Resources
Winner resources – social media/web
You are welcome to use the downloadable resources below to create great online content about the winning books in the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
- Web banner – 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners announced
- Facebook banner – 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners announced
- Instagram tile – 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners announced
- Visual (web) – 2025 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year winner_Facebook
- Visual (web) – 2025 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year winner_Instagram
- Visual (web) – All 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners_Facebook
- Visual (web) – All 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners_Instagram
- Visual (web) – 2025 Best First Book winner_Facebook
- Visual (web) – 2025 Best First Book winner_Instagram
- Visual (web) – 2025 Picture Book winner_Facebook
- Visual (web) – 2025 Picture Book winner_Instagram
- Visual (web) – 2025 Junior Fiction winner_Facebook
- Visual (web) – 2025 Junior Fiction winner_Instagram
- Visual (web) – 2025 Young Adult Fiction winner_Facebook
- Visual (web) – 2025 Young Adult Fiction winner_Instagram
- Visual (web) – 2025 Non-Fiction winner_Facebook
- Visual (web) – 2025 Non-Fiction winner_Instagram
- Visual (web) – 2025 Illustration winner_Facebook
- Visual (web) – 2025 Illustration winner_Instagram
- Visual (web) – 2025 Te Kura Pounamu winner (for a book originally written in te reo Māori)_Facebook
- Visual (web) – 2025 Te Kura Pounamu winner (for a book originally written in te reo Māori)_Instagram
- Visual (web) – 2025 Te Kura Pounamu winner (for a book translated into te reo Māori)_Facebook
- Visual (web) – 2025 Te Kura Pounamu winner (for a book translated into te reo Māori)_Instagram
- Poster – 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners
Finalist cover and author images are also available on request from childrensawards@nzbookawards.org.nz.
Please credit any images used as Image(s) via New Zealand Book Awards Trust unless a specific credit is noted under the image. A single credit at the end of a blog or post is fine.
We’d love to see your article or blog — send a link to childrensawards@nzbookawards.org.nz so we can share on Facebook, Instagram and X. Please use hashtag #NZCYA.
Winner resources – for printing
We welcome you to download the print resources below to promote the winning books in the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in your communities.
- Visual (print) – 2025 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year winner
- Visual (print) – All 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners
- Visual (print) – 2025 Best First Book winner
- Visual (print) – 2025 Picture Book winner
- Visual (print) – 2025 Junior Fiction winner
- Visual (print) – 2025 Young Adult Fiction winner
- Visual (print) – 2025 Non-Fiction winner
- Visual (print) – 2025 Illustration winner
- Visual (print) – 2025 Te Kura Pounamu winner (for a book originally written in te reo Māori)
- Visual (print) – 2025 Te Kura Pounamu winner (for a book translated into te reo Māori)
- Showcards – 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners
- A2 Poster – 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners
- A3 Poster – 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners
- A4 poster - 2025 NZCYA Book Awards winners
Other format posters may be available on request. Contact manager@nzbookawards.org.nz to enquire.
Read about our finalists
Activities and teaching notes
- Download the 2025 NZCYA Book Awards finalists activity booklet here
- See inside the 2025 NZCYA Book Awards finalists activity booklet
Click here for more resources designed to encourage children and students of all ages to become actively involved in reading, writing and illustrating.
We welcome you to use these resources as a starting point for stimulating your own ideas about working with the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalist and winning books in the classroom, in the library, or at home.
And don’t forget that the HELL Reading Challenge is a great way to get kids enjoying the pleasures of stories — with the bonus of free pizza rewards.You can find more information about the 2025 HELL Reading Challenge up here, or by emailing readingchallenge@nzbookawards.org.nz
Contacts for 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Media contact
Gemma Finlay, Notable PR
M: 027 628 9695
E: gemma@notablepr.co.nz
Bookstore enquiries
Belinda Cooke
M: 021 481 044
E: manager@nzbookawards.org.nz
School and library enquiries
Joy Sellen
M: 027 773 9855
E: childrensawards@nzbookawards.org.nz