



with the two categories, Fiction, and Picture Book. No awards were presented in 1989, but in 1990, Unilever New Zealand (then the New Zealand manufacturer of Aim toothpaste) restarted them as the AIM Children's Book Awards. A non-fiction award was presented in 1986, but not in 1987 or 1988, the final years of this incarnation of the awards. The awards began in 1982, as the New Zealand Government Publishing Awards, with two categories, Children's Book of the Year and Picture Book of the Year. As of 2020 they are administered by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust and carry prize money of NZ$7,500. The awards began in 1982 as the New Zealand Government Publishing Awards, and have had several title changes until the present one in 2015, including New Zealand Children's Book Awards. The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a series of literary awards presented annually to recognise excellence in children and young adult's literature in New Zealand. The official party of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015Įxcellence in children and young adult's literature in New Zealand
