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Mō ngā pukapuka i Aotearoa, kua whaowhia ki te kete kotahi.
Kete gathers reviews and news about books, authors, events and awards in Aotearoa. Kete forages weekly selecting books for you.
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Review: The Crash, by Sally Wenley
David Hill reviews this new compelling, unflinching and insistently authentic memoir, from journalis...
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Extract: Money, Money, Money, by Rachel Davies and Angela Meyer
'Money beliefs run subconsciously underneath everyday life, like programming that influences behavio...
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Queer Storytelling as Taonga: Creating Rainbow Stars Unite
'The aim was to create an offering—a taonga—for the community, reflecting a range of queer experienc...
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Review: Kiwis in Climate, edited by Tessa Vincent
'Whoever you are and wherever you are in your climate change expedition, there will be something in ...
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This week's Aotearoa NZ BestsellersNgā 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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ReviewsNgā Arotakenga
Read our independent reviews of the latest books from Aotearoa.
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Review: Hungus, by Amber Esau
'Esau represents barriers to participation in today's civic society via a poetic imagery of streaked and smeared and smashed screens, or squashed flat KFC packs...'
20 March 2026
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Capsule Review and Poem: Lyrical Ballads, by Bill Manhire
Loren Thomas admires the creativity 'let loose' in Bill Manhire's latest collection, LYRICAL BALLADS.
24 March 2026
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Review: Surviving White Island, by Kelsey Waghorn
Angela Walker reviews Kelsey Waghorn's SURVIVING WHITE ISLAND, a story of persistence and grit.
24 March 2026
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Review: Rere Atu Ki Poronihia - Flight to Polynesia
'It is a celebration of Pasifika identity and solidarity. It is able to uplift every culture it touches...'
19 March 2026
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Review: Alagā'upu Fa’asamoa Ma Uiga Mo Tamaiti
'a rich resource that champions Gagana Sāmoa...'
19 March 2026
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Review: The Black Monk, by Charlotte Grimshaw
'THE BLACK MONK is both highly perceptive and unreservedly ambiguous...'
10 March 2026
Continue reading...Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga
Author Q&As and extracts from up coming NZ books.
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ListenWhakarongo Mai
Listen to author interviews, reviews, and book news. Plus, read reviews about audiobooks by authors from Aotearoa.
Listen: The Gambler, by J. P. Pomare
Gail Pittaway reviews The Gambler by J. P. Pomare, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand.
30 March 2026
Continue reading...Listen: What Was I Thinking, Greg Judkins
Greg Judkins, author of WHAT WAS I THINKING, reflects on a life of adventure and challenge, along with the mistakes that he describes as an inescapable part of both personal and pr...
19 February 2026
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Listen: Living with dyslexia, Chanelle Moriah
Chanelle Moriah, author of non-fiction workbooks I AM DYSLEXIC and THIS IS ADHD, talks about the process of writing with dyslexia and getting diagnosed, and how the book can help n...
30 January 2026
Continue reading...Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki
The latest picks for children's picture books, junior fiction and young adults.
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2026 Featured Children's Pasifika Books
Recent children's Pasifika books as featured in the Coalition for Books 2026 Pasifika Books catalogue.
12 March 2026
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Extract: Music on Kohatu St by JL Williams
Two children. One hidden staircase. A journey that will change everything. When the past finds you, will you know what to do? Music on Kohatu Street is a middle-grade time-slip adventure set in Russell/Kororāreka.
3 March 2026
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Creative Inspirations: Luca Tu’avao Walton, illustrator and artist
As part of Kete's Pasifika Books 2026, guest edited by Gina Cole, we interviewed two Pasifika creatives on their creative inspirations, their latest reading, and the book they'd take to a desert island. Check out what illustrator Luca Tu’avao Walton has to say.
13 March 2026
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