Montana New Zealand Book Awards
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Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
- Slow Water by Annamarie Jagose (Vintage, 2003)
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Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
- The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond (Allen Lane, 2003)
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Fiction
- Slow Water by Annamarie Jagose (Vintage, 2003)
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Poetry
- Sing-Song by Anne Kennedy (Auckland University Press, 2003)
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Biography
- Mason: The Life of R. A. K. Mason by Rachel Barrowman (Victoria University Press, 2003)
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History
- The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond (Allen Lane, 2003)
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Reference & Anthology
- Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English edited by Albert Wendt and Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan (Auckland University Press, 2003)
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Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
- Classic Fly Fishing in New Zealand Rivers by John Kent, photography by David Hallett (Craig Potton Publishing, 2003)
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Environment
- Deep New Zealand: Blue Water, Black Abyss by Peter Batson and Kim Westerskov (Canterbury University Press, 2003)
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Illustrative
- Central by Arno Gasteiger (Viking, 2003)
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Readers’ Choice Award
- The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King (Penguin, 2003)
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The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
- Bloom by Kelly Ana Morey (Penguin, 2003)
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The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
- The Adulterer’s Bible: Poems by Cliff Fell (Victoria University Press, 2003)
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The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
- Tai Tokerau Whakairo Rākau: Northland Māori Wood Carving by Deidre Brown (Reed, 2003)
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The A. W. Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature
- Joy Cowley
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Best Review Page or Programme
- The Listener
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Reviewer of the Year Award
- Michael King