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36-736: The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards , which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards , which ran from 1968 to 1995 (known as the Montana Book Awards from 1994 to 1995). The awards have changed name several times depending on sponsorship. From 1996 to 2009,

72-589: Is judged by a panel of three judges. Winners of the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction receive a minimum of NZ$ 55,000, and is the largest cash book prize in New Zealand. The other principal prizewinners receive NZ$ 10,000 each, and the winners of the four MitoQ Best First Book awards receive NZ$ 2,500. Since 2020, the top prize for fiction has been the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction . Between 2017 and 2019,

108-756: Is the opening event of the Auckland Writers Festival , held annually in May. Before 1996 there were two major New Zealand literary awards events: the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards (1968 to 1995, known as the Montana Book Awards from 1994 to 1995) and the New Zealand Book Awards (1976 to 1995). The Wattie Book of the Year Award (named for Sir James Wattie ) was formed in 1968, supported by

144-772: The Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry . Between 2019 and 2021, this award was known as the MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry. From 1997 to 2014, this award was known as the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Prize. In 1996, this award was known as the Best First Book Award, Poetry. Prior to 1996, this award had been presented since 1940 by PEN NZ , and

180-681: The Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction . Between 2019 and 2021, this award was known as the MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction. From 2016 to 2018, this award was known as the Judith Binney Best First Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction. The award is named after the New Zealand historian Judith Binney . Books that meet the general criteria of

216-563: The New Zealand Post took over as sponsor, having supported the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for the previous 14 years. In 2015, Auckland property development firm Ockham Residential assumed sponsorship of the awards, and the New Zealand Book Awards Trust took over the governance and management. No prizes were presented in that year, and the awards were streamlined to discontinue

252-515: The Waitākere Ranges west of Auckland . The first wine was sold in 1944, and by 1960 10 hectares (25 acres) of vineyards were planted. Two of Ivan's son's, Mate and Frank, had become involved, and they set up the company Montana Wines in 1961. By the end of the 1960s, the company had expanded further, planting vines on land south of Auckland. In 1973, the company expanded into Gisborne and Marlborough and exported its first wines in 1980. Montana

288-754: The Book of the Year Award, the Booksellers' Choice Award and the People's Choice Award. Since the first Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in 2016, the ceremony has been held each year in May, as part of the Auckland Writers Festival. In 2020 the award winners were announced in a virtual presentation, after the Auckland Writers Festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . As of 2021, there are five principal prizes: fiction (currently known as

324-716: The Hocken Building, where Moisa worked as an artist on the Ban Nadi Archeological project of the Otago University Department of Anthropology. Among its first members were Graham Lindsay , Hone Tuwhare (poet), Bill Dean (lecturer of English), Peter Olds (poet), Owen Marshall (writer) and Cilla McQueen (poet). The Canterbury Branch was established in Christchurch in 1984 under the leadership of Moisa, who had moved to

360-477: The Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction), general non-fiction (sponsored by Royal Society Te Apārangi ), illustrated non-fiction, poetry (currently known as the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry) and Te Mūrau o te Tuhi Māori Language Award for books written entirely in te reo Māori . "Best First Book" prizes are awarded to first time authors in the first four categories, currently sponsored by MitoQ. Each category

396-533: The Montana brand name within New Zealand, since there is still strong Montana brand recognition and association with New Zealand wine. Ironically, some of the Montana labelled wines are made with grapes from Australia. Montana has several levels of wines under the label Brancott Estate. The most prestigious 'estate' label is the Letter Series, a range of Marlborough only wines. The letter used to relate to

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432-617: The New Zealand Publishers Association and sponsored by the company Wattie's . This award was the first of its kind in New Zealand. The first recipients were John Morton and Michael Miller for The New Zealand Sea Shore . The first novel to win an award was Smith's Dream by C.K. Stead in 1972. The award became the Goodman Fielder Wattie Awards, and only had a single category covering fiction, non-fiction and other genres. In 1994

468-633: The Year Award. This award ended in 2009. Before 2006, this award was known as the Reviewer of the Year. Montana Wines The winery has been significant enough throughout New Zealand's wine history that the Montana name is still used on domestic labelling due to its strong brand recognition. Montana was founded by Ivan and Amanda Yukich (Jukić), Croatian immigrants who planted their first vines in 1934, Titirangi (Scenic Drive, Titirangi), situated in

504-499: The Year was presented between 2010 and 2014, when New Zealand Post was the sponsor of the awards ceremony. The Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry was presented in 2008 and 2009. The Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry was presented between 1998 and 2007. The Book of the Year/Cultural Heritage Award was presented in 1996 and 1997. The People's Choice Award was presented from 2010 to 2014. Before 2010, this award

540-639: The awards were known as the Montana New Zealand Book Awards , and sponsored by Montana Wines . From 2010 until 2014, the awards were known as the New Zealand Post Book Awards . Since 2015, the main sponsors have been property developer Ockham Residential, the Acorn Foundation, Creative New Zealand , Mary and Peter Biggs, Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand and biotech company MitoQ. The awards event

576-727: The bottle) in Auckland. Pernod-Ricard operates several different brands in New Zealand. Ranked approximately in order of prestige. Originally the Tom McDonald Winery, the Church Road Winery in Taradale near Napier represents a flagship brand. It produces mainly Merlot - Cabernet blends, Syrah , Chardonnay , Pinot Gris , and Sauvignon Blanc in several tiers. In order of price, the Tom wines are positioned at

612-848: The canopy to improve ripening. New Zealand Society of Authors The New Zealand Society of Authors ( PEN New Zealand Inc. ) promotes and protects the interests of New Zealand writers. It was founded as the New Zealand PEN Centre (Poets, Essays and Novelists) in 1934. It broadened its scope and became the New Zealand Society of Authors in 1994, under the presidency of writer Philip Temple . There are eight branches covering all regions of New Zealand. Branches were established in Wellington and Auckland first, and later in Otago and Canterbury. The Otago Branch

648-520: The country. Located on State Highway 1 , just south of Blenheim, the Brancott winery was opened in 1977 and produces all of its Marlborough wines (mostly Sauvignon Blanc), and wine from Waipara vineyards as well. Many of the grapes for Montana's sparkling wines are pressed here, but secondary fermentation is carried out at the Tamaki Winery. Founded in 1897, the Church Road Winery is one of

684-422: The fiction, non-fiction and poetry awards and are written wholly and originally in te reo Māori are eligible for Te Mūrau o te Tuhi – Māori Language Award. This award is made at the discretion of a specially appointed judge. Prior to 2019, Māori language awards were presented in 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013. There have been a number of "book of the year" awards in the history of the awards. The New Zealand Post Book of

720-414: The name of the vineyard when wines came from other regions previously (e.g. O for Ormond, Gisborne). Available wine series (in no particular order); From 1988, Montana's premium sparkling wine brand has been a collaboration with Champagne Deutz of France . A Marlborough-based vineyard producing mostly mid-market white wines, and using light-coloured stones in the vineyard to reflect sunlight up into

756-476: The premium end of the market and are some of New Zealand's most expensive wines. Next are the Grand Reserve and McDonald Series ranges, and finally the range of cheaper white-label Church Road wines are available in supermarkets. In 2010, Montana Wines was renamed Brancott Estate, where its wines had already been sold for over a decade with this label. Today only its Winemaker Series of wines carries

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792-684: The three oldest in the Hawkes Bay. The first commercial Cabernet Sauvignon in New Zealand was produced here in 1949 by Tom McDonald . The Church Road facility was purchased by Montana in 1988. In recent years, the winery has increased its operation (with the closure of the Corbans Hawke's Bay winery) and the expansion of the Church Road brand portfolio. The Corbans winery was established by McWilliam's Wines in 1981, changing hands to Cooks in 1984, Corbans in 1987, and Montana in 2000. It

828-891: The top prize for fiction was known as the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize. In 2017, it was known as the Acorn Foundation Literary Award. From 1996 to 2016, it was known as the Fiction Prize. Since 2022 and between 2015 and 2018, this award has been known as the Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction . From 2019 to 2021, this award was known as the MitoQ Best First Book Awards: Hubert Church Prize for Fiction. From 1997 to 2014, this award

864-698: The winemaking company Montana became the sponsor and the awards were renamed to the Montana Book Awards. The New Zealand Book Awards were set up by the New Zealand Literary Fund, a government organisation, in 1976. Annual awards were presented for literary merit in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and (later) book production. In 1996, the two award series were amalgamated to form the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, managed by Booksellers New Zealand (a bookselling association) and offering prizes in six categories. In 2010,

