LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award

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The '''LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award''' was established in 1986 by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA). It aimed to encourage the production of the best non-fiction writing for young New Zealanders. The award was renamed the LIANZA Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award in 2002, and that award became the Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award in 2016.

== History ==
The LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award was an initiative of the [[New Zealand Library Association Inc.|Library and information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa]] (LIANZA). The LIANZA Children and Young Adult Book Awards began in 1945 with the [[Esther Glen Award]]. Later they expanded to encompass a wide range of awards for non-fiction, young adult, illustration, works in Te Reo Māori and librarian’s choice as well as fiction. The Awards were judged by a panel of experienced librarians.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

The non-fiction award, established in 1986, was known as the LIANZA Young People’s Non-Fiction Award. Its aim was to encourage the writing and production of high-quality non-fiction books for young New Zealand readers.

In 2002, it was renamed the LIANZA Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award to commemorate the life and work of [[Elsie Locke]] (1912-2001), whose own fiction and non-fiction for children often focused on New Zealand history.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Elsie Locke was a writer, historian, peace activist and campaigner for women’s rights, social justice, nuclear disarmament and the environment.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She won a number of awards for her writing including the [[Gaelyn Gordon Award|Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book]] and the [[Margaret Mahy Award|Margaret Mahy Medal]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Her historical children’s novels included ''The Runaway Settlers'' (1965), ''The End of the Harbour'' (1969) and ''A Canoe in the Mist'' (1984), and her non-fiction for young people included ''Two Peoples, One Land: A History of Aotearoa'' (1988).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

In 2016, the LIANZA Awards were merged with the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The Award is now called the Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award.

== List of recipients ==
{| class="wikitable"
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|1987
|''Gaijin: Foreign Children in Japan'' by Olive and Ngaio Hill (Longman Paul, 1986)
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|1988
|No award
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|1989
|''It’s OK to be You! Feeling Good about Growing Up'' by Claire Patterson, ill. Lindsay Quilter (Century Hutchinson, 1988)
|-
|1990
|''The Web: the Triumph of a New Zealand Girl over Anorexia'' by Deborah Furley (Collins, 1989)
|-
|1991
|''Model Boats that Really Go'' by John Reid (Random Century, 1990)
|-
|1992
|''The Damselfly'' by Peter Garland (Nelson Price Milburn, c1990)
|-
|1993
|''Albatross Adventure'' by Kim Westerskov (Nelson Price Milburn, c1992)
|-
|1994
|''Paikea'' by [[Robyn Kahukiwa]] (Viking, 1993)
|-
|1995
|''Shadows on the Wall'' by Barbara Cairns and Helen Martin (Longman Paul, 1994)
|-
|1996
|''Laura’s Poems'' by Laura Ranger (Godwit Publishing, 1995)
|-
|1997
|''The Field'' by Diana Noonan, photographs by Nic Bishop [I Spy Wildlife series] (Heinemann Education 1996)
|-
|1998
|''The  Life-size Guide to Native Trees and Other Common Plants of New Zealand’s Native Forest'' by Andrew Crowe (Penguin, 1997)
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|1999
|No award
|-
|2000
|No award
|-
|2001
|''The Tuatara'' by Brian Parkinson (Reed Children's Books, 2000)
|}

== See also ==

* [[List of New Zealand literary awards]]

== External links ==

* [https://ift.tt/2GGr2KH <abbr>LIANZA</abbr> Young People’s Non-Fiction Award] under LIANZA Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award on Christchurch City Libraries website

== References ==


[[Category:New Zealand literary awards]]

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