All about books in Aotearoa, all in one Kete.
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: Have this Heart, by Lawrence Patchett
'The stories are bound together by the common thread of male isolation...'
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Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards 2026 Winners’ Announcement
15 awards were presented to booksellers, publishers, authors and book trade stalwarts for excellence...
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Extract: The Bookshop Detectives 3: Murder and Mojitos
Wondering what the third instalment of the wildly popular BOOKSHOP DETECTIVES series is like? Check ...
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'A beach read with teeth': Adam Perry on EVERY LAKE
'Tales of creaking pines, roaring bonfires and being watched from the trees...'
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New Books Ngā Pukapuka Hou
No Prisoners
Author: Ellis Blake
House of Liars
Author: Jenny Williams
Lady of the Murals
Author: Stephen Oliver
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...
Kete's Calendar of Events Te Maramataka Taiopenga o Kete
An essential calendar of events for all things bookish in Aotearoa New Zealand......
ReviewsNgā Arotakenga
Read our independent reviews of the latest books from Aotearoa.
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Review: AUP New Poets 12
'...thoughtful, tender, and playful meditations on place, self, and the haunting of both.'
14 July 2026
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Review: Ringside, by Mike Munro
Libby Kirkby-McLeod hunts for juicy story in political memoir RINGSIDE.
14 July 2026
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Review: Stakes, by Noelle McCarthy
'This is a book about chasing desire, but also about renegotiating boundaries...'
8 July 2026
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Review: A Place to Stand, by Clare Ward
6 July 2026
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Review: The Nowhere Boy, by Anne Cleary
Claire Williamson analyses the questions at the heart of Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize Winner novel THE NOWHERE BOY.
3 July 2026
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Review: Ngāti Kuia: He Pūtake, Hei Pakiaka Ora A History, by Madi Williams
'There are vast expanses of this country where the mana of the whenua has not been acknowledged by the conquerors. To learn the whakapapa we need to listen, but to whom? This book,...
22 June 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: Gareth and Louise Ward
Murder and Mojitos authors Gareth and Louise Ward on RNZ
19 July 2026
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Listen: Author Graci Kim
Author Graci Kim's writing for young adults.
13 July 2026
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Listen: Author compiles Southern Hemisphere's greatest novels
Southern Hemisphere's best novels list explained
23 June 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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The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — June - July 2026
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (14 June to 11 July 2026).
16 July 2026
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'Not simply to translate words': Leon Blake on translation into te reo Māori
Translator Leon Blake talks to Kete about the intricacies of translation, MATARIKI KI TE AO, and bringing knowledge of Matariki to a wider audience.
8 July 2026
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National celebration of stories
Aotearoa unites for first-ever national New Zealand Children’s Book Week!
23 July 2026
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