Review: Tiahuia, by Merenia Gray
'Tiahuia Gray wore many hats, from city councillor to teacher, kaikaranga to nurse; but despite despite her many positions an...
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Review: See How They Fall, by Rachel Paris
Rachel Paris's debut thriller SEE HOW THEY FALL provides plenty of pace and unpredictability, as poisonings among a billionaire Australian family unleash all sorts of skeletons. Reviewer Craig Sisterson sees series potential for compelling main detective Mei O'Connor.
The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — March 2025
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (23 February to 22 March 2025)....
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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 ...
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Review: Tony Fomison, by Mark Forman
'Forman paints a vivid picture of Fomison's life in the 1960s and 1970s, including his time on the streets in Paris, his stay...
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Review: Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages
Anuja Mitra explores the kaleidoscopic collection TE MