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The LIANZA Childrens Book Awards ceremony has just been completed in Rotorua and here are a list of the winners with some of the judges comments:

The Esther Glen Award (New Zealand's oldest book prize)
Bernard Beckett - Genesis: a novel (Longacre Press)
"one of the most thought-provoking and intellectually challenging novels ever written for older New Zealand children"

The Russell Clark Award
Ben Galbraith - The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff (Hodder/Hachette Livre)
"innovative and magnificent contribution to New zealand literature"

The Elsie Locke Award
Leon Davidson - Red Haze: Australians & New Zealanders in Vietnam (Black Dog Books)
"gripping, illuminating and moving"

Te Kura Pounamu
Robyn Kahukiwa - Matatuhi (Puffin/Penguin Books)
"a remarkable piece of storytelling with exceptional illustrations which should become a New Zealand classic"

Congratulations to the winners.