ePlatform One Shared Collections - NZ Book Awards Finalists Additions
by ePlatform Collection Management | Jun 10, 2025 | Categories : Australia & New ZealandAuthors & PublishersNewsReading Lists
Our team have gone through the many wonderful and exciting eBook & Audiobook additions following this years announcement of the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
The below are available now in the shared collection and to purchase as additional titles to ensure availability for your students. This collection includes currently available titles. Further titles may become available over the coming months and we will look at these when they arise.
NZ High Schools NZ Primary Schools
| NZSA BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD | |
| Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie | Written by Shelley Burne-Field (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Rārua, Te Ātiawa, Sāmoa) |
| The Raven’s Eye Runaways | Written by Claire Mabey |
| WRIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION ESTHER GLEN AWARD FOR JUNIOR FICTION | |
| Brown Bird | Written by Jane Arthur |
| Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat | Written and illustrated by Li Chen |
| The Apprentice Witnesser | Written by Bren MacDibble |
| The Raven’s Eye Runaways | Written by Claire Mabey |
| Violet and the Velvets: The Case of the Missing Stuff | Written by Rachael King and illustrated by Phoebe Morris |
| YOUNG ADULT FICTION AWARD | |
| Bear | Written by Kiri Lightfoot and illustrated by Pippa Keel Situ |
| Migration | Written by Steph Matuku (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga) |
| ELSIE LOCKE AWARD FOR NON-FICTION | Available as an Audiobook Only |
| Dear Moko: Māori Wisdom for our Young Ones | Written by Hinemoa Elder (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāpuhi nui tonu) |