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Established 1997 as the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, the name was changed in 2003 to the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. They are sponsored by New Zealand Post, organised and administrated by Booksellers New Zealand and supported by Creative New Zealand and Book Tokens (NZ) Ltd. Awards are presented to New Zealand books in five categories plus a "Book of the Year" and a "Children's Choice".

Established in 1982. Sposnored by New Zealand Post.

The Russell Clark Award will be made for the most distinguished pictures or illustrations for a children's book with, or without, text which has been published in the previous year. The artist or illustrator must be a citizen or resident of New Zealand.

The pictures or illustrations must be original work and convey the spirit of the book. The text, as an important component of the work, should also be of high quality. The format and physical make-up of the illustrated book shall be a consideration and a reprint or new edition of a text may be considered only if the illustrations are being published for the first time.

Established in 1978. Sponsored by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa.