5. Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026

Schedule

Wed May 13 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC13:00

Location

Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre | Auckland, AU

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All Tickets are Mobile Ticket Only. Mobile Tickets are like Print-at-Home tickets but instead of having to print off the tickets yourself, you can just show the barcode on your mobile phone. It is the easiest way to access tickets to your events. For more information visit Ticketmaster.co.nz/mobileticket Child Policy: Children aged under 1 will be permitted free. Provided they do not occupy a seat. Join writers, publishers, booksellers, readers and MC Miriama Kamo (Ngai Tahu, Ngati Mutunga) for the biggest night in our literary calendar. The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards will celebrate the Matatuhi Foundation Best First Book Awards, and the finalists and winners of the General Non-Fiction Award, the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry, the BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction and the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction.

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