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<\/a>The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adult finalists for 2014 are:<\/h3>\nPicture Books:<\/strong> Non-Fiction:<\/strong> Junior Fiction:<\/strong> Young Adult Fiction:<\/strong> In addition, the winner of the inaugural M\u0101ori <\/strong>Language Award<\/strong> was also announced:<\/p>\n Taka Ki Ro Wai <\/em>by Keri Kaa & Martin Page; Tania&Martin<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n This year’s\u00a0 judges are convenor and author Barbara Else; cartoonist and graphic novelist Ant Sang; children\u2019s librarian and blogger Zac Harding), with the assistance of Te Reo M\u0101ori language advisor, writer and broadcaster Maraea Rakuraku for the Maori Language Award.<\/p>\n The winners will be announced on Monday 23 June, in Auckland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tis the season of the shortlist, clearly—which is great! \ud83d\ude42 (As with yesterday’s Sir Julius Vogel Award post, if an author has appeared on this blog or I’ve interviewed or featured her\/him or the shortlisted work otherwhere, the link is included—but only one link per feature.) — The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-other-writers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25081"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25107,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25081\/revisions\/25107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMachines and Me: Boats<\/em> by Catherine Foreman; Scholastic New Zealand
\nThe Boring Book<\/em> by Vasanti Unka; Penguin Group (NZ), Puffin
\nThe Three Bears \u2026 Sort Of<\/em> by Yvonne Morrison & Donovan Bixley; Scholastic New Zealand
\nToucan Can<\/em> by Juliette MacIver & Sarah Davis; Gecko Press
\nWatch Out, Snail! <\/em>by Gay Hay & Margaret Tolland; Page Break Ltd<\/p>\n
\nAn Extraordinary Land <\/em>by Peter Hayden & Rod Morris; HarperCollins Publishers (NZ)
\nAnzac Day: The New Zealand story<\/em> by Philippa Werry; New Holland Publishers
\nFlight of the Honey Bee<\/em> by Raymond Huber & Brian Lovelock; Walker Books Australia
\nThe Beginner\u2019s Guide to Hunting & Fishing in New Zealand<\/em> by Paul Adamson; Random House New Zealand
\nWearable Wonders<\/em> by Fifi Colston; Scholastic New Zealand<\/p>\n
\nA Winter\u2019s Day in 1939<\/em> by Melinda Szymanik; Scholastic New Zealand
\nDunger<\/em> by Joy Cowley; Gecko Press
\nFelix and the Red Rats<\/em> by James Norcliffe<\/a>; Random House New Zealand, Longacre
\nProject Huia <\/em>by Des Hunt; Scholastic New Zealand
\nThe Princess and the Foal<\/em> by Stacy Gregg; Harper Collins Publishers (NZ)<\/p>\n
\nA Necklace of Souls <\/em>by R L Stedman; Harper Collins Publishers (NZ), HarperVoyager
\nBugs<\/em> by Whiti Hereaka; Huia Publishers
\nMortal Fire<\/em> by Elizabeth Knox<\/a>; Gecko Press
\nSpeed Freak <\/em>by Fleur Beale; Random House New Zealand
\nWhen We Wake <\/em>by Karen Healey<\/a>; Allen & Unwin<\/p>\n