Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Adam NZ Play Awards

By Ōtepoti He Puna Auaha | Dunedin UNESCO City Of Literature | Posted: Monday Apr 14, 2025

Recognising the best in new unproduced writing for the Aotearoa theatre.

Winner of the Adam NZ Play Award, Best Play by a Māori Playwright and Best Play by a Woman Playwright:
ALEX MEDLAND for We're Gonna Kill Billy

Best Play by a Pasifika Playwright:
TUI MATELAU for Wet

McNaughton South Island Play Award:
ANDREW TODD and CATHASAIGH Ó FIANNACHTA for The Consummate Professional

Congratulations also to the shortlisted playwrights Sam Brooks, Helen Vivienne Fletcher, David Geary, Nathan Joe, Beatrice Onions, Maraea Rakuraku and Baylee Watene. Awesome.

Find out more here: Playmarket