Author record · 2017 to 2025

Ngarino Ellis: Awards and Best-of Lists

Ngarino Ellis has won 2 awards, including the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards (2017) for A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngāti Porou Carving, 1830-1930, with 1 longlist or nominee place in our archive.

Also credited with Deidre Brown, Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Natalie Robertson

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori ArtOckham New Zealand Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Illustrated Non-Fiction
2017A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngāti Porou Carving, 1830-1930Ockham New Zealand Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Best First Book: Illustrated Non-Fiction
2017A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngāti Porou Carving, 1830-1930Ockham New Zealand Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Illustrated Non-Fiction

Books

  1. A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngāti Porou Carving, 1830-19301 source · 2017
  2. Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art1 source · 2025