2017 Ng? Kupu Ora Awards: M?ori Book Awards Finalists and Winners

The finalists and winners in the 2017 Ng? Kupu Ora M?ori Book Awards are: Te Reo M?ori
| Title: | Te Mauri o Te Whare – WINNER | ![]() |
| Authors: | Agnes McFarland; r?ua ko Taiarahia Black | |
| Publisher: | NZCER Press |
| Title: | Mauri Ora: Wisdom from the M?ori World | ![]() |
| Authors: | Peter Alsop & Te Rau Kupenga | |
| Publisher: | Potton and Burton Ltd |
Non-fiction
| Title: | Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Education, research and practice – WINNER | ![]() |
| Authors: | Edited by Jessica Hutchings and Jenny Lee-Morgan | |
| Publisher: | NZCER Press |
| Title: | Diversity in community: Indigenous scholars writing | ![]() |
| Authors: | Edited by Dr Mere K?pa and Dr Cheryl Stephens. | |
| Publisher: | NZCER Press |
Non-fiction politics
| Title: | New treaty, New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and M?ori Law – WINNER | ![]() |
| Author: | Carwyn Jones | |
| Publisher: | Victoria University Press |
| Title: | Reconciliation, Representation and Indigeneity ‘Biculturalism’ in Aotearoa New Zealand | ![]() |
| Authors: | Edited by Peter Adds [and 3 others] | |
| Publisher: | Universitantsverlag Winter Heidelberg |
| Title: | Tupuna Awa: People and Politics of the Waikato River | ![]() |
| Author: | Marama Muru-Lanning | |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
Biography/History
| Title: | In Dark Places: The confessions of Teina Pora and an ex-cop’s fight for justice – WINNER | ![]() |
| Author: | Michael Bennett | |
| Publisher: | Paul Little Books |
| Title: | M?ori Television: The First Ten Years | ![]() |
| Author: | Jo Smith | |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
Art
| Title: | A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Nga?ti Porou Carving, 1830-1930 – WINNER | ![]() |
| Author: | Ngarino Ellis, with new photography by Natalie Robertson | |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Title: | Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand: The M?ori Portraits | ![]() |
| Author: | Edited by Ngahiraka Mason and Zara Stanhope | |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Title: | A beautiful hesitation | ![]() |
| Author: | Fiona Pardington | |
| Publisher: | Victoria University Press |
Creative Writing
| Title: | Stories on the Four Winds: Ng? Ha – WINNER | ![]() |
| Authors: | Edited by Brian Bargh and Robyn Bargh | |
| Publisher: | Huia Publishers |
| Title: | Someone’s Mana | ![]() |
| Author: | Michael Krzanich, photography; Haare Williams, poetry and art; Witi Ihimaera, editing | |
| Publisher: | H.Cantz |
| Title: | Daylight Second | ![]() |


















