Strongman, Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance. City Gallery Wellington, Trustees of Parihaka Pa & Victoria University Press 2000 – Chris Maclean, Kapiti. The Whitcombe Press 1998 – Harry Orsman, Dictionary of New Zealand English: A Dictionary of New Zealandisms on Historical Principles. Oxford University Press Biography This award ended in 2009. Before 2001, a single award was given for History and Biography. 2009 – Jill Trevelyan, Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life. Te Papa Press 2008 – Judy Siers, The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor. Millwood Heritage Productions Ltd 2007 – Philip Norman, Douglas Lilburn: His Life and Music. Canterbury University Press 2006 – Graeme Dingle, Dingle. Vintage 2005 – Martin Edmond, Chronicle of the Unsung. Auckland University Press 2004 – Rachel Barrowman, Mason. Victoria University Press 2003 – Philip Temple, A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields. Auckland University Press 2002 – Peter Wells, Long Loop Home. Vintage 2001 – Michael King, Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame. Viking Press 1999 – Kevin Ireland, Under the Bridge and Over the Moon. Vintage Environment The Environment award ended in 2009. From 1998 to 1999, this award was titled the Environment & Heritage Award. From 1996 to 1997, this award was titled the Natural Heritage Award. 2009 – edited by Ian J. Graham, A Continent on the Move: New Zealand Geoscience into the 21st Century. Geological Society of New Zealand 2008 – Janet Hunt, Wetlands of New Zealand. Random House NZ 2007 – George Gibbs, Ghosts of Gondwana. Craig Potton Publishing 2006 – Philip Simpson, Pōhutukawa & Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees. Vintage 2005 – Anne Rimmer, Tiritiri Matangi: A Model of Conservation. Tandem Press 2004 – Peter Batson, Deep New Zealand. Canterbury University Press 2003 – Geoff Chapple, Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail. Random House NZ 2002 – Bob Harvey, Rolling Thunder: The Spirit of Karekare. Exisle Publishing 2001 – Philip Simpson, Dancing Leaves: The Story of New Zealand's Cabbage Tree. Canterbury University Press 2000 – Shaun Barnett & Rob Brown, Classic Tramping in New Zealand . Craig Potton Publishing 1999 – Gerard Hutching, The Natural World of New Zealand. Penguin Group (NZ) 1998 – Peter Johnson, Pick of the Bunch: New Zealand Wildflowers. Longacre Press 1997 – John Dawson, photography by Rob Lucas, New Zealand Coast and Mountain Plants: Their Communities and Lifestyles. Victoria University Press 1996 – Neville Peat and Brian Patrick, Wild