# Storylines Notable Book Awards

The Storylines Notable Book Awards constitute an annual list of exceptional and outstanding books for children and young people published in New Zealand, by New Zealand authors and illustrators, during the previous calendar year.

## History

The Storylines Notable Book Awards began in 1999 and have been announced each year since then.
The list is announced each year in March and the awards are made at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Awards Day together with the Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture, and the announcement of the winners of the Storylines Tessa Duder Award, Tom Fitzgibbon Award, Joy Cowley Award and the Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book. This event is held in Auckland on the weekend closest to 2 April, International Children’s Book Day (and the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen).

## Eligibility and conditions

* The books named as Storylines Notable Books are chosen by a panel of experts (appointed by Storylines) who may include writers, illustrators, teachers, librarians and academics.
* Criteria includes literary merit, book design and editing, plot, characterisation, dialogue and general appeal and appropriateness for the intended audience.
* Books are listed in several categories: Picture Book, Junior Fiction, Young Adult and Non Fiction. For the 2019 Awards, there is a judging panel for the first time for books published in te reo Māori. and Te Reo Māori.
* Up to ten awards are given in each category, although one or two more may be added if the standard is very high.
* Anthologies can be included, as can titles by New Zealand writers and illustrators which have been published internationally.
* Some books which do not make the Notable Books List are given a Special Mention because of their contribution to their particular genre.

## Winners

There are always multiple awards handed out and these are split mostly by age. The specifics of each category have changed since it started but overall each can summarised as follows:
Picture Books Books for children and/or young adults where the narrative is carried equally by pictures and story (age range from birth to 18 years).
Junior Fiction Fiction suitable for primary and intermediate-aged children (age range from 7 years to 13 years).
Young Adult Fiction Fiction suitable for upper intermediate and secondary school students (age range from 13 years to 18 years).
Non-fiction For authoritative, well-designed information books accessible to children and young adults (age range from 3 years to 18 years).
Notable Te Reo Māori original texts or translations into Te Reo Maori, any genre.
| Year | Category | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Mr McGee & the Perfect Nest | Pamela Allen | | Penguin Books |
| 2000 | Picture Books | The House that Jack Built | Gavin Bishop | | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Picture Books | The Video Shop Sparrow | Joy Cowley | Gavin Bishop | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack | Lynley Dodd | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Sydney and the Sea Monster | David Elliot | | Random House |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Mechanical Harry & the Flying Bicycle | Bob Kerr | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2000 | Picture Books | The Builder's Cat | Gwenda Turner | | Penguin Books |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Wooden Fish | Tim Tipene | Jennifer Cooper | Reed Publishers |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Foster Dog | Joy Watson | Annabel Craighie | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Mouse Opera | Richard Wolfe and Pamela Wolfe | | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Storm | Margaret Beames | | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Call of the Selkie | Jean Bennett | Shawn Shea | Shortland Publications |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Attacked! | G Brassi | | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | More of the Wild Wests | Joy Cowley | | HarperCollins |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | 2Much4U | Vince Ford | | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Time Out | David Hill | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Three's a Crowd | Penelope Huber | | Longacre Press |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Down in the Dump with Dinsmore [Aussie Bites] | Margaret Mahy | | Penguin Books |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | A Villain's Night Out by Margaret Mahy | Margaret Mahy | | Penguin Books |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Going for Gold | Trevor Wilson | | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Playing to Win | Fleur Beale | | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Lester | Bernard Beckett | | Longacre Press |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Golden Prince | Ken Catran | | Lothian Books |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Closed, Stranger | Kate De Goldi | | Penguin Books |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | The Tiggie Tompson Show | Tessa Duder | | Penguin Books |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | The Raging Quiet | Sherryl Jordan | | Macmillan |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | The Shaman and the Droll | Jack Lasenby | | Longacre Press |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | He Taonga Tuku Iho- Ngati Porou Stories from the East Cape | Bob McConnell | Manawa o te Rangi Waipara | Reed Publishers |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Jerome | William Taylor | | Longacre Press |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Love and Other Excuses | Jane Westaway | | Longacre Press |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | How to Catch Fish | Colin Anderson | Keith Olsen | Bridge Hill |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Red-Eyed Tree Frog | Joy Cowley and Nic Bishop | | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | The Life-Sized Guide to Insects | Andrew Crowe | | Penguin Books |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | I am a Fish | Wade Doak | | Reed Publishers |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Who's Wild and Free? | Terry Fitzgibbon | | Penguin Books |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Wildlife Stuff | Dave Gunson | | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Anzacs at Gallipoli | John Lockyer and Chris Pugsley | | Reed Publishers |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Te Wao Nui a Tane | Hirini Melbourne | Te Maari Gardiner | Huia Publishers |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | 100 New Zealand Poems for Children | Jo Noble | David Elliot | Random House |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Myths and Legends of Aotearoa | Annie Rae Te Ake Ake | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Inside Mary Elizabeth's House | Pamela Allen | | Penguin |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Jane and the Dragon | Martin Baynton | | Walker Books |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Oliver in the Garden | Margaret Beames and Sue Hitchcock | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Stay Awake, Bear! | Gavin Bishop | | Orchard Books/Scholastic |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Apple Banana Cherry | Joy Cowley | Elizabeth Fuller | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Sydney and the Whalebird | David Elliot | | Random House |
| 2001 | Picture Books | After the War | Bob Kerr | | Mallinson Rendell |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Dragor | Pat Quinn and Philip Webb | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Timo and the Kingfish | Mokena Potae Reedy and Elton Gregory | | Huia Publishers |
| 2001 | Picture Books | The Puriri Tree: Te Puriri | Marito Tawhara and Nikki Slade-Robinson | | Huia Publishers |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Mayday! | G Brassi | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Shadrach Girl | Joy Cowley | | Penguin Books |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Jenna's Wave | Steve Dickinson | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | The Lies of Harry Whakatipu | Jack Lasenby | | Longacre Press |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Crab Apples | Ged Maybury | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | A Whistle from the Blunder | Diana Noonan | | Longacre Press |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Black Gold | Julia Owen | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Call of the Cruins | Elizabeth Pulford | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Jellylegs | Elizabeth Pulford | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Crash: The Story of Poddy | William Taylor | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Outlanders | Margaret Beames | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Red Cliff | Bernard Beckett | | Longacre Press |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | The Mora Stone | Agnes-Mary Brooke | | Addenda |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Talking to Blue | Ken Catran | | Lothian Books |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Voyage with Jason | Ken Catran | | Lothian Books |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Leon | Frances Cherry | | Mallinson Rendell |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Finns Quest: The Queen Seekers | Eiryls Hunter | | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | The Waverider | Graeme Lay | | Penguin |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | 24 Hours | Margaret Mahy | | HarperCollins |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Scarface and the Angel | William Taylor | | Longacre Press |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Big Farm Machines | Pauline Cartwright and Tim Hawkins | | Bridge Hill |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Amazing New Zealand | Chris Chittenden | | Reed |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Niue | Charles Cooper | | Reed |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | The Zoo: Meet the Locals | Colin Hogg | | Random House |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | The Kiwi | John Lockyer and Rod Morris | | Reed |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | The Weta | John Lockyer and Rod Morris | | Reed |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Pets and Other Animals | Graham Meadows | | Bridge Hill |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | The Tuatara | Brian Parkinson | | Reed |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Possum Hunt | Frank Saxton | | Reed |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Whales and Dolphins | Barbara Todd | | Random |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Brown Bread and Honey | Pamela Allen | | Penguin Books |
