Until about the 1980s, the main New Zealand literary form was the short story, but in recent decades novels such as Alan Duff's Once Were Warriors, Elizabeth Knox's The Vintner's Luck and others have achieved critical and popular success.
Ata preto da década de 1980, a principal forma literaria de Nova Zelandia foi o conto curto, pero nas últimas décadas novelas como Once Were Warriors, de Alan Duff, The Vintner's Luck, de Elizabeth Knox, e outras lograron éxito tanto crítico como popular.