Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Winners

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Winners

	The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for General Non-fiction (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter by Noelle McCarthy 4.16 avg rating — 802 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for E.H. McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kai: Food Stories and Recipes from my Family Table by Christall Lowe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We're All Made of Lightning by Khadro Mohamed 4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised by Alice Te Punga Somerville 4.75 avg rating — 56 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Mary and Peter Biggs for Poetry (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Theatre by Anthony Lapwood (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Hubert Church Prize for Fiction (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 523 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whai by Nicole Titihuia Hawkins 4.61 avg rating — 38 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Mary and Peter Biggs Poetry (longlist) & Jessie MacKay Prize Poetry (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tumble by Joanna Preston 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Mary and Peter Biggs Poetry (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voices from the New Zealand Wars \| He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for General Non-fiction (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alarmist: Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change by Dave Lowe 4.55 avg rating — 44 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for General Non-fiction (shortlist) & E.H. McCormack Prize Non-fiction (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Architect and the Artists: Hackshaw, McCahon, Dibble by Bridget Hackshaw really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award Illustrated Non-Fiction (shortlist) & Judith Binney Prize Non-fiction (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910 by Claire Regnault 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award Illustrated Non-Fiction (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 267 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize Fiction (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 2,155 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize Fiction (shortlist))Hubert Church Award Fiction (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matamua ko te Kupu! by Timoti Karetu 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Mūrau O te Tuhi Māori Language Award (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ralph Hotere: The Dark is Light Enough: A Biographical Portrait by Vincent O'Sullivan 4.30 avg rating — 63 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for General Non-fiction (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine by Monique Fiso 4.40 avg rating — 40 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award Illustrated Non-Fiction (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Savage Coloniser Book by Tusiata Avia 4.24 avg rating — 67 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Mary and Peter Biggs Poetry (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bug Week by Airini Beautrais 3.90 avg rating — 459 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize Fiction (shortlist)) (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter 4.19 avg rating — 223 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for General Non-fiction and the E.H. McCormick Prize Best First Non-Fiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are Here: An Atlas of Aotearoa by Chris McDowall 4.70 avg rating — 64 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Judith Binney Prize Best First Book of Illustrated Nonfiction (Winner), Best Illustrated Nonfiction (Shortlist) (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance by Stephanie Gibson (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Illustrated Non-fiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Live by Helen Rickerby 4.21 avg rating — 47 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Mary and Peter Biggs Poetry (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Craven by Jane Arthur 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for The Jessie Mackay Prize Best First Book of Poetry & Mary and Peter Biggs Poetry (longlist) (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Auē by Becky Manawatu 4.52 avg rating — 4,298 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Jann Medlicott Acorn Foundation Fiction and MitoQ Hubert Church Best First Fiction Book Awards (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Kupu Tuku Iho: Ko te Reo Maori te Tatau ki te Ao by Timoti Samuel Karetu it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Te Mūrau O Te Tuhi - Māori Language Award (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love by Joanne Drayton 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Royal Society Te Aparangi General Non-Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing by Sean Mallon it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Illustrated Non-fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars