New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year

Into the River by Ted Dawe (Mangakino University Press, 2012)

Children’s Choice

Melu by Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Ali Teo and John O'Reilly (Scholastic, 2012)

Best First Book

Reach by Hugh Brown (HarperCollins, 2012)

Young Adult Fiction

Into the River by Ted Dawe (Mangakino University Press, 2012)

Junior Fiction

My Brother’s War by David Hill (Penguin, 2012)

Picture Book

Mister Whistler by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press, 2012)

Non-Fiction

100 Amazing Tales from Aotearoa by Simon Morton and Riria Hotere (Te Papa Press, 2012)

Honour Award

The Queen and the Nobody Boy: A Tale of Fontania Series by Barbara Else (Gecko Press, 2012)