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Poetry Reviews: E Kō, Nō Hea Koe & In the Cracks of Light

Isla Huia reviews two recently published poetry books by kaituhi Māori, E Kō, Nō Hea Koe by Matariki Bennett, and In the Cra...

Children's Book Awards announces stellar shortlist

Well-known media personalities, bestselling-authors and previous awards winners are among the extremely strong shortlist of 32 titles for the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults announced today.

'They’re living, breathing entities': Hazel Phillips

Hazel Phillips is passionate about bringing the histories of Aotearoa’s wilderness to life through storytelling. Kete asked h...

Review: The Secrets of Maiden's Cove, by Erin Palmisano

Rochelle Ganderton reviews the 'heart-warming' THE SECRETS OF MAIDEN'S COVE by Erin Palmisano, a world of strong female frien...

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

Check out the latest books from our amazing NZ authors...

Inside the Wire: True Stories from a New Zealand p...

by Rhonda Hapi-Smith

He'll Be OK

by Celia Lashlie

A Different Kind of Power: A memoir

by Jacinda Ardern

Aroha - Te reo Māori edition

by Dr Hinemoa Elder

End Your Fight with Food: How to change your eatin...

by Claire Turnbull

Easy Weeknight Meals 10th Anniversary Edition: Sim...

by My Food Bag

Food for Kiwi Babies

by Matthew Williamson

Colinvaux's Law of Insurance in New Zealand (3rd e...

by Chris Nicoll

Because You Are You

by Mark Sommerset

The Best is Yet to Come: A Cool Change for the men...

by Grace Curtis

Pippa and the Sheep Snatchers

by Lauren Middleton

The Strength of Old Shale

by Kirsty Powell

This week's Aotearoa NZ Bestsellers

Ngā Pukapuka Pai Rawa Atu i Aotearoa i tēnei wiki

View this week's bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children's books...

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Kete's Calendar of Events

Te Maramataka Taiopenga o Kete

An essential calendar of events for all things bookish in Aotearoa New Zealand...

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Reviews Ngā Arotakenga

Read our independent reviews of the latest books from Aotearoa.

Review: High Heels and Gumboots, by Rebecca Hayter

'It pays to ask yourself before that 4-hectare block on your watchlist, could I tackle a duck the size of a swan and pull an ...

Review: Mad Diva, by Cadence Chung

'The poetic voice used throughout, the mad diva of the title, is desperate to feel the full intensity of lived experience, wh...

Review: Full Circle, by Jenny-May Clarkson

'Clarkson says receiving her kauae has been the most empowering experience of her life. “I know that peace comes from the fac...

Review: Before the Winter Ends, by Khadro Mohamed

'Mohamed transports readers through time, evoking the untamed beauty of the Pyramids of Giza—a place where Asha’s ghosts ling...

Review: Carved in Blood, by Michael Bennett

'Bennett has built another hurtling plot that's crammed with surprises. The Gods of Fiction forbid me from including any spoi...

Review: The Book of Guilt, by Catherine Chidgey

'All the children at the Sycamore Homes are orphans and they ‘sometimes felt poorly’, suffering from a mystery illness, which...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

Author Q&As and extracts from up coming NZ books.

Extract: Dreamslinger, by Graci Kim

Extract: Wonderland, by Tracy Farr

Extract: The Good Mistress, by Anne Tiernan

ListenWhakarongo Mai

Listen to author interviews, reviews, and book news. Plus, read reviews about audiobooks by authors from Aotearoa.

Against the Odds: Pioneering Women Doctors

Otago Medical School is 150 years old this year and women make up 50% of their graduates. Between the 1890s - 1967, this was ...

Korean resilience and Kiwi optimism: Graci Kim

Graci Kim, award-winning author of the Last Fallen Star and Dreamslinger series, talks Korean resilience and Kiwi optimism, a...

WONDERLAND, winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Prize

Louise O'Brien reviews Wonderland by Tracy Farr published by The Cuba Press....

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

The latest picks for children's picture books, junior fiction and young adults.