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2021

Kuwi & Friends Māori Picture Dictionary

PANZ Book Design Awards
WINNER - Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series, Primary

Kuwi & Friends Māori Picture Dictionary

Storylines Notable Book Awards
WINNER - Te Reo Māori Category

Kuwi & Friends Māori Picture Dictionary

Storylines Notable Book Awards
WINNER - Non-Fiction Category

Flit the Fantail and the Matariki Map 

Storylines Notable Book Awards
WINNER - Picture Book Category

Ko Flit, te Tīrairaka me ngā Hēki Muna

Storylines Notable Book Awards
WINNER - Te Reo Māori 

2020

Ngā Hoa Hoihoi o Kuwi

Te Kura Poumanu Award for Te Reo Māori
FINALIST - Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Poumanu Award for Te Reo Māori - 
New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

Ko Flit, te Tīrairaka me ngā Hēki Muna

Te Kura Poumanu Award for Te Reo Māori
FINALIST – Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Poumanu Award for Te Reo Māori - 
New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

2019

KUWI'S ROWDY CROWD

Best Children’s Book 2019
Finalist - NZ Booklovers Book Awards

2017

KUWI'S VERY SHINY BUM

Nielsen 2017 Overall Bestsellers List
No. 7 – New Zealand Children and Teens

2016

Kuwi's Very Shiny Bum

Nielsen 2016 Overall Bestsellers List
No. 3 – New Zealand Children and Teens


TE HUA TUATAHI A KUWI (te Reo Kuwi's First Egg)

Children's Choice Award, Te Reo Māori Award
WINNER – New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

Te Kura Pounamu
FINALIST – New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

 

Kuwi's Huhu Hunt

Children's Choice Award, Picture Book
FINALIST – New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

2015

Kuwi's First Egg

Nielsen 2015 Overall Bestsellers List
No. 6 – New Zealand Children and Teens

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