Nagrody i wyróżnienia 1989 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship 1991 New Zealand Book Award 2001 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, Deutz Medal For Fiction Or Poetry 2002 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, Fiction Runners Up 2003 Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize 2004 Montana New Zealand Book Awards For Children And Young Adults, Honour Award 2004 Spectrum Print Book Design Award 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize 2005 Storylines Notable Non-fiction Book 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, Montana Medal For Fiction Or Poetry 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards Fiction 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, Readers’ Choice Award 2007 Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers Residency 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Overall Best Book Award 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in the South East Asia and South Pacific 2008 Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellowship 2008 Arts Foundation New Zealand Laureate 2007 Kiriyama Pacific Prize for Fiction 2007 Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency 2008 British Book Awards Richard & Judy