| 2002 | Picture Books | The Terrible Q | Tanya Batt | Trevor Pye | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Tom Thumb | Gavin Bishop | | Random House |
| 2002 | Picture Books | My Brown Bear Barney at the Party | Dorothy Butler | Elizabeth Fuller | Reed Books |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Brodie | Joy Cowley | Chris Mousdale | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Scarface Claw | Lynley Dodd | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Desert Dessert | Perrin Hopkins | Jenna Packer | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Down the Dragon's Tongue | Margaret Mahy | Patricia McCarthy | HarperCollins |
| 2002 | Picture Books | The Last Whale/Te Tohora Whakamutunga | Rene Hapimarika Ban de Weert | Anton Petrov | Reed Publishing |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Grandpa's Shorts | Joy Watson | Wendy Hodder | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Ambushed | Fleur Beale | | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Skull Island | G. Brassi | | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Weather-makers | Shirley Corlett | | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Wild Wests and the Haunted Fridge | Joy Cowley | | HarperCollins |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Great Pavlova Cover-up and Other Stories | Jo Noble | Jennifer Cooper | Cumulus |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Sleeper Wakes | David Hill | | Penguin Books |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Coldkeep Castle [Finn’s Quest, Book 2] | Eiryls Hunter | | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Recycled | Sandy McKay | | Longacre Press |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom | Margaret Mahy | | HarperCollins |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Knocked For Six | Alison Robertson | | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Jolt | Bernard Beckett | | Longacre Press |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Blue Murder | Ken Catran | | Lothian Books |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Road Kill | Ken Catran | | Random House |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Taken at the Flood | Ken Catran | | Random House |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Tiggie Tompson All at Sea | Tessa Duder | | Penguin Books |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | The High Wind Blows | David Hill | | Penguin Books |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Kalik | Jack Lasenby | | Longacre Press |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Return to One Foot Island | Graeme Lay | | Penguin Books |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Owl | Joanna Orwin | | Longacre Press |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Peri | Penelope Todd | | Longacre Press |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Another 100 New Zealand Poems for Children | Rachael McAlpine | David Elliot | Random House |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Looking for Larry | Theo Baynton | | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | A Book of Pacific Lullabies | Tessa Duder | Anton Petrov | HarperCollins |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Which New Zealand Bird? | Andrew Crowe | Dave Gunson | Penguin Books |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | The Plight of the Penguin | Lloyd Spencer Davis | | Longacre Press |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Fibonacci's Cows | Ray Galvin | | Shortland Publications |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | In the Beginning | Peter Gossage | | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Land Snails | Jenny Jones | | Heinemann |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | I am a Spider | Simon Pollard | | Reed Publishing |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | The Reed Maori Picture Dictionary | Margaret Sinclair and Ross Calman | Dale Tutill | Reed Books |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Daisy All-Sorts | Pamela Allen | | Viking |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Potato People | Pamela Allen | | Viking |
| 2003 | Picture Books | The Immigrants | Alan Bagnall | Sarah Wilkins | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2003 | Picture Books | The Christmas Caravan | Jennifer Beck | Robyn Belton | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Duck Walk | Joy Cowley | Jennifer Cooper | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Pigtails the Pirate | David Elliot | | Random House |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Dashing Dog | Margaret Mahy | | HarperCollins |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? | Dawn McMillan and Bert Signal | Ross Kinnaird | Reed |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Auntie Rosie and the Rabbit | Diana Noonan | Christine Ross | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Picture Books | The Best Dressed Bear | Diana Noonan | Elizabeth Fuller | Random House |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Duster | Margaret Beames | | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Something Weird about Mr Foster | Ken Catran | | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Froghopper | Joy Cowley | | HarperCollins |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Possums2U | Vince Ford | | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | A Friend in Paradise | Des Hunt | | HarperCollins |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Buddy | V M Jones | | HarperCollins |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | My Dad, the All Black | Sandy McKay | | Longacre |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | When the Kehua Calls | Kingi McKinnon | | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | The Dragon's Apprentice | Linda McNabb | | HarperCollins |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Not Even | Liz Van Der Laarse | | Reed |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Lucky for Some | Fleur Beale | | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | No Alarms | Bernard Beckett | | Longacre |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Letters from the Coffin-Trenches | Ken Catran | | Random House |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Tomorrow the Dark | Ken Catran | | Random House |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | When the War Came Home | Sarah Ell | | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Right Where it Hurts | David Hill | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | The Thin Line | V R Joseph | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Alchemy | Margaret Mahy | | HarperCollins |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Spider | William Taylor | | Longacre |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Boy Next Door | Penelope Todd | | Longacre |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | The Kauri [New Zealand Trees] | Alina Arkins | Len Doel | Reed |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | Weta: A Knight in Shining Armour | Joy Cowley | Rod Morris | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | Sea Fishing with Crimpy | Daryl Crimp | Tony Entwhistle | Reed |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | Which New Zealand Insect? | Andrew Crowe | | Penguin Books |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | My Maori Colours | Tracy Duncan | | Reed |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | Hinemoa and Tutaneki | Peter Gossage | | Reed |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | The Life and Times of the Giant Kauri | Dave Gunson | | Reed |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | Mission to East Timor | Glyn Harper | | Reed |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | Weaving Earth And Sky: Myths & Legends of Aotearoa | Robert Sullivan | Gavin Bishop | Random House |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | The Shaping of New Zealand [New Zealand Wild] | Brian O'Flaherty | | Reed |
| 2004 | Picture Books | Cuthbert's Babies | Pamela Allen | | Viking |
| 2004 | Picture Books | Grandpa and Thomas | Pamela Allen | | Viking |
| 2004 | Picture Books | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Gavin Bishop | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Picture Books | Mrs Wishy-Washy's Farm | Joy Cowley | Elizabeth Fuller | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Picture Books | Matariki (English and Māori versions) | Melanie Drewery | Bruce Potter | Reed Publishing |
| 2004 | Picture Books | Pania of the Reef | Peter Gossage | | Reed Publishing |
| 2004 | Picture Books | Selafina | Catherine Hannken | Trish Bowles | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2004 | Picture Books | Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea! | Ngāreta Gabel | Ali Teo, Astrid Jensen | Huia Publishers |
| 2004 | Picture Books | Grandpa's Shed | Joy Watson | Wendy Hodder | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Picture Books | Enough is Enough! | Scott Willis | Jenna Packer | Scholastic Australia |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | Fred the (Quite) Brave Mouse | Murray Ball | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | Evil Fred by Kylie Begg | Jacob Leaf | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | Froghopper and the Paua Poachers | Joy Cowley | | HarperCollins |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | Henry and the Flea | Brian Falkner | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | A Handful of Blue | Vince Ford | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | Journey to Tangiwai - the Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier 1953 [My Story] | David Hill | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | No Big Deal | David Hill | | Penguin Books |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | Juggling with Mandarins | V M Jones | | HarperCollins |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | The Serpents of Arakesh [The Karazan Quartet, Book 1] | V M Jones | | HarperCollins |
| 2004 | Junior Fiction | Mystery at Tui Bay | Janet Pates | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Young Adult Fiction | Eyes in the Shadows | Alan Bunn | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Young Adult Fiction | Lin and the Red Stranger | Ken Catran | | Random House |
