WINNERS
First-time writer in te reo Māori, judged by Scotty Morrison
Whakaurupā Taku Aroha by Amiria Stirling (Te Whānau-a-Apanui), Wellington

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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

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Emerging writer in te reo Māori, judged by Tuehu Harris
Tiakina! Tiakina! by Tīahomarama Fairhall (Te Arawa, Mataatua), Rotorua

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Emerging writer in English, judged by Whiti Hereaka
Aunty’s Teeth by Annette Morehu (Te Aupōuri, Tūhoe), Ōrākei

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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

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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

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