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Review: No Words for This, by Ali Mau

'Mau push[es] back against the systematic abuses and sexism women face in newsrooms and the institutions of power that are su...

Review: Groundwork, by Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson

'She was above all a talented, industrious, 'thorough and pertinacious' botanical painter. Her watercolours and oils of NZ flora were admired and exhibited internationally...'

Crime writer Michael Bennett on tour

This May, HarperCollins will tour one of New Zealand's most acclaimed crime writers, Michael Bennett, to Christchurch, Dunedi...

'The intersections between poetry and music': Rachel O'Neill

In Tell All Thursday, writer, filmmaker and artist Rachel O'Neill explains to Kete the connections between music and words in...

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

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

Death Goddess Guide To Self Love

by Carin Smeaton

Naughty Nelly and Boring Bilbo

by Lise Moody

The Fairies' Easter Egg Surprise

by Sarina Dickson

The New Zealand Easter Activity Book

by Sarina Dickson

Kiss My Glass (Flora Valley #3)

by Catherine Robertson

The Year I Turned Thirty

by Nikki Addison

The Good Life

by Gillian Swinton

Tunis is Mad Tonight: The Life and Times of New Ze...

by Peter Cox

Peter Cleverley: Between Transience and Eternity

by Alistair Fox

Sarah's Destiny

by Vicky Adin

The Leader's Table: Unlocking the Power of Relatio...

by Gillian Cameron

Lest They Have Eyes

by Courtney Dyer

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: Bookshop Detectives: Tea and Cake and Death

The Bookshop Detectives return with another bookshop-based mystery, featuring legendary storyteller Dame Fiona Kidman amongst...

Review: Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World

Becs Tetley muses on the wide-ranging appeal of Ruth Shaw and her latest book, THREE WEE BOOKSHOPS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, a...

Review: You are Here, by Whiti Hereaka and Peata Larkin

'You are Here feels like a homecoming. Home: both the beginning and the end, te tīmatanga me te whakamutunga, of an endless j...

Review: Northbound, by Naomi Arnold

NORTHBOUND is journalist Naomi Arnold's nine-month journey walking the Te Araroa trail, from one end of Aotearoa to the other...

Review: Hastings: A boy's own adventure

'An element which runs through all of Frizzell’s multiple activities is self-confidence. He is admirably sure of himself, a c...

Review: Bear, by Kiri Lightfoot

'Lightfoot takes the classic coming-of-age story and drags it through a surreal, shadowy landscape where fear takes on a life...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

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

Extract: Unveiled: A Story of Surviving Gloriavale, by Theophila Pratt

Extract: miss adventure, by Pauline Grogan

Extract: On Call, by Ineke Meredith

ListenWhakarongo Mai

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

Audio RNZ Rodney Strong on Three Dogs, Two Murders and a Cat

Wellington cozy crime writer Rodney Strong

The author of Three Dogs, Two Murders and a Cat joins chats with RNZ's Jim Mora. ...

Jacinta Ruru RNZ Books of Mana interview

Jacinta Ruru: Books of Mana

Jacinta Ruru talks to RNZ about bringing together some of Aotearoa's most renowned Māori thinkers in a wide-ranging kōrero ab...

Naomi Arnold on walking south to north

Naomi Arnold talks to Jim Mora about her experience of the Te Araroa trail. ...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

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