900-415: Was a more commercial scale facility than Church Road and contributed to Longridge, Corbans, Verde, Huntaway and Robard & Butler brands. The Corbans brand was sold to Lion in 2010, and in 2012 the winery was closed with most of its production integrated into the nearby Church Road facility. The Montana Gisborne Winery was one of the largest wine-making facilities in the country. Montana's original facility

936-557: Was acquired in 1973, from the business established by Fredrich Wohnsiedler (whose name lived on for a long time in a Montana product line). Two further adjacent facilities were incorporated, from Penfolds NZ in 1986 and Corbans in 2000. In 2010, Pernod Ricard sold the winery and some associated brands to the Lion Indevin partnership. All Montana wines are bottled at the Tamaki Winery in Auckland, opened in 1975. This also means that all sparkling wines undergo secondary fermentation (in

972-509: Was established in Dunedin in 1982 under the leadership of writer and artist Christodoulos Moisa , who had moved to there from Auckland. He was helped by poet Graham Lindsay. Moisa had been nominated for membership by Auckland Star editor and writer David Ballantyne and Prof. Bernard Brown before he left Auckland to live in Dunedin. The branch used to meet once a month in the staffroom of

1008-544: Was given for History and Biography. This award ended in 2009. Before 2001, a single award was given for History and Biography. The Environment award ended in 2009. From 1998 to 1999, this award was titled the Environment & Heritage Award. From 1996 to 1997, this award was titled the Natural Heritage Award. The Lifestyle & Contemporary Choice award ended in 2009. From 2000 to 2001, this award

1044-699: Was known as the Best First Book Award, Non-Fiction. The award is named for New Zealand historian and biographer Eric Hall McCormick . Since 2021, this award has been known as the Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction. From 2004 to 2020, this award was known as the Illustrated Non-Fiction Award. From 1996 to 2003, this award was known as the Illustrative Arts Award. Since 2022, this award has been known as

1080-625: Was known as the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction Prize. In 1996, this award was known as the Best First Book Award, Fiction. Prior to 1996, this award had been presented since 1945 by PEN NZ , and was named for the poet, novelist and critic Hubert Church . Since 2020, this award has been the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry. Before 2019, this award was known as the Poetry Award. Since 2022 and between 2015 and 2018, this award has been known as

1116-457: Was known as the Readers' Choice Award. There were no people's choice awards in 1996 or 1997. The Nielsen Booksellers' Choice Award was only presented in 2013 and 2014. The A W Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature Award was presented in 2004. From 2000 to 2002 this award was known as the A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award. This award ended in 2009. Before 2001, a single award

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1152-493: Was listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange , initially as 'Corporate Investments Limited', and then as Montana Wines. It was the main sponsor of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards from 1994 to 2009. In 2000, Montana successfully purchased Corbans Wines , New Zealand's second largest producer at the time, to control 60% of domestic wine sales and a large majority of the country's wine exports. Montana

1188-714: Was named for Jessie Mackay , New Zealand's first local-born poet. Since 2020, the top prize for general non-fiction has been the General Non-Fiction Award. Between 2016 and 2019, this award was known as the Royal Society Te Apārangi Award. Between 2010 and 2015, this award was known as the General Non-Fiction Prize. Between 1998 and 2009, the top prize for non-fiction was the Montana Medal for Non-Fiction. There

1224-578: Was no top prize for general non-fiction in 1996 or 1997. Since 2022 and between 2015 and 2018, this award has been known as the E H McCormick Best First Book Award for General Non-Fiction . Between 2019 and 2021, this award was known as the MitoQ Best First Book Awards: E H McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction. From 1997 to 2014, this award was known as the NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction Prize. In 1996, this award

1260-714: Was the Lifestyle Award. From 1998 to 1999, this award was the Lives & Lifestyle Award. From 1996 to 1997, this award was the Leisure & Lifestyle Award. The Reference and Anthology award was presented between 2002 and 2009. An award for the runner-up(s) in the Fiction category was presented from 2000 to 2009. This award ended in 2009. Before 2006, this award was known as the Review Pages/Section of

1296-501: Was then itself taken over by the British firm Allied Domecq in 2001 after eventually outbidding Lion Nathan , and four years later Allied Domecq was bought by Pernod Ricard in 2005. In 2010, Pernod Ricard sold off several of its brands, including Lindauer and Corbans Wines, to a partnership formed between Lion and Indevin, another large New Zealand wine operator. Montana Wines at various times has had several wineries spread around

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