New Zealand Post Book Awards
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New Zealand Post Book of the Year
- Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964 by Chris Bourke (Auckland University Press, 2010)
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Fiction
- The Hut Builder by Laurence Fearnley (Penguin, 2010)
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Poetry
- The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls by Kate Camp (Victoria University Press, 2010)
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General Non-Fiction
- Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964 by Chris Bourke (Auckland University Press, 2010)
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Illustrated Non-Fiction
- The Passing World: The Passing of Life: John Hovell and the Art of Kowhaiwhai by Damian Skinner (Rim Books, 2010)
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People’s Choice
- Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964 by Chris Bourke (Auckland University Press, 2010)
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The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
- Everything We Hoped For by Pip Adam (Victoria University Press, 2010)
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The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
- Dear Sweet Harry by Lynn Jenner (Auckland University Press, 2010)
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The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
- Whaikōrero: The World of Māori Oratory by Poia Rewi (Auckland University Press, 2010)