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Short | Poto nā Savannah Patterson i arotake

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Tūmahi Māori: He ara whakamārama ki ngā tūmahi Māori nā Hēmi Kelly i arotake

'Hei whakakapi ake, he mārama te āhua o tā Hone whakatakoto i ngā kōrero. Kia pono, he uaua te wetereo, engari kāore ia e whakauaua ake i te kaupapa, e whakatoimaha rānei i a te kaipānui ki ngā kupu kaupapa.'

Koro Wētā

Ngā arotake a ngā kaipānui tamariki. 'He pai tēnei pukapuka ki a mātou nā te mea he pukukata, he momo pukapuka ki te ako mō t...

Nau mai, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2025!

‘Ka ora taku ngākau i te mōhio e tino ora ana te mātātuhi Māori i ngā kaupapa maha a ngā kaituhi Māori...’ Ka takoto i a Hēmi...

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

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

Giving Birth to My Father

by Tusiata Avia

The Last Living Cannibal

by Airana Ngarewa

The Tasman Journey

by W.F. Stubbs

Hopes, Fears and Wheelchairs

by Timothy Lee

Matapēhi

by William Shakespeare

How to Save Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand

by Geoffrey Palmer

Te Ahua o nga Kupu Whakaari a Te Kooti

by Ta Pou Temara

Rākau

by Ned Barraud

Olveston

by John Walsh

Edges of Empire: The Politics of Immigration in Ao...

by Francis L. Collins

South by South

by Charles Ferrall

Health Design in New Zealand

by Chris Thom

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: Kings of this World, by Elizabeth Knox

SR Manssen is taken with the teenagers' quick wit and strength in Elizabeth Knox's latest YA novel KINGS OF THIS WORLD....

Review: Hooked Up, by Fiona Sussman

Kirsteen Ure considers the psychological harm of a reality TV programme setting in Fiona Sussman's latest crime novel, HOOKED...

Review: It Nearly Killed Me But I Love You

'I laughed. I nodded. I wanted to hurl the book across the room and howl in rage when reading a doctor’s response to Corcoran...

Review: The Hungry Cook, by Olivia Galletly

'I think it would be very good to be proper friends with Olivia Galletly. If her debut book THE HUNGRY COOK is anything to go...

Review: Pastoral Care, by John Prins

Kirsteen Ure considers the complexity of parenting and relationships in John Prins' debut short story collection PASTORAL CAR...

Review in Conversation: The Case of the Angry Ghost

Alasdair, 11-yr-old guitarist and Terry Pratchett fan, gives us his honest opinion in this conversational review of Rachael K...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

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

Extract: Slowing the Sun, by Nadine Hura

Interview: Andrea Eames and Rachael Craw, romantic fantasy superstars

Extract: The Call, by Gavin Strawhan

ListenWhakarongo Mai

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

Gay in the 1960s: Autofiction by Jeffrey Buchanan

Jeffrey Buchanan talks to Emile Donovan about his new book, THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING, which won the 2024 Michael Gifkins Award...

Listen: Jiaqiao Liu on robots and how they're everywhere

In their first poetry collection DEAR ALTER, Jiaqiao Liu explores 'the ambiguities, paradoxes and kinships between human and...

Listen: Tracey Slaughter talks poetry

It's Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day! Tracey Slaughter talks to Jesse Mulligan in this expert feature on poetry. ...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

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