori kei ngā mātākōrero ā-motu.
Wherever the New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa works across the motu, we mihi to the ahi kā and mana whenua of the rohe. We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand, and we acknowledge and celebrate the enduring place of Māori voices and stories in our national literature.