Thursday 19 September Māori and Pasifika designershave taken out the top honours at the 2024 PANZ Book DesignAwards, held in Auckland this evening. The supremeaward, the , went to by Jade Kake and Jeremy Hansen (MasseyUniversity Press), a tribute to the late architect RewiThompson. The book’s cover was designed by TyroneOhia and Eva Charlton from design agency Extended Whānau,and the interior by Tyrone Ohia, Eva Charlton, MaxQuinn-Tapara (Extended Whānau) and KatrinaDuncan.
The designers are credited with crafting awork of bold elegance, where every detail — from thecolour palette to the thoughtful typography — celebratesRewi’s legacy. and editedby Lana Lopesi (Penguin Random House NZ in association withPacific Arts, Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa) anddesigned by Shaun Naufahu (Alt Group) and Katrina Duncan,were vying for the top spot in three of the most hotlycontested categories. wasthe winner of the y while took out the , before the shockannouncement that both titles would receive the honour of The judges were split downthe middle and felt strongly that both books were equallyworthy of the prize so made the unusual decision to award itto both titles.
Finally, attendees at the ceremony hadthe chance to play judge and vote for the book theyconsidered most beautiful. The audience clearly agreed withthe judges and was awardedthe Other winners included edited by Balamohan Shingade and ErenaShingade (GLORIA Books) designed by Katie Kerr, which wonthe .While by b.