Dame Jacinda Ardern Wins Ockham Book Award, Will Donate Prize Money to Literacy Charity

Dame Jacinda Ardern wins Ockham book award, will donate prize money to literacy charity

Dame Jacinda Ardern will donate the $3000 prize money from her win at tonight’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards to a literacy charity. Her best-selling...

Debut authors shine at 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

From political memoirs to "outrageously good" fiction, here are the winners of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Live updates from the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Books editor Claire Mabey live blogs this year’s award ceremony live from the Aotea Centre, Tāmaki Makaurau. Welcome to the biggest night in Aotearoa literature, where we find out who won some of the country’s biggest – and most cashed up – literary prizes. I’ll be here to bring you up to speed from 4pm, before the ceremony kicks off at 7pm. Load more