The Arts Foundation has launched New Zealand's first national arts awards, with filmmaker Leanne Pooley winning one of the main Laureate Awards. The awards presented at the Macquarie Private Wealth New Zealand Arts Awards recently included five $50,000 Laureate Awards, three $25,000 New Generation Awards, the $25,000 Marti Friedlander Photographic Award and the inaugural $10,000 Mallinson Rendel Award for children's book illustrators.