Arts and Literature
- Bernadette Hall wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
- Book of the Year/Cultural Heritage: Judith Binney, Redemption Songs - A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki
- First Book Awards
- Fiction: Emily Perkins, Not Her Real Name
- Poetry: James Brown, Go Round Power Please
- Non-Fiction: Alex Frame, Salmond: Southern Jurist
- f*INK, Dunedin's weekly entertainment magazine is founded
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