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Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers

In 2007 the E tuhi! Get writing! Awards for Māori Writers were renamed to the Pikihuia Awards. These awards were established by Huia Publishers as the Huia Short Story Awards in 1995 to identify and foster Māori writing talent in both the English and Māori languages.

2007

Winners and Highly commended

Te Pakiwaitara i te Reo Māori Award for best short story in Māori
Winner: Uenuku Fairhall for He Rongo Kino, Rotorua (Te Arawa and Ngai te Rangi)
Highly Commended: Michael Ross for Te Whānau Pihikete, Wellington ((Ngāti Haua)
Highly Commended: Basil Keane for Te Taiaha a Tama, Porirua (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Puhi, Rangitāne)

Award for best short story in English by a secondary school student
Winner: Danielle Cavey for Lullaby, Makarewa, Invercargill (Ngāti Porou)
Highly Commended: Keegan Edwardson for It€™s Only, Kawerau (Te Whakatōhea,
Te Whānau-a-Apanui)

Award for best short story in Māori by a secondary school student
Winner: Te Teira Maxwell for Toku Papa, Rotorua (Te Arawa, Tūwharetoa)
Highly Commended: Hine Te Ariki Parata-Walker for Te Aopuangiangi rāua ko Mahuika,
Tolaga Bay (Ngāti Porou)

New Zealand Film Commission Award for best script for a short film
Winner: Rānui Taiapa for Road Warrior, Wellington (Ngāti Porou)
Highly Commended: Eva-jane Suter for Peace Fool, Manaia (Te Ati Awa, Ngāti Mutunga)
Highly Commended: Mahinaarangi Ann Leong for Remote, New Plymouth (Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-a-Apanui)

Huia Publishers Short Story Award for best short story in English
Winner: Royna Ngahuia Fifield for Secrets of the Heart, Palmerston North (Maniapoto, Tūwharetoa)
Highly Commended: Melanie Drewery for Rust, Nelson (Ngāti Mahanga)
Highly Commended: Sandra Potaka for Pavement Lunch, Hastings (Te Arawa)

Te Puni Kōkiri Award for best novel extract in English
Winner: Anahera Gildea for Morehu, Wellington (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga)
Highly Commended: Tina Nixon for Ani May, Wellington (Ngāi Tahu)
Highly Commended: Paul Gilbert for Rise and Shine, Hamilton (Ngāi Tahu)

Special Award
Oho and Wiremu Kaa for their work in Māori language publishing including their contribution to Tirohia Kimihia, the first Māori monolingual dictionary which was a finalist in the Montana Book Awards 2007.

2005: E tuhi! Get writing! Awards

Te Pakiwaitara i te Reo Māori Award for best short story in Māori for adults

Uenuku Fairhall for Piripoi, Rotorua (Ngāti Rangiwehiwehi, Waitaha, Ngāti He)

Award for best short story in English or Māori by a secondary school student

Stacey Morgan for One Sweet Day, Waipukurau (Ngāti Kahungunu, Tuwharetoa)

Award for best short story in English or Māori by a secondary school student — Runners-up

Sophie Parker for Totara, Cromwell (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa)
Rachel Torkler for The Little Park, Auckland (Ngāti Kahungunu)

Huia Publishers Novel Award for best novel extract in English

Isabel Mulholland for Hiruharama , Auckland (Ngāti Uepohutu)

New Zealand Film Commission Award for best script for a short film

Whiti Hereaka for Unclaimed Luggage, Wellington (Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa)

Huia Publishers Short Story Award for best short story in English

Eru J Hart for Who Bore the Force, Wellington (Ngāti Kahungunu)

Special Award to Patricia Grace for her recent success being named a New Zealand Icon and winner of the Deutz medal for Fiction and Poetry at the 2005 Montana Book Awards.

2003: E tuhi! Get writing! Awards

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Award (te pakiwaitara i te reo Māori mā ngā pakeke)

Darryn Joseph (Ngāti Maniapoto), Palmerston North for Tama Tahoe, Tama Ora

Mā Te Reo Award (te pakiwaitara i te reo Māori mā ngā tamariki)

Fay Williams (Ngāti Porou), Otorohanga for Kiwi te Kiwi me tō na Hāmaka

Te Puni Kōkiri Award (best short story in English or Māori by a Māori secondary school student)

Samantha Lee (Te Rarawa), Helensville for Puawai

Te Puni Kōkiri Award (best short story in English or Māori by a Māori secondary school student)

Runners Up - Lyle McMahon (Ngāti Whare/Tainui), Rotorua for Pou Tokomanawa;
Marama Kainamu-Wheeler (Nga Puhi) Otahuhu, for Mere and her poi

Huia Publishers Novel Award (best novel extract by a Māori writer)

Michelle Manning (Ngāti Kahungunu), Napier for Flying without Fear

Huia Publishers Short Story Award (best short story in English by a Māori writer)

Shona Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu), Hastings for Gaugin's Flowers

New Zealand Film Commission Film Script Award (best script for a short film by a Māori writer)

Lisa Te Hira and Patricia Donnelly (Ngāti Awa/Kahungunu), Auckland for Sunshine

Special Award to Witi Ihimaera for international success with Whale Rider - the book and the film