WINNERS

First-time writer in te reo Māori, judged by Scotty Morrison

Whakaurupā Taku Aroha by Amiria Stirling (Te Whānau-a-Apanui), Wellington

First-time writer in English, judged by Robyn Bargh

White Sheep by Penny Smits (Ngāpuhi, Te Rawara, Urban Māori, Aboriginal Bunganditj – Poturuwutj/Tatiara), Melbourne, Australia

Emerging writer in te reo Māori, judged by Tuehu Harris

Tiakina! Tiakina! by Tīahomarama Fairhall (Te Arawa, Mataatua), Rotorua

Emerging writer in English, judged by Whiti Hereaka

Aunty’s Teeth by Annette Morehu (Te Aupōuri, Tūhoe), Ōrākei

Published writer in te reo Māori, judged by Professor Poia Rewi

Te Kurī Hīroki o te Āporo Nui by Zeb Nicklin (Pāhauwera, Tūhoe, Tāmanuhiri, Rangitāne), Palmerston North

Published writer in English, judged by Carol Hirschfeld

Kōkiri ki Mua – Charge Forward by K M Harris (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou), Wainuiomata