FICTION
Coming Rain, by Stephen Daisley (Text Publishing)
GENERAL NON-FICTION
Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood, by Witi Ihimaera (Penguin Random House)
ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris (Bridget Williams Books)
POETRY
The Conch Trumpet, by David Eggleton (Otago University Press)
BEST FIRST BOOKS
David Coventry for his novel The Invisible Mile
Chris Tse for his poetry collection How to be Dead in the Year of Snakes.
Melissa Matutina Williams for Panguru and the City: Kainga Tahi, Kainga Rua
Richard Nunns for Te Ara Puoro: A Journey Into the World of Maori Music: Listener 100 Best Books 2015,