Montana New Zealand Book Awards
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Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
- The Shag Incident by Stephanie Johnson (Vintage, 2002)
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Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
- The Wine Atlas of New Zealand by Michael Cooper, photography by John McDermott (Hodder Moa Beckett, 2002)
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Fiction
- The Shag Incident by Stephanie Johnson (Vintage, 2002)
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Poetry
- Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 2002)
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History
- No Idle Rich: The Wealthy in Canterbury and Otago 1840–1914 by Jim McAloon (University of Otago Press, 2002)
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Biography
- A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields by Philip Temple (Auckland University Press, 2002)
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Environment
- Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail by Geoff Chapple (Random House, 2002)
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Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
- The Wine Atlas of New Zealand by Michael Cooper, photography by John McDermott (Hodder Moa Beckett, 2002)
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Illustrative
- Len Castle: Potter by Len Castle and Nancy Pel (Sang Architects, 2002)
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Reference & Anthology
- Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse edited by Paul Morris and Harry Ricketts and Mike Grimshaw (Godwit, 2002)
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Readers’ Choice Award
- Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 2002)
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The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
- Queen of Beauty by Paula Morris (Penguin, 2002)
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The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
- Feeding the Dogs: Poems by Kay McKenzie Cooke (University of Otago Press, 2002)
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The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
- The Year of the Horse by Sam Mahon (Longacre Press, 2002)
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Best Review Pages
- The Listener
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Reviewer of the Year
- David Eggleton