The winners of the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The awards this year are noted for including so many Maori titles. Here are the winning titles.

MARGARET MAHY BOOK OF THE YEAR

The Treaty of Waitangi by Ross Callman

BOOKHUB PICTURE BOOK AWARD

Titiro Look by Gavin Bishop, translated by Darryn Joseph

WRIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION ESTHER GLEN AWARD FOR JUNIOR FICTION

Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen (released in US)

YOUNG ADULT FICTION AWARD

The Paradise Generation by Sanna Thompson

ELSIE LOCKE AWARD FOR NON-FICTION

The Treaty of Waitangi by Ross Callman

RUSSELL CLARK AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION

Hineraukatauri me Te Ara Pūoro by Rehua Wilson

WRIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION TE KURA POUNAMU AWARD FOR A BOOK ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN TE REO MĀORI

Hineraukatauri me Te Ara Pūoro by Rehua Wilson

WRIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION TE KURA POUNAMU AWARD FOR A BOOK TRANSLATED INTO TE REO MĀORI

A Ariā me te Atua o te Kūmara by Witi Ihimaera, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, translated by Hēni Jacob

NZSA BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD

The Raven’s Eye Runaways by Claire Mabey (released in US in October)