Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
- 1st
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The Treaty of Waitangi by Claudia Orange (Allen & Unwin, & Port Nicholson Press, 1987)
- 2nd
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Oracles and Miracles by Stevan Eldred-Grigg (Penguin, 1987)
- 3rd
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A Man’s Country? The Image of the Pakeha Male, A History by Jock Phillips (Penguin, 1987)
New Zealand Book Awards
- Poetry
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All Cretans are Liars by Anne French (Auckland University Press, 1987)
- Fiction
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The Book of Secrets by Fiona Kidman (Heinemann, 1987)
- Non-Fiction
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Seven Lives on Salt River by Dick Scott (Hodder & Stoughton, 1987)
- Book Production
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Winklemann: Images of Early New Zealand by Vivien Edwards (Penguin, 1987)
