Past Winners

Nannestad, Elizabeth

1987: NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Poetry (first equal) Jump by Elizabeth Nannestad (Auckland University Press, 1986)

Neale, Emma

2025: OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit by Emma Neale (Otago University Press, 2024)

Neilsen, Barbara

1994: NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Book Production The Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand, 4th Edition by Barbara Neilsen (Hodder & Stoughton, 1993)

Ngata, H. M.

1994: MONTANA BOOK AWARDS
Non-Fiction English-Māori Dictionary by H. M. Ngata (Learning Media, 1993)

Nicholson, Heather

1999: MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand by Heather Nicholson (Auckland University Press, 1998); MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Lives & Lifestyle The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand by Heather Nicholson (Auckland University Press, 1998)

Nieuwland, Jackson

2021: OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
MitoQ Best First Book Award – Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry I Am a Human Being by Jackson Nieuwland (Compound Press, 2020)

Nikora, Linda Waimarie

2008: MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Mau Moko: The World of Māori Tattoo by Linda Waimarie Nikora (Viking, 2007)

Norman, Philip

2007: MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Biography Douglas Lilburn: His Life and Music by Philip Norman (Canterbury University Press, 2006)

North & South,

2002: MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Best Review Pages by North & South ( , )

2005: MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Best Review Page or Programme by North & South ( , )

Noser, Genevieve

1998: MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
The NZSA E. H. McCormick Award for Best First Book of Non-Fiction Olives: The New Passion by Genevieve Noser (Viking, 1997)

Novitz, Julian

2005: MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction My Real Life and Other Stories by Julian Novitz (Vintage, 2004)