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Here’s a fun (and free!) booklet packed with activities inspired by this year’s finalist books. Perfect for keeping young minds busy and helping tamariki discover some of Aotearoa’s best children’s books.
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June 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Harriet Elworthy asks the creators of the Bookhub Picture Book Award finalists to examine the magic that occurs between text and image in a great picture book
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June 25, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Koro Wētā reviewed in Kete Books
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Koro Wētā reviewed in Kete Books
June 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Reposting from New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (instagram) a great pic of Heather Haylock, author of Koro Wētā, one of this year’s finalists in the BookHub Picture Book Award category!

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June 17, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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Congratulations to Heather Haylock, illustrator Sarah Trolle and translator Ngairo Eruera —finalists in the @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social, BookHub Picture Book Award category, with Koro Wētā!

And congratulations to all the other finalists: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...

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June 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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Excited to share Folk Remedy is a finalist in two categories of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults! @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social #NZCYA #BooksAlive
Image of the Russell Clark Award for illustration 2026 finalists Image of the NZSA Best first book award 2026 finalists
June 10, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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The 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults shortlist is announced!

Warmest congratulations to this year's finalists. More details are here: tinyurl.com/mrxnbjy5.

Check out these wonderful books in bookstores and libraries near you!

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June 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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⏳📚 The countdown is officially on!

Only two weeks to go until the finalists for the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are revealed! 🎉

Who will make the shortlist? 👀 Stay tuned…
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May 27, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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Our 2026 NZCYA judging panels bring together expertise from classrooms, libraries, publishing, bookselling and te reo Māori advocacy 📚

Over the coming weeks, we’ll share some of their reflections ahead of the finalists' announcement on 10 June.

Stay tuned! #NZCYA #booksalive
The 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults judging panel
May 21, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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The Unbanned Book Network is a new initiative fighting for diverse books in the classroom.

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The Unbanned Book Network is a new initiative fighting for diverse books in the classroom.
A new program called The Unbanned Book Network is stepping in to counter the increased threat of book bans in schools across America. The new initiative was launched this week by the team at We Nee…
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January 22, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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Historian Ross Calman takes out the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year for his children’s book on the Treaty of Waitangi
Listen to the interview on Waatea NEWS
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Ross Calman Wins Top Book Award for Treaty of Waitangi Storytelling
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August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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New Zealanders want more books set in New Zealand, on te ao Māori and on te reo Māori, a leading historian and this year’s winner of the Margaret Mahy book of the year award says.
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3607...

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Publishing trend of Māori stories here to stay, says award-winner Ross Calman
Kiwis want more books set in New Zealand, on te ao Māori and on te reo Māori, according to this year’s winner of the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award.
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August 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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oratiabooks.bsky.social Oratia Books @oratiabooks.bsky.social · Aug 13
Congratulations to Ross Calman, author of ‘The Treaty of Waitangi’, for winning two awards today: New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
⭐️ Book of the Year 2025 ⭐️ and best non-fiction.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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By popular demand, we present the junior fiction finalists for the #NZCYA awards interviewing each other on their books & writing lives
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August 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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📚 When books come alive at the Universal Archive! The Galactic Beat crew battles fictional dragons, relives history, and discovers that some stories are too powerful to contain. Knowledge can be dangerous!

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August 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Free teacher resource (10 pages, PDF) available for the book
The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi by Ross Calman
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July 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Reposting pic from #NZCYA (fb)
Congratulations Ross Calman (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Kāi Tahu), finalist in the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

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July 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Congratulations Ross Calman, finalist in the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults with the NZ Series book The Treaty of Waitangi. Screenshot from #NZCYA FB Page
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July 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Hey #booksky if you want to find out more about the #NZCYA book awards shortlist announced yesterday or are after pukapuka for your tamariki some in te reo Māori, hop on over to their website: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-... #booksalive
32 book covers of the shortlisted books in the NZ children’s and young adults book awards.
June 6, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Congratulations Ross Calman, finalist in the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, ELSIE LOCKE AWARD FOR NON-FICTION, with the NZ Series book The Treaty of Waitangi.

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June 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Fab article in The Post today, covering this year’s shortlist for the NZ Book Awards for children & Young Adults. Thanks to Sapeer Mayron for the shout-out! 🤩

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www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3607...
‘Strong flavour of us’ among rangatahi book awards finalists
The 32 best children and young adult books in Aotearoa have been announced, and there should be something for everyone to see themselves in, judges say.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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So many amazing books in the NZ CYA Awards this year including five by my publisher @allenandunwinnz.bsky.social #booksky #nzcya #booksalive
Images of the five shortlisted books in the Junior Fiction segment of the NZCYA Awards.
June 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Absolutely delighted our book RURU, Night Hunter is a finalist in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults! Such an honour to be selected & grateful to all who have helped on Ruru's journey so far. #Nedbarraud #ScholasicNZ #NZCYA #booksalive @steamteambooks.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Thrilled to see The Apprentice Witnesser Shortlisted in a very strong collection of NZ Books for Children and Young Adults! ... #nzcya #booksalive @allenandunwinnz.bsky.social @allenandunwin.bsky.social
Graphic announcing NZ book of the year for young readers shortlistings Images of the five books that make up the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction The Apprentice Witnesser (mine), Ravens Eye Runaways, Violet and the Velvets, Brown Bird, Detective Beans.
June 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Thrilled that my YA indigenous sci-fi book 'Migration' has been shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults! It's a decent yarn, I reckon.
Congrats to all the finalists!
Available at bookstores and the library!

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Book covers of all the finalists in the NZCYA young adult category: Bear by Kiri Lightfoot, Gracehoper by Mandy Hager, Migration by ME, The Mess of out Lives by Mary-Anne Scott, and The Paradise Generation by Sanna Thompson
June 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM