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Extract: Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: Essays on Life in Auckland

An essay extract by Jean Teng from the recently-released book TĀMAKI MAKAURAU 2025: ESSAYS ON LIFE IN AUCKLAND...

Review: Mana, by Tāme Iti

'Iti’s life, which for most of his adulthood has been sketched out broadly in the media and exist in the public domain, gains a new urgency and freshness...'

Review: Ruth Dallas: A Writer's Life, by Diana Morrow

'...her poetry was notable for its clarity, refinement, economy and engagement with the landscape of Southland and Otago. It ...

Review: Giving Birth to My Father, by Tusiata Avia

'...a rich and raw homage to her father, a deeply moving and personal reflection on his death interwoven with poignant descri...

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

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

Giving Birth to My Father

by Tusiata Avia

Good Things Come and Go

by Josie Shapiro

Tamaki Makaurau 2025: Essays on Life in Auckland

by Damien Levi

The Shadow Weaver

by Ivy Cliffwater

The Launch Of Rocket Lab

by Peter Griffin

The American Boys

by Olivia Spooner

A Tiny Book of 100 Big Things in Aotearoa New Zeal...

by Maja Zonjic

Will the Driver Be A Waver

by Paul Beavis

Ghosts of the Empire

by Janna Ruth

Ruth Dallas: A writer's life

by Diana Morrow

This Moment, Every Moment

by Nicola Cummins

A Gap in Nature

by Elspeth Sandys

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: Good Things Come and Go, by Josie Shapiro

'Shapiro’s writing is artful and assured, and Good Things Come and Go is a heartfelt exploration. It weighs up what could hav...

Review: The Shadow Weaver, by Ivy Cliffwater

'Main character Caris Ironside is badass. Unconventional, trained as a blacksmith and swordsperson, Caris has a mission...'...

Review: Hiding Places, by Lynley Edmeades

'...a way of talking about what matters to us most, but telling it slant. And the result is rich, complex, skittish and intel...

Review: Where in All the World

'Harriet's voice, understated, measured, and eloquent, is clearly of an educated, privileged woman. She often writes metaphor...

Review: Empathy, by Bryan Walpert

Ockham finalist author Bryan Walpert is back with EMPATHY, his tenth novel. Anna Scaife investigates. ...

Review: The Long Shadow, by Cally Whitham

'Whitham has meticulously gathered her collection of images of native and introduced New Zealand species with the hope that a...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

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

'The urgent need for stories': Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson

'joyful queer tangata Tiriti ways': Dr liz breslin

Interview: Ingrid Horrocks and Michelle Duff talk short stories

ListenWhakarongo Mai

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

Listen: Olivia Spooner and WWII American soldiers

Olivia Spooner reflects on WWII American soldiers based in NZ, the subject of her latest novel, in this SUNDAY MORNING interv...

Listen: Catch that Fish with chef Al Brown

A lifelong love of fishing has led chef Al Brown to his latest endeavour - a book for children and adults, HOOKED: LEARNING T...

Rural life and recipes: Nadia Lim's favourites

Chef Nadia Lim, whose new book NADIA'S FARM KITCHEN is out now, shares her thoughts on rural life on Playing Favourites at R...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

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