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Selina Tusitala Marsh announced as first Commonwealth Poet Laureate

New Zealand poet and Auckland University Professor of English Selina Tusitala Marsh is the first Commonwealth Poet Laureate. ...

Extract: Comfort Cooking, by Wendy Morgan

Whether it's the end of a hard day at work, you've got lots of hungry mouths to feed, or you're simply craving something nourishing that also fills you up, it's time to get busy in the kitchen with Wendy Morgan's no-fuss comfort food.

Free NZCYA Finalists Activity Booklet released

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have released their popular finalist activity booklet just in time for ...

Review: The Secret Green, by Sonya Wilson

Claire Williamson reflects on 'the perfect gentle call to action' in Sonya Wilson's new children's novel THE SECRET GREEN, se...

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

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

Strong Words 4

by Lynley Edmeades

Holding the Heavy Stuff

by Ben Sedley

The Lost Words

by Kimberley Ngareta Kearney

Invisible Intelligence

by Welby Ings

Atonement Sky

by Nalini Singh

In the Hollow of a Wave

by Nina Mingya Powles

The Spanish Daughter

by Soraya Lane

Splash!

by Donovan Bixley

The Last Journey

by Stacy Gregg

Ghost Kiwi

by Ruth Paul

Hairy Maclary and Friends: Little Learning Library...

by Lynley Dodd

Empathy

by Bryan Walpert

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: A Dim Prognosis, by Ivor Popovich

'an unflinchingly honest critique of a New Zealand health system that is at risk of implosion...' ...

Review: Terrier, Worrier by Anna Jackson

'What does the poet's voice think about over the seasons? Or think it's thinking about? How her pet hen shoved cats off the b...

Review: The Good Father, by Liam McIlvanney

Clare Travaglia can't put down Liam McIlvanney's latest thriller, THE GOOD FATHER. ...

Review: Short | Poto

'The bilingual presentation creates a unique reading experience. Stories appear numerically from 1-100, side by side in both ...

Review: Against the Odds, by Cynthia Farquhar and Michaela Selway

'This book reverberates with the bravery and tireless work ethic of extraordinary women in the face of absurd levels of preju...

Review: A Different Kind of Power, by Jacinda Ardern

What does a leader look like? Angela Walker dives into Jacinda Ardern's philosophy in A Different Kind of Power. ...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

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

'It’s given me a place to escape' : Alla Zaykova

Extract: It's a Bit More Complicated Than That

'Te reo Māori has taken a bit of a beating': Donovan Te Ahunui Farnham

ListenWhakarongo Mai

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

'Children should see themselves': David Riley, The Reading Warrior

David Riley is a publisher and author of books for children. His goal is to 'inspire young people with positive, inspirationa...

100 bilingual stories: Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong

SHORT | POTO, edited by Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong, is a new fully bilingual anthology of 100 flash fiction pieces i...

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 ...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

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