Book of the Year

Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa by Robert Sullivan, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Random House, 2002)

Children’s Choice

Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? by Dawn McMillan and Bert Signal, illustrated by Ross Kinnaird (Reed, 2002)

Best First Book

Buddy by V. M. Jones (HarperCollins, 2002)

Senior Fiction

Alchemy by Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins, 2002)

Junior Fiction

Buddy by V. M. Jones (HarperCollins, 2002)

Picture Book

Pigtails the Pirate by David Elliot (Random House, 2002)

Non-Fiction

Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa by Robert Sullivan, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Random House, 2002)