| 2004 | Young Adult Fiction | Thunder Road | Ted Dawe | | Longacre Press |
| 2004 | Young Adult Fiction | Tiggie Tompson's Longest Journey | Tessa Duder | | Penguin Books |
| 2004 | Young Adult Fiction | No Safe Harbour | David Hill | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2004 | Young Adult Fiction | High Tide | Anna McKenzie | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2004 | Young Adult Fiction | Roivan | Glynne Maclean | | Penguin Books |
| 2004 | Young Adult Fiction | Watermark | Penelope Todd | | Longacre Press |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | Hook, Line and Sinker: an Essential Guide to New Zealand Fish | Daryl Crimp | | HarperCollins |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | The Life-Size Guide to New Zealand Wildflowers | Andrew Crowe | | Penguin Books |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | Glow-worms [New Zealand Wild] | George Gibbs | | Reed Publishing |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | A Bird in the Hand: Keeping New Zealand Wildlife Safe | Janet Hunt | | Random House |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | To the Max: A Teen Reader's Version of No Mean Feat | Mark Inglis | | Random House |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | Pick up a Pack: A Guide to Tramping and Camping the New Zealand Way | Keith Olsen | | Reed Publishing |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | I am an Insect | Dr Simon Pollard | | Reed Publishing |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | Toroa - the Royal Albatross | Te Aorere Riddell | | Huia Publishers |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | Motorcross [Kiwi Extreme] | Ian and Jan Trafford | | Reed Publishing |
| 2004 | Non-Fiction | The Treaty/Te Tiriti | Mere Whaanga | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2005 | Picture Books | Mr McGee and the Big Bag of Bread | Pamela Allen | | Penguin |
| 2005 | Picture Books | The Princess and the White Bear King | Tanya Batt | Nicoletta Ceccoli | Barefoot Books |
| 2005 | Picture Books | Taming the Sun: Four Māori Myths | Gavin Bishop | | Random House |
| 2005 | Picture Books | The Night Kite: Poems for Children | Peter Bland | Carl Bland | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2005 | Picture Books | The Wishing of Biddy Malone | Joy Cowley | Christopher Denise | Penguin |
| 2005 | Picture Books | The Other Ark | Lynley Dodd | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2005 | Picture Books | Koro’s Medicine | Melanie Drewery | Sabrina Malcolm | Huia |
| 2005 | Picture Books | Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story | Kate De Goldi | Jacqui Colley | Trapeze |
| 2005 | Picture Books | The Biggest Number in the Universe | Julie Leibrich | Ross Kinnaird | Scholastic |
| 2005 | Picture Books | Godwit's Journey | Sandra Morris | | Reed |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | A New Song in the Land: The Writings of Atapo, Paihia, c.1840 [My Story] | Fleur Beale | | Scholastic |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | Walking Lightly | Michaela Sangl | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | You've Got Guts, Kenny Melrose | Shirley Corlett | | Scholastic |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | Wild West Hullabalo | Joy Cowley | | Harper Collins |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | Claws and Jaws: 30 New Zealand Animal Stories | Barbara Else | Philip Webb | Random House |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | The Real Thing | Brian Falkner | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | Beyond the Shroud [The Karazan Quartet, Book 2] | V.M. Jones | | HarperCollins |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | Prince of the Wind [The Karazan Quartet, Book 3] | V.M. Jones | | HarperCollins |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank | Jack Lasenby | | Scholastic |
| 2005 | Junior Fiction | The Stonekeeper's Daughter | Linda McNabb | | |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | Malcolm and Juliet | Bernard Beckett | | Longacre |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | On a Good Day | Deborah Burnside | | Penguin |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | Robert Moran: Private | Ken Catran | | Lothian |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | Seal Boy | Ken Catran | | Lothian |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | The Swap | Wendy Catran | | Lothian |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | Coming Back | David Hill | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | The Hunting of the Last Dragon | Sherryl Jordan | | Simon & Schuster |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | Cross Tides | Lorraine Orman | | Longacre |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | Out of Tune | Joanna Orwin | | Longacre |
| 2005 | Young Adult Fiction | Dark | Penelope Todd | | Longacre |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | Antarctica: The Unfolding Story | Margaret Andrew | | Waiatarua |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | Bats [Nature Kids series] | Alina Arkins | Len Doel | Reed |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | Shorebirds [Nature Kid] | Alina Arkins | Len Doel | Reed |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | John Britten: The Boy who did do Better | Jennifer Beck | | Scholastic |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | The Life-Size Guide to the New Zealand Beach | Andrew Crowe | | Penguin |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | The Silver Ferns' Way to Play Netball | Jane Hunt | | HarperCollins |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | From Weta to Kauri: A Guide to the New Zealand Forest | Jane Hunt | Rob Lucas | Random House New Zealand |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | Everything You Need to Know About the World | Lloyd Jones | Timon Maxey | Four Winds Press |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | Welcome to the South Seas: Contemporary New Zealand Art for Young People | Gregory O'Brien | | Auckland University Press |
| 2005 | Non-Fiction | Boating Fun | Mike and Dee Pigneguy | | Reed |
| 2006 | Picture Books | Where's the Gold? | Pamela Allen | | Penguin / Viking |
| 2006 | Picture Books | Nobody's Dog | Jennifer Beck | Lindy Fisher | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Picture Books | Kiwi Moon | Gavin Bishop | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2006 | Picture Books | A Booming in the Night | Ben Brown | | Reed Publishing |
| 2006 | Picture Books | Zachary Quack Minimonster | Lynley Dodd | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2006 | Picture Books | Nanny Mihi's Christmas | Melanie Drewery | Tracy Duncan | Reed Publishing |
| 2006 | Picture Books | The Whale Rider | Witi Ihimaera | Bruce Potter | Reed Publishing |
| 2006 | Picture Books | Marta and the Manger Straw | Virginia Kroll | Robyn Belton | Zonderkidz, USA |
| 2006 | Picture Books | The Waka | Jean Prior | Gavin Bishop | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Picture Books | Te Waka | Kāterina Te Heikoko Mataira and Jean Prior | Gavin Bishop | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | Janie Olive | Fifi Colston | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | Through Thick and Thin | Shirley Corlett | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | Hunter | Joy Cowley | | Puffin |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | Super Freak | Brian Falkner | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | Stella Star | Brigid Feehan | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | Sil | Jill Harris | | Longacre Press |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | The Moa Cave | Des Hunt | | HarperCollins Publishers |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | Maddigan's Fantasia | Margaret Mahy | | HarperCollins Publishers |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | China town Girl; The Diary of Silvey Chan, Auckland, 1942 [My Story] | Eva Wong Ng | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Junior Fiction | What about Bo? | Jillian Sullivan | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | Deep Fried | Bernard Beckett and Clare Knighton | | Longacre Press |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | Sea of Mutiny | Ken Catran | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | Talking to Adam | Sarah Ell | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | Bodies and Soul | David Hill | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | Running Hot | David Hill | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | Like Wallpaper. New Zealand Short Stories for Teenagers | Barbara Else | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | With Lots of Love from Georgia | Brigid Lowry | | Allen & Unwin |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | Kaitangata Twitch | Margaret Mahy | | Allen & Unwin |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | The Unknown Zone | Phil Smith | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2006 | Young Adult Fiction | Land of Milk and Honey | William Taylor | | HarperCollins Publishers |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Cameras in Narnia: How the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Came to Life | Ian Brodie | | HarperCollins Publishers |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Incredible Science | Alison Brook, University of Auckland | | Penguin Books |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Don't Just Sit There | Tony Christiansen with Liz Dobson | | HarperCollins Publishers |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Chameleon, Chameleon | Joy Cowley | Nic Bishop | Scholastic |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli | Leon Davison | | Black Dog Books |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Filthy Flies and other Bad Bugs | Rod Morris | | Reed Publishing |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Even More Things You Need to Know about the World | Lloyd Jones | Timon Maxey | Four Winds Press |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand (Four volume set) | John Parker | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Peter Blake Sailor, Adventurer: The Story of a New Zealand Hero | Alan Sefton | | Puffin |
| 2006 | Non-Fiction | Plants, Animals, Environments: A Visual Guide [Blue New Zealand] | Glenys Stace | | Puffin |
| 2007 | Picture Books | Share Said the Rooster | Pamela Allen | | Viking |
| 2007 | Picture Books | A Present from the Past | Jennifer Beck | Lindy Fisher | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2007 | Picture Books | Riding the Waves: Four Māori Myths | Gavin Bishop | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2007 | Picture Books | Greedy Cat and the Sneeze | Joy Cowley | Robyn Belton | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2007 | Picture Books | Billy: A Lolly Leopold Story | Kate De Goldi | Jacqui Colley | Trapeze |
| 2007 | Picture Books | Itiiti's Gift | Melanie Drewery | Fifi Colston | Reed |
| 2007 | Picture Books | The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff | Ben Galbraith | | Hodder Children's Books |
| 2007 | Picture Books | Matatuhi | Robyn Kahukiwa | | Puffin |
| 2007 | Picture Books | Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! | Kyle Mewburn | Ali Teo, John O'Reilly | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2007 | Picture Books | Barnaby Bennett | Hannah Rainforth | Ali Teo | Huia Publishers |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | And Did Those Feet… | Ted Dawe | | Longacre Press |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | Boyznbikes | Vince Ford | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | Ocean Without End [The Swashbuckler Trilogy, Book 1] | Kelly Gardiner | | HarperCollins |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | Frog Whistle Mine | Des Hunt | | HarperCollins |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | Thor's Tale: Endurance and Adventure in the Southern Ocean | Janice Marriott | | HarperCollins |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | The Unquiet | Carolyn McCurdie | | Longacre Press |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | Mind Over Matter | Heather McQuillan | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | Old Bones | Bill Nagelkerke | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | Castaway: The Diary of Samuel Abraham Clark, Disappointment Island, 1907 [My Story] | Bill O'Brien | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2007 | Junior Fiction | The Whizbanger That Emmental Built | Reuben Schwarz | | Puffin |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | A Respectable Girl | Fleur Beale | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | Spirit of the Deep | Margaret Beames | | Lothian |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | Genesis | Bernard Beckett | | Longacre Press |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | Paperchase | G. Brassi | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | Red Leader Down | Ken Catran | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | Aim High | David Hill | | Mallinson Rendel Publishers |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | Shooting the Moon | V.M. Jones | | HarperCollins |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | Face It | Denis Martin | | Puffin |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | Single Fin | Aaron Topp | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2007 | Young Adult Fiction | Thieves | Ella West | | Longacre Press |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam | Leon Davidson | | Black Dog Books |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | Bird's-Eye View: Through the Eyes of New Zealand Birds | Maria Gill | Darryl Torckler, Geoff Moon | Penguin |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo | Paula Green and fifty children | Michael Hight | Auckland University Press |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | Celebrating Matariki | Libby Hakaraia | | Reed |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | It’s True! You Can Make Your Own Jokes | Sharon Holt | Ross Kinnaird | Allen & Unwin |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham – Our Finest Fighting Soldier | Janice Marriott | Bruce Potter | HarperCollins |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | What is on Top? | John Parker | Glenn Jowitt | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | Winging It: The Adventures of Tim Wallis | Neville Peat | | Longacre Press |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | The Illustrated History of the South Pacific | Marcia Stenson | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2007 | Non-Fiction | Fighting Past Each Other: The New Zealand Wars 1845-1875 | Matthew Wright | Suzy Brown | Reed |
| 2008 | Picture Books | Is Your Grandmother a Goanna? | Pamela Allen | | Penguin Australia |
| 2008 | Picture Books | The Bean's Story | Tatiana Aslund | Vasanti Unka | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2008 | Picture Books | Rats! | Gavin Bishop | | Random House NZ |
| 2008 | Picture Books | Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks | Lynley Dodd | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2008 | Picture Books | Dad's Takeaways | Melanie Drewery | Christopher White | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2008 | Picture Books | The Grumble Rumble Mumbler | Melanie Drewery | Loudmouth Productions | Huia Publishers |
| 2008 | Picture Books | Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi | Melanie Drewery | Ali Teo, John O'Reilly | Random House NZ |
| 2008 | Picture Books | Mere McKaskill's Boil-up | Tracy Duncan | | Reed |
| 2008 | Picture Books | No Room for a Mouse | Kyle Mewburn | Freya Blackwood | Scholastic Australia |
| 2008 | Picture Books | The Puppet Box | Moira Wairama | Bruce Potter | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | Snake and Lizard | Joy Cowley | Gavin Bishop | Gecko Press |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | The Mad Tadpole Adventure | Melanie Drewery | Jenny Cooper | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | The Dumpster Saga | Craig Harrison | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | Shadows in the Ice | Des Hunt | | HarperCollins |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | Dead Dan's Dee | Phyllis Johnston | | Longacre Press |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | What Happened That Day | Marie Langley | | Reed |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | Taking Off | Janice Marriott | | HarperCollins |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | Yo, Shark Bait! | Vicki Simpson | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | Archie's Adventures | Leonie Jayne Thorpe | | HarperCollins |
| 2008 | Junior Fiction | The Great Chocolate Cake Bake-off | Philippa Werry | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | The Transformation of Minna Hargeaves | Fleur Beale | | Random House NZ |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | Monsters of Blood and Honour | Ken Catran | | Random House NZ |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | Salt | Maurice Gee | | Penguin |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | In Too Deep | DC Grant | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | Smashed | Mandy Hager | | Random House NZ |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | Time of the Eagle | Sherryl Jordan | | Simon & Schuster |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | Losing It | Sandy McKay | | Longacre Press |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | The Sea-wreck Stranger | Anna Mackenzie | | Longacre Press |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | Hideout | Lorraine Orman | | Longacre Press |
| 2008 | Young Adult Fiction | Zillah | Penelope Todd | | Longacre Press |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | Draw New Zealand Birds | Heather Arnold | Geoff Moon, Rod Morris | Reed |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | Weather Watch New Zealand | Sandra Carrod | | Reed |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | The Dalai Lama Story | Andrew Crowe | | Longacre Press |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | Which New Zealand Spider? | Andrew Crowe | | Penguin |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | Rubbish | Rachael Goddard | Moira Corridan, Cheryl Reynolds | Reed |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story | Alexa Johnston with David Larsen | | Puffin Books |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | Poetry Pudding: A Delicious Collection of Rhyme and Wit | Jenny Argante | Debbie Tipuna | Reed |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | Illustrated History of Antarctica | Marcia Stenson | | Random House NZ |
| 2008 | Non-Fiction | What is a …? Series | Feana Tu'akoi | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2009 | Picture Books | Herbert, the Brave Sea Dog | Robyn Belton | | Craig Potton Publishing |
| 2009 | Picture Books | The Apple | Ben Brown | Tracy Duncan | Puffin |
| 2009 | Picture Books | Kei te Pehea Koe? How Do You Feel? | Tracy Duncan | | Puffin |
| 2009 | Picture Books | Every Second Friday | Kiri Lightfoot | Ben Galbraith | Hodder Children's Books |
| 2009 | Picture Books | Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig | Diana Neild | Philip Webb | Scholastic |
| 2009 | Picture Books | The Seven Stars of Matariki | Toni Rolleston-Cummins | Nikki Slade-Robinson | Huia |
| 2009 | Picture Books | Roadworks | Sally Sutton | Brian Lovelock | Walker Books |
| 2009 | Picture Books | The Were-Nana (Not a Bedtime Story) | Melinda Szymanik | Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson | Scholastic |
| 2009 | Junior Fiction | Night Hunting | Deborah Burnside | Jeff Fowler | Puffin |
| 2009 | Junior Fiction | Five (and a Bit) Days in the Life of Ozzie Kingsford | Val Bird | Rebecca Cundy | Random House |
| 2009 | Junior Fiction | Big Fish, Little Fish | Melanie Drewery | | Raupo |
| 2009 | Junior Fiction | Payback | Michelle Kelly | | Scholastic |
| 2009 | Junior Fiction | Old Drumble | Jack Lasenby | | HarperCollins |
| 2009 | Junior Fiction | Thornspell | Helen Lowe | | Alfred A. Knopf |
| 2009 | Junior Fiction | Land of Promise: The Diary of William Donahue, Gravesend to Wellington, 1839–40 | Lorraine Orman | | Scholastic [My Story] |
| 2009 | Junior Fiction | “Why I Hate School” | Michael Fatarsky | | Scholastic |
| 2009 | Junior Fiction | Freaky Fish | Feana Tu'akoi | Eleanor Meecham | Puffin [Kiwi Bites] |
| 2009 | Young Adult Fiction | Juno of Taris | Fleur Beale | | Random House |
| 2009 | Young Adult Fiction | The 10 PM Question | Kate De Goldi | | Longacre Press |
| 2009 | Young Adult Fiction | The Tomorrow Code | Brian Falkner | | Walker Books |
| 2009 | Young Adult Fiction | Scorched Bone [Chronicles of Stone, Book 1] | Vince Ford | | Scholastic |
| 2009 | Young Adult Fiction | Gool | Maurice Gee | | Puffin Books |
| 2009 | Young Adult Fiction | Shadow of the Mountain | Anna Mackenzie | | Longacre Press |
| 2009 | Non-Fiction | Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood | Gavin Bishop | | Random House |
| 2009 | Non-Fiction | High-tech Legs of Everest | Mark Inglis with Sarah Ell | | Random House |
| 2009 | Non-Fiction | Let's Get Art: Children Look at Contemporary New Zealand Art | Brad Irwin | John Ward Knox | Random House |
| 2009 | Non-Fiction | Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers | Brigid Lowry | | Allen and Unwin |
| 2009 | Non-Fiction | Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA: 68 Great New Zealand Scientists | Veronika Meduna and Rebecca Priestley | | Random House |
| 2009 | Non-Fiction | Back and Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious | Gregory O'Brien | | Auckland University Press |
| 2009 | Non-Fiction | Learn to Skateboard with Luka | Tokikapu Peta | | Raupo |
| 2009 | Non-Fiction | How to Make a Piupiu | Leilani Rickard | | Raupo |
| 2010 | Picture Books | Our Daft Dog Danny | Pamela Allen | | Penguin / Viking |
| 2010 | Picture Books | The Toymaker and the Bird | Pamela Allen | | Penguin / Viking |
| 2010 | Picture Books | There was a Crooked Man | | Gavin Bishop | Gecko Press |
| 2010 | Picture Books | Cowshed Christmas | Joy Cowley | Gavin Bishop | Random House New Zealand |
| 2010 | Picture Books | Greedy Cat and the Goldfish | Joy Cowley | Robyn Belton | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2010 | Picture Books | The Cat with No Name | Sher Foley | Brian Lovelock | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2010 | Picture Books | Aunt Concertina and her Niece Evalina | Paula Green | Michael Hight | Random House New Zealand |
| 2010 | Picture Books | Your Mother Didn’t Do That! | Sharon Holt | Brian Lovelock | Walker Books Australia |
| 2010 | Picture Books | Old Hu-Hu | Kyle Mewburn | Rachel Driscoll | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2010 | Picture Books | Tiny Miss Dott and her Dotty Umbrella | Michelle Osment | Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | Saffron | Victoria Azaro | | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | Glory | Fifi Colston | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | Friends: Snake and Lizard | Joy Cowley | Gavin Bishop | Gecko Press |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | Dog Tucker | K. Drinkwater | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | Salt River | Elizabeth Hegarty | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | Sting | Raymond Huber | | Walker Books Australia |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | The Secret of Jelly Mountain | Des Hunt | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket | Margaret Mahy | | HarperCollins New Zealand |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | Doghead | Jill Marshall | | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| 2010 | Junior Fiction | The Strange and Diverting Story of the Loblolly Boy | James Norcliffe | | Longacre Press |
| 2010 | Young Adult Fiction | End of the Alphabet | Fleur Beale | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2010 | Young Adult Fiction | Saving Sam | Susan Brocker | | HarperCollins New Zealand |
| 2010 | Young Adult Fiction | Brainjack | Brian Falkner | | Walker Books Australia |
| 2010 | Young Adult Fiction | Tribal Ash [Chronicles of Stone; book 3] | Vince Ford | | Scholastic New Zealand |
| 2010 | Young Adult Fiction | The Crossing [Blood of the Lamb; book 1] | Mandy Hager | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2010 | Young Adult Fiction | Banquo’s Son | Tania Roxborogh | | Penguin New Zealand |
| 2010 | Young Adult Fiction | About Griffen’s Heart | Tina Shaw | | Longacre Press |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | Counting the Stars: Four Māori Myths | Gavin Bishop | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | Ben and Mark: Boys of the High Country | Christine Fernyhough | John Bougen | Random House New Zealand |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | Save Our Seas | Maria Gill | | New Holland |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | Blast! Pat Hanley – The Painter and His Protests | Trish Gribben | | Lopdell House |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | E3 Call Home | Janet Hunt | | Random House New Zealand |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | Willie Apiata, VC the Reluctant Hero | Paul Little with John Lockyer | | Puffin New Zealand |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | Nature’s Techno Tricks: Biomimetrics: Science Mimicking Nature | Dee Pignéguy | | Papawai Press |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | Dear Alison: A New Zealand Soldier’s Story from Stalag 383 | Simon Pollard | | Penguin New Zealand |
| 2010 | Non-Fiction | Wearing the Poppy | AJ Toledo | | HarperCollins New Zealand |
| 2011 | Picture Books | Hetty’s Day Out | Pamela Allen | | Penguin / Viking |
| 2011 | Picture Books | Ria the Reckless Wrybill | Jane Buxton | Jenny Cooper | Puffin |
| 2011 | Picture Books | A Dog Like That! | Janene Cooper | Evie Kemp | Duck Creek Press |
| 2011 | Picture Books | The Rain Train | Elena de Roo | Brian Lovelock | Walker Books Australia |
| 2011 | Picture Books | The Moon and Farmer McPhee | Margaret Mahy | David Elliot | Random House |
| 2011 | Picture Books | Hill and Hole | Kyle Mewburn | Vasanti Unka | Puffin |
| 2011 | Picture Books | Quaky Cat | Diana Noonan | Gavin Bishop | Scholastic |
| 2011 | Picture Books | Two Little Pirates | Ruth Paul | | Scholastic |
| 2011 | Picture Books | Magpie Mischief | June Peka | Jo Thapa | Scholastic |
| 2011 | Picture Books | The Mountain Who Wanted to Live in a House | Maurice Shadbolt | Renee Haggo | Duck Creek Press |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | Jonty and Choc | Vince Ford | | Scholastic |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | Hollie Chips | Anna Gowan | | Scholastic |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | The Crocodile Nest | Des Hunt | | HarperCollins |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | Finnigan and the Pirates | Sherryl Jordan | | Scholastic |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | Viola Vincent Reporting | Anna Kenna | | Scholastic |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | The Haystack | Jack Lasenby | | HarperCollins |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | Staying Home: My True Diary of Survival | Jess O. (O’Connor) | | Puffin |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | The Sheep on the Fourth Floor | Leonie Thorpe | | HarperCollins |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | A Girl Called Harry | Philippa Werry | | Scholastic |
| 2011 | Junior Fiction | This Way Up | Lindsay Wood | | HarperCollins |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | Fierce September | Fleur Beale | | Random House |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | Dreams of Warriors | Susan Brocker | | HarperCollins |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | Smiling Jack | Ken Catran | | HarperCollins |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | The Project | Brian Falkner | | Walker Books Australia |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | The Limping Man | Maurice Gee | | Puffin |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | Into the Wilderness | Mandy Hager | | Random House |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | Ebony Hill | Anna Mackenzie | | Longacre / Random House |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | Organ Music | Margaret Mahy | | Gecko Press |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | Tussock | Elizabeth Pulford | | Walker Books Australia |
| 2011 | Young Adult Fiction | Bloodlines | T. K. | | Penguin |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | Brave Bess and the Anzac Horses | Susan Brocker | | HarperCollins |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | The Life Cycle of the Pukeko | Betty Brownlie | | Scholastic |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | The Kiwi Fossil Hunter’s Handbook | James Crampton | Marianna Terezow | Random House |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front | Leon Davidson | | The Text Publishing Company |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | Who’s Cooking Tonight? | Claire Gourley | | Penguin |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | Naughty Kid’s Book of Nature | Des Hunt | Scott Tulloch | HarperCollins |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | Who You Are is What you Do: Making Choices about Life after School | Heather McAllister | | Beatnik |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | Sensational Survivors: An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand’s Remarkable Wildlife | Sandra Morris | | Walker Books Australia |
| 2011 | Non-Fiction | Star Boy and Friends: How to Make Cool Stuff from Socks and Gloves and Weird Wabbit and Friends: How to Make Cool Stuff from Felt | Vasanti Unka | | Penguin |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Nana’s Colours | Pamela Allen | | Penguin |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Whetu: The Little Blue Duck | Jennifer Beck | Renee Haggo | David Ling |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Bruiser | Gavin Bishop | | Random House |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Out of Bed, Fred! | Lucy Davey | Harriet Bailey | Scholastic |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Phoebe and the Night Creatures | Jenny Hessell | Donovan Bixley | Scholastic |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Tom and the Dragon | Juliette MacIver | Scott Tulloch | Scholastic |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Hester and Lester | Kyle Mewburn | Harriet Bailey | Random House |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Stomp! A Dinosaur Follow-the-Leader Story | Ruth Paul | | Scholastic |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Rāhui | Chris Szekely | Malcolm Ross | Huia |
| 2012 | Picture Books | Lest We Forget | Feana Tu’akoi | Elspeth Alix Batt | Scholastic |
| 2012 | Junior Fiction | Super Finn | Leonie Agnew | | Scholastic |
| 2012 | Junior Fiction | Just Jack | Adele Broadbent | | HarperCollins |
| 2012 | Junior Fiction | The Travelling Restaurant | Barbara Else | | Gecko Press |
| 2012 | Junior Fiction | At the Lake | Jill Harris | | HarperCollins |
| 2012 | Junior Fiction | The Peco Incident | Des Hunt | | HarperCollins |
| 2012 | Junior Fiction | The Flytrap Snaps | Johanna Knox | Sabrina Malcolm | Hinterlands |
| 2012 | Junior Fiction | Nest of Lies | Heather McQuillan | | Scholastic |
| 2012 | Junior Fiction | The Loblolly Boy and the Sorcerer | James Norcliffe | | Random House |
| 2012 | Young Adult Fiction | Dirt Bomb | Fleur Beale | | Random House |
| 2012 | Young Adult Fiction | Yes | Deborah Burnside | | HarperCollins |
| 2012 | Young Adult Fiction | The Bridge | Jane Higgins | | Text Publishing Company |
| 2012 | Young Adult Fiction | Finder’s Shore | Anna Mackenzie | | Random House |
| 2012 | Young Adult Fiction | Sacrifice | Joanna Orwin | | HarperCollins |
| 2012 | Young Adult Fiction | Shaolin Burning | Ant Sang | | HarperCollins |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | When Gulls Fly High | Peter Bland | Joanna Bland | Penguin |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | Our Children Aotearoa: O Tatou Tamariki | Sue Copsey | | Pearson Education |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War I | Matt Elliott | Chris Slane | HarperCollins |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | The Call of the Kokako | Maria Gill | Heather Arnold | New Holland |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | New Zealand Hall of Fame: 50 Remarkable Kiwis | Maria Gill | Bruce Potter | New Holland |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | Yates Young Gardener: Get Your Hands Dirty | Janice Marriott | | HarperCollins |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | Digging Up the Past: Archaeology for the Young and Curious | David Veart | | Auckland University Press |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | The Taniwha of Wellington Harbour | Moira Wairama | Bruce Potter | Penguin |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | Party Food for Girls | Allesandra Zecchini and Arantxa Zecchini-Dowling | Shaun Cato-Symonds | New Holland |
| 2012 | Non-Fiction | I Spy NZ Art: New Zealand Art from the Collection of Auckland Art Gallery | | | Auckland Art Gallery |
| 2013 | Picture Books | Manukura: The White Kiwi | Joy Cowley | Bruce Potter | Random House |
| 2013 | Picture Books | Slinky Malinki, Early Bird | Lynley Dodd | | Penguin |
| 2013 | Picture Books | Le Quesnoy: The Story of the Town New Zealand Saved | Glyn Harper | Jenny Cooper | Penguin |
| 2013 | Picture Books | The Red Poppy | David Hill | Fifi Colston | Scholastic |
| 2013 | Picture Books | Colour the Stars | Dawn McMillan | Keinyo White | Scholastic |
| 2013 | Picture Books | Mister Whistler | Margaret Mahy | Gavin Bishop | Gecko Press |
| 2013 | Picture Books | A Great Cake | Tina Matthews | | Walker Books |
| 2013 | Picture Books | Melu | Kyle Mewburn | Ali Teo, John O'Reilly | Scholastic |
| 2013 | Picture Books | Demolition | Sally Sutton | Brian Lovelock | Walker Books |
| 2013 | Picture Books | Farmer John's Tractor | Sally Sutton | Robyn Belton | Walker Books |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | The Drover's Quest | Susan Brocker | | HarperCollins |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | Dead Harry | Ken Catran | | Scholastic |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | When Empire Calls | Ken Catran | | Scholastic |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | The ACB with Honora Lee | Kate De Goldi | Gregory O'Brien | Random House |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | The Queen and the Nobody Boy | Barbara Else | Sam Broad | Gecko Press |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | Maddy West and the Tongue Taker | Brian Falkner | Donovan Bixley | Walker Books |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | Telling Lies | Tricia Glensor | | HarperCollins |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | Red Rocks | Rachael King | | Random House |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | The Mysterious Magical Shop | Elizabeth Pulford | Rachel Driscoll | Scholastic |
| 2013 | Junior Fiction | Iris’s Ukulele | Kathy Taylor | | Scholastic |
| 2013 | Young Adult Fiction | The Boy in the Olive Grove | Fleur Beale | | Random House |
| 2013 | Young Adult Fiction | Trapped Outside a Cage | Ken Benn | | Penguin |
| 2013 | Young Adult Fiction | Earth Dragon, Fire Hare | Ken Catran | | HarperCollins |
| 2013 | Young Adult Fiction | The Nature of Ash | Mandy Hager | | Random House |
| 2013 | Young Adult Fiction | My Brother’s War | David Hill | | Penguin |
| 2013 | Young Adult Fiction | Ransomwood | Sherryl Jordan | | Scholastic |
| 2013 | Young Adult Fiction | How to Sell Toothpaste | Leonie Thorpe | | HarperCollins |
| 2013 | Non-Fiction | 100 Amazing Tales from Aotearoa | | | Te Papa Press |
| 2013 | Non-Fiction | Taketakerau: The Millennium Tree | Marnie Anstis | Patricia Howitt, Kelly Spencer | Steele Roberts |
| 2013 | Non-Fiction | Sirocco: The Rock Star Kakapo | Sarah Ell | | Random House |
| 2013 | Non-Fiction | Kiwi: The Real Story | Annemarie Florian | Heather Hunt | New Holland |
| 2013 | Non-Fiction | Eruption! Discovering New Zealand Volcanoes | Maria Gill | | New Holland |
| 2013 | Non-Fiction | How Do You Say 'Thank You’? | Karamia Muller | Mark Paterson | Beatnik Publishing |
| 2014 | Picture Books | A Book is a Book | Jenny Bornholdt | Sarah Wilkins | Gecko Press and Whitireia Publishing |
| 2014 | Picture Books | Alphabet Squabble | Isaac Drought | Jenny Cooper | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Picture Books | Bad Dog Flash | Ruth Paul | | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Picture Books | Henry's Map | David Elliot | | Random House |
| 2014 | Picture Books | Swim - the Story of Hinemoa & Tutanekai and its te reo Māori retelling | Chris Szekely | Andrew Burdan | Huia |
| 2014 | Picture Books | Teddy Bear's Promise | Diana Noonan | Robyn Belton | Craig Potton Publishing |
| 2014 | Picture Books | The Boring Book | Vasanti Unka | | Penguin |
| 2014 | Picture Books | The Boy and the Cherry Tree | Mark and Rowan Sommerset | | Dreamboat |
| 2014 | Picture Books | The Quiet Pirate | Stephanie Thatcher | | Duck Creek Press |
| 2014 | Picture Books | The Three Bears … Sort of | Yvonne Morrison | Donovan Bixley | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Picture Books | The Weather Machine | Donovan Bixley | | Hachette |
| 2014 | Picture Books | Toucan Can | Juliette MacIver | Sarah Davis | Gecko Press |
| 2014 | Picture Books | While You are Sleeping | Melinda Szymanik | Greg Straight | Duck Creek Press |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | A Winter's Day in 1939 | Melinda Szymanik | | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | Dunger | Joy Cowley | | Gecko Press |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | Felix and the Red Rats | James Norcliffe | | Random House |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | New Zealand Girl: Rebecca and the Queen of Nations | Deborah Burnside | | Penguin |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | New Zealand Story: Lighthouse Family | Philippa Werry | | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | Project Huia | Des Hunt | | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | Scrap: Tale of a Blond Puppy | Vince Ford | | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | Shot Boom Score | Justin Brown | | Allen & Unwin |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | Sinking | David Hill | | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | The Phantom of Terawhiti | Des Hunt | | HarperCollins |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | The Princess and the Foal | Stacy Gregg | | HarperCollins |
| 2014 | Junior Fiction | Where the Flag Floats | Dawn Grant | | Standfast Publications |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | A Necklace of Souls | R.L. Stedman | | HarperCollins |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | Birthright | Tania Roxborogh | | Penguin |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | Bugs | Whiti Hereaka | | Huia |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | Cattra's Legacy | Anna Mackenzie | | Random House |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | Dear Vincent | Mandy Hager | | Random House |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | Mortal Fire | Elizabeth Knox | | Gecko Press |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | Murder at Mykenai | Catherine Mayo | | Walker Books |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | Recon Team Angel: Ice War | Brian Falkner | | Walker Books |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | Speed Freak | Fleur Beale | | Random House |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | The Freedom Merchants | Sherryl Jordan | | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Young Adult Fiction | When We Wake | Karen Healey | | Allen & Unwin |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | An Extraordinary Land | Peter Hayden and Rod Morris | | HarperCollins |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | Anzac Day: The New Zealand Story | Philippa Werry | | New Holland |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | First Crossings | Kevin Biggar and Jamie Fitzgerald | | Random House |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | In the Garden: Explore and Discover the New Zealand Backyard | Gillian Candler | Ned Barraud | Craig Potton |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | Native Storybooks: Flight of the Honey Bee | Raymond Huber | Brian Lovelock | Walker Books |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | Nic's Lunchbox | Nicholas Brockelbank | | Scholastic |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | Quarantine Inspected | Jaimie Baird | | Primedia |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | Running the Country: A Look inside New Zealand's Government | Maria Gill | | New Holland |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | The Beginner's Guide to Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand | Paul Adamson | | Random House |
| 2014 | Non-Fiction | Wearable Wonders | Fifi Colston | | Scholastic |
| 2015 | Picture Books | Blackie the Fisher Cat | Janet Pereira | Gabriella Klepatski | Craig Potton Publishing |
| 2015 | Picture Books | Have You Seen a Monster? | Raymond McGrath | | Penguin |
| 2015 | Picture Books | Jim’s Letters | Glyn Harper | Jenny Cooper | Penguin |
| 2015 | Picture Books | Kakapo Dance | Helen Taylor | | Penguin |
| 2015 | Picture Books | I Am Not A Worm | Scott Tulloch | | Scholastic |
| 2015 | Picture Books | The Song of Kauri | Melinda Szymanik | Dominique Ford | Scholastic |
| 2015 | Picture Books | The Anzac Puppy | Peter Millett | Trish Bowles | Scholastic |
| 2015 | Picture Books | My New Zealand ABC Book | James Brown | | Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of NZ |
| 2015 | Picture Books | My New Zealand Colours Book | James Brown | | Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of NZ |
| 2015 | Picture Books | Construction | Sally Sutton | Brian Lovelock | Walker Books |
| 2015 | Junior Fiction | The Volume of Possible Endings | Barbara Else | | Gecko Press |
| 2015 | Junior Fiction | Island of Lost Horses | Stacy Gregg | | HarperCollins |
| 2015 | Junior Fiction | Conrad Cooper’s Last Stand | Leonie Agnew | | Penguin |
| 2015 | Junior Fiction | Teddy One Eye: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear | Gavin Bishop | | Random House |
| 2015 | Junior Fiction | Harbour Bridge | Philippa Werry | | Scholastic; My New Zealand Story |
| 2015 | Junior Fiction | Monkey Boy | Donovan Bixley | | Scholastic |
| 2015 | Junior Fiction | Trouble in Time | Adele Broadbent | | Scholastic |
| 2015 | Junior Fiction | The Name at the End of the Ladder | Elena de Roo | | Walker Books |
| 2015 | Junior Fiction | Ophelia Wild, Deadly Detective | Elena de Roo | | Walker Books |
| 2015 | Young Adult Fiction | While We Run | Karen Healey | | Allen & Unwin |
| 2015 | Young Adult Fiction | Speed of Light | Joy Cowley | | Gecko Press |
| 2015 | Young Adult Fiction | I am Rebecca | Fleur Beale | | Random House |
| 2015 | Young Adult Fiction | Singing Home The Whale | Mandy Hager | | Random House |
| 2015 | Young Adult Fiction | Spark | Rachael Craw | | Walker Books |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | A Little ABC Book | Jenny Palmer | | Beatnik Publishing |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | Maori Art for Kids | Julie Noanoa | Norm Heke | Craig Potton Publishing |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | Under the Ocean: Explore and Discover New Zealand’s Sealife | Gillian Candler | Ned Barraud | Craig Potton Publishing |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | The Book of Hat | Harriet Rowland | | Makaro Press |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: 25 Kiwi Champions | Maria Gill | Marco Ivancic | New Holland Publishers |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | A Treasury of New Zealand Poems for Children edited | Paula Green | Jenny Cooper | Random House |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | Ghoulish Get-Ups | Fifi Colston | | Scholastic |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | The Letterbox Cat and Other Poems | Paula Green | Myles Lawford | Scholastic |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | Piggy Pasta and More Food with Attitude | Rebecca Woolfall and Suzi Tait-Bradly | | Scholastic |
| 2015 | Non-Fiction | A New Zealand Nature Journal | Sandra Morris | | Walker Books |
| 2016 | Picture Books | Muddle & Mo | Nikki Slade Robinson | | Duck Creek |
| 2016 | Picture Books | Roly the Anzac Donkey | Glyn Harper | Jenny Cooper | Penguin Random/Puffin |
| 2016 | Picture Books | Henry's Stars written and illustrated | David Elliot | | Penguin Random/Random |
| 2016 | Picture Books | Stripes! No, Spots! | Vasanti Unka | | Penguin Random/Puffin |
| 2016 | Picture Books | First to the Top | David Hill | Phoebe Morris | Penguin Random/Puffin |
| 2016 | Picture Books | Yak and Gnu | Juliette MacIver | Cat Chapman | Walker |
| 2016 | Picture Books | Finding Monkey Moon | Elizabeth Pulford | Kate Wilkinson | Walker |
| 2016 | Picture Books | Hush: A Kiwi Lullaby | Joy Cowley | Andrew Burdan | Scholastic |
| 2016 | Picture Books | Changing Times: The Story of a New Zealand Town and its Newspaper | Bob Kerr | Bob Kerr | Potton & Burton |
| 2016 | Picture Books | Haka | Patricia Grace | Andrew Burdan | Huia |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | The Bold Ship Phenomenal | Sarah Johnson | | Flat Bed |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | The Ghosts of Tarawera | Sue Copsey | | Sue Copsey |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | The Pirates and the Nightmaker | James Norcliffe | | Penguin Random/ Longacre |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle | Kate De Goldi | | Penguin Random/ Longacre |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | The Knot Impossible (A Tale of Fontana) | Barbara Else | | Gecko |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | The Bakehouse | Joy Cowley | | Gecko |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | The Girl Who Rode the Wind | Stacy Gregg | | HarperCollins |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | How I Alienated my Grandma | Suzanne Main | | Scholastic |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | Cool Nukes | Des Hunt | | Scholastic |
| 2016 | Junior Fiction | Lily Max – Satin, Scissors, Frock | Jane Bloomfield | | Luncheon Sausage |
| 2016 | Young Adult Fiction | Evie's War | Anna Mackenzie | | Penguin Random/ Longacre |
| 2016 | Young Adult Fiction | Being Magdalene | Fleur Beale | | Penguin Random/ Longacre |
| 2016 | Young Adult Fiction | Hucking Cody | Aaron Topp | | Mary Egan |
| 2016 | Young Adult Fiction | The Heading Dog Who Split in Half | Michael Brown | | Potton & Burton |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | Jammin' with Steven Adams | David Riley | | Reading Warrior |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | Exploring Nature's Pattern Magic | Dee Pigneguy | | Mary Egan |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | Samoan Heroes | David Riley | Michel Mulipola | Reading Warrior |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | Beginner's Guide to Rugby | Aaron Cruden | | Penguin Random/ Longacre |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | Beginner's Guide to Adventure Sport | Steve Gurney | | Penguin Random/ Longacre |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | Whose Beak is This? | Gillian Candler | Fraser Williamson | Potton & Burton |
| 2016 | Non-Fiction | Waitangi Day: The New Zealand Story | Philippa Werry | | New Holland |
| 2017 | Picture Books | If I was a Banana | Alexandra Tylee | Kieran Rynhart | Gecko |
| 2017 | Picture Books | Gwendolyn! | Juliette MacIver | Terri Rose Baynton | HarperCollins |
| 2017 | Picture Books | Tuna and Hiriwa | Ripeka Takotowai Goddard | Kimberly Andrews | Huia |
| 2017 | Picture Books | Maui – Sun Catcher | Tim Tipene | Zak Waipara | Oratia |
| 2017 | Picture Books | Gladys Goes to War | Glyn Harper | Jenny Cooper | Penguin Random House NZ |
| 2017 | Picture Books | Fuzzy Doodle | Melinda Szymanik | Donovan Bixley | Scholastic NZ |
| 2017 | Picture Books | Gorillas in our Midst | Richard Fairgray | Terry Jones | Scholastic NZ |
| 2017 | Picture Books | Henry Bob Bobbalich | Juliette MacIver | Link Choi | Scholastic NZ |
| 2017 | Picture Books | Witch’s Cat Wanted Apply Within | Joy H Davidson | Nikki Slade-Robinson | Scholastic NZ |
| 2017 | Picture Books | The Harmonica | Dawn McMillan | Andrew Burdan | Scholastic NZ |
| 2017 | Picture Books | Rasmas | Elizabeth Pulford | Jenny Cooper | Scholastic NZ |
| 2017 | Picture Books | The Best Dad in the World | Pat Chapman | Cat Chapman | Upstart |
| 2017 | Junior Fiction | The Road to Ratenburg | Joy Cowley | Gavin Bishop | Gecko |
| 2017 | Junior Fiction | Annual edited | Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris | | Gecko |
| 2017 | Junior Fiction | The Diamond Horse | Stacy Gregg | | HarperCollins UK |
| 2017 | Junior Fiction | Rona | Chris Szekely | Josh Morgan | Huia |
| 2017 | Junior Fiction | Enemy Camp | David Hill | | Penguin Random House NZ |
| 2017 | Junior Fiction | The Impossible Boy | Leonie Agnew | | Penguin Random House NZ |
| 2017 | Junior Fiction | Grandad’s Wheelies | Jack Lasenby | Bob Kerr | Penguin Random House NZ |
| 2017 | Junior Fiction | Barking Mad | Tom E Moffatt | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2017 | Junior Fiction | Sunken Forest | Des Hunt | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2017 | Young Adult Fiction | Lonesome When You Go | Saradha Koirala | | Makaro |
| 2017 | Young Adult Fiction | Coming Home to Roost | Mary-anne Scott | | Penguin Random House NZ |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | See Play Do: A Kid’s Handbook for Everyday Creative Fun | Louise Cuckow | Louise Cuckow | Beatnik |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | Bruce Wants to Go Faster | Dreydon Sobanja | Murray Dewhurst | Inspired Kids |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | Armistice Day: the New Zealand Story | Philippa Werry | | New Holland |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | Speed King: Burt Munro, the World’s Fastest Indian | David Hill | Phoebe Morris | Penguin Random House NZ |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | Jack and Charlie: Boys of the Bush | Jack Marcotte | | Penguin Random House NZ |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | The Beginner's Guide to Netball | Maria Tutaia | | Penguin Random House NZ |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | Cricket with Kane Williamson | Kane Williamson | | Penguin Random House NZ |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | The Cuckoo and the Warbler: A True New Zealand Story | Kennedy Warne | Heather Hunt | Potton and Burton |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | ANZAC Heroes | Maria Gill | Marco Ivancic | Scholastic NZ |
| 2017 | Non-Fiction | Much ado about Shakespeare | Donovan Bixley | Donovan Bixley | Upstart |
| 2018 | Picture Books | What Are You Supposed to be? | Paul Beavis | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2018 | Picture Books | Torty and the Soldier | Jennifer Beck | Fifi Colston | Scholastic NZ |
| 2018 | Picture Books | The Longest Breakfast | Jenny Bornholdt | Sarah Wilkins | Gecko Press |
| 2018 | Picture Books | Ngā Tae / Colours | Kitty Brown | Kirsten Parkinson | Reo Pēpi |
| 2018 | Picture Books | Scarface Claw, Hold Tight! | Lynley Dodd | | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | Picture Books | That’s Not the Monster We Ordered | Richard Fairgray | Terry Jones | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | Picture Books | If I had an Elephant | Richard Fairgray | Terry Jones | Scholastic NZ |
| 2018 | Picture Books | The Curious Ar-Chew | Sarah Grundy | Ali Teo, John O’Reilly | Scholastic NZ |
| 2018 | Picture Books | Inspector Brunswick: The Case of the Missing Eyebrow | Chris Lam Sam | Angela Keoghan | Tate Publishing |
| 2018 | Picture Books | Ambulance, Ambulance! | Sally Sutton | Brian Lovelock | Walker Books Australia |
| 2018 | Picture Books | It's My Egg (and You Can’t Have It) | Kennedy Warne | Heather Hunt | Potton & Burton |
| 2018 | Junior Fiction | Flying Furballs: Most Wanted | Donovan Bixley | | Upstart Press |
| 2018 | Junior Fiction | Flying Furballs: Unmasked | Donovan Bixley | | Upstart Press |
| 2018 | Junior Fiction | Helper and Helper | Joy Cowley | Gavin Bishop | Gecko Press |
| 2018 | Junior Fiction | The Thunderbolt Pony | Stacy Gregg | | HarperCollins |
| 2018 | Junior Fiction | The Spaghetti Giraffe | Sarah Johnson | Deborah Hinde | Flat Bed Press |
| 2018 | Junior Fiction | How Not to Stop a Kidnap Plot | Suzanne Main | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2018 | Junior Fiction | My New Zealand Story: Bastion Point | Tania Roxborogh | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2018 | Junior Fiction | Awatea’s Treasure | Fraser Smith | | Huia Publishers |
| 2018 | Junior Fiction | Miniwings #1: Glitterwing’s Book Week Blunder | Sally Sutton | Kirsten Richards | Scholastic NZ |
| 2018 | Young Adult Fiction | The Severed Land | Maurice Gee | | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | Young Adult Fiction | Flight Path | David Hill | | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | Young Adult Fiction | Zeustian Logic | Sabrina Malcolm | | Gecko Press |
| 2018 | Young Adult Fiction | Pieces of You | Eileen Merriman | | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | Young Adult Fiction | The Traitor and the Thief | Gareth Ward | | Walker Books Australia |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | New Zealand’s Great White Sharks: How science is revealing their secrets | Alison Ballance | | Potton & Burton |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story | Gavin Bishop | | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Whose Feet are These? | Gillian Candler | Fraser Williamson | Potton & Burton |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Collins Field Guide to the New Zealand Seashore | Sally Carson | Rod Morris | HarperCollins |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Abel Tasman: Mapping the Southern Lands | Maria Gill | Marco Ivancic | Scholastic NZ |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Toroa's Journey | Maria Gill | Gavin Mouldey | Potton & Burton |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Sky High: Jean Batten’s Incredible Flying Adventures | David Hill | Phoebe Morris | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | How to Mend a Kea + Other Fabulous Fix-it Tales from Wildbase Hospital | Janet Hunt | | Massey University Press |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Nature Storybooks: Gecko | Raymond Huber | Brian Lovelock | Walker Books Australia |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Cook Islands Heroes | David Riley | Michel Mulipola | Reading Warrior |
| 2018 | Non-Fiction | Explore! Aotearoa | Bronwen Wall | Kimberly Andrews | Kennett Brothers |
| 2019 | Picture Books | Mini Whinny: Happy Birthday to Me | Stacy Gregg | Ruth Paul | Scholastic NZ |
| 2019 | Picture Books | Oink | David Elliot | | Gecko Press |
| 2019 | Picture Books | Dig, Dump, Roll | Sally Sutton | Brian Lovelock | Walker Books Australia |
| 2019 | Picture Books | How Māui fished up the North Island | Donovan Bixley | | Upstart Press |
| 2019 | Picture Books | I am Jellyfish | Ruth Paul | | Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Picture Books | Granny McFlitter, the Champion Knitter | Heather Haylock | Lael Chisholm | Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Picture Books | Puffin the Architect | Kimberly Andrews | | Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Picture Books | Muddle & Mo’s Rainy Day | Nikki Slade Robinson | | Duck Creek Press |
| 2019 | Picture Books | The Anzac Violin | Jennifer Beck | Robyn Belton | Scholastic NZ |
| 2019 | Picture Books | The Bomb | Sacha Cotter | Josh Morgan | Huia |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | The Short but Brilliant Career of Lucas Weed | Steph Matuku | Katharine Hall | Huia |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | Whetū Toa and the Magician | Eirlys Hunter | Kirsten Slade | Gecko Press |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | The Mapmakers’ Race | Sherryl Jordan | | One Tree House |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | Rafferty Ferret: Ratbag | Stacy Gregg | | HarperCollins |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | The Fire Stallion | Liz van der Laase | | One Tree House |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | Cuz | Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | My New Zealand Story: Dawn Raid | Mary-anne Scott | | One Tree House |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | Sticking with Pigs | Fleur Beale | | Allen & Unwin |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | Lyla: Through My Eyes – Natural Disaster Zones | Des Hunt | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2019 | Junior Fiction | Kiwis at War - 1918: Broken Poppies | | | |
| 2019 | Young Adult Fiction | Take Flight | J L Pawley | | Eunoia |
| 2019 | Young Adult Fiction | Legacy | Whiti Hereaka | | Huia |
| 2019 | Young Adult Fiction | Flight of the Fantail | Steph Matuku | | Huia |
| 2019 | Young Adult Fiction | Ezaara: Riders of Fire, Book One | Eileen Mueller | | Phantom Feather |
| 2019 | Young Adult Fiction | Dragon Hero: Riders of Fire, Book Two | Eileen Mueller | | Phantom Feather |
| 2019 | Young Adult Fiction | Ash Arising | Mandy Hager | | Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Young Adult Fiction | The Anger of Angels | Sherryl Jordan | | Walker Books Australia |
| 2019 | Young Adult Fiction | Catch Me When You Fall | Eileen Merriman | | Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Young Adult Fiction | The Rift | Rachael Craw | | Walker Books Australia |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | New Zealand’s Backyard Beasts | Ned Barraud | | Potton & Burton |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Cook’s Cook: The Cook who Cooked for Captain Cook | Gavin Bishop | | Gecko Press |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Go Girl: A Storybook of Epic NZ Women | Barbara Else | | Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Oh Boy: A Storybook of Epic NZ Men | Stuart Lipshaw | | Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Anzac Animals | Maria Gill | Marco Ivančić | Scholastic NZ |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | ART-TASTIC | Sarah Pepperle | | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Why is that Lake so Blue? A Children's Guide to New Zealand's Natural World | Simon Pollard | | Te Papa Press |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Mozart: The Man Behind the Music | Donovan Bixley | | Upstart Press |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | The New Zealand Wars | Philippa Werry | | New Holland |
| 2019 | Non-Fiction | Pathway of the Birds, The Voyaging Achievements of Māori and their Polynesian Ancestors | Andrew Crowe | | David Bateman |
| 2019 | Te Reo Māori | Pūrakāu o Aotearoa: Te Hīnga Ake a Māui i te Ika Whenua | Donovan Bixley, Darryn Joseph | Keri Opai | Upstart Press |
| 2019 | Te Reo Māori | Ngā Whetū Matariki i Whānakotia | Miriamo Kamo, Zak Waipara, Ngaere Roberts | | Scholastic |
| 2020 | Picture Books | I Had a Brother | Diana Menefy | Malena Laugesen | One Tree House |
| 2020 | Picture Books | Song of the River | Joy Cowley | Kimberly Andrews | Gecko Press |
| 2020 | Picture Books | Granny McFlitter | Heather Haylock | Lael Chisholm | Penguin Random House |
| 2020 | Picture Books | The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! | Elaine Bickell | Raymond McGrath | Scholastic NZ |
| 2020 | Picture Books | Things in the Sea are Touching Me! | Linda Jane Keegan | Minky Stapleton | Scholastic NZ |
| 2020 | Picture Books | The Gobbledegook Book | Joy Cowley | Giselle Clarkson | Gecko Press |
| 2020 | Picture Books | Mr Kiwi Has an Important Job | Heather Hunt | | Potton & Burton |
| 2020 | Picture Books | Bess the Brave War Horse | Susan Brocker | Raymond McGrath | Scholastic NZ |
| 2020 | Junior Fiction | Prince of Ponies | Stacy Gregg | | HarperCollins |
| 2020 | Junior Fiction | Avis and the Promise of Dragons | Heather McQuillan | | The Cuba Press |
| 2020 | Junior Fiction | Tūi Street Heroes | Anne Kayes | | Wildling Books |
| 2020 | Junior Fiction | #Tumeke! | Michael Petherick | | Massey University Press |
| 2020 | Junior Fiction | Hazel and the Snails | Nan Blanchard | Giselle Clarkson | Massey University Press |
| 2020 | Junior Fiction | The Telegram | Philippa Werry | | Pipi Press |
| 2020 | Junior Fiction | Bullseye Bella | James T Guthrie | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2020 | Junior Fiction | Lizard's Tale | Weng Wai Chan | | Text Publishing |
| 2020 | Junior Fiction | To Trap a Thief | Des Hunt | | Scholastic NZ |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction | A Place of Stone and Darkness | Chris Mousdale | | Penguin Random House |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction | Invisibly Breathing | Eileen Merriman | | Penguin Random House |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction | Ursa | Tina Shaw | | Walker Books Australia |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction | Wynter's Thief | Sherryl Jordan | | One Tree House |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction | Afakasi Woman | Lani Wendt Young | | One Tree House |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Dinosaur Hunter: Joan Wiffen's Awesome Fossil Discoveries | David Hill | Phoebe Morris | Penguin Random House |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Tohorā: The Southern Right Whale | Ned Barraud | | Potton & Burton |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Wildlife of Aotearoa | Gavin Bishop | | Penguin Random House |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Mophead: How your Difference Makes a Difference | Selina Tusitala Marsh | | Auckland University Press |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi | Ross Calman and Mark Derby | Toby Morris | Lift Education |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Māui's Taonga Tales: A Treasury of Tales from the South Pacific | David Brechin-Smith and Ranea Aparehama | | Te Papa Press |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | The Adventures of Tupaia | Courtney Sina Meredith | Mat Tait | Allen & Unwin |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | Three Kiwi Tales: More Fabulous Fix-it Stories from Wildbase Hospital | Janet Hunt | | Massey University Press |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | New Zealand Nature Heroes | Gillian Candler | | Potton & Burton |
| 2020 | Non-Fiction | First Map: How James Cook Charted Aotearoa New Zealand | Tessa Duder | David Elliot | HarperCollins |
| 2020 | Te Reo Māori | Te Kī Taurangi a Puanga: He pūrākau Matariki | Kirsty Wadsworth | Munro Te Whata | Scholastic NZ |
| 2020 | Te Reo Māori | He Paki Taonga i a Māui: He putunga kōreo mai i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | David Brechin-Smith and Ranea Aparehama | | Te Papa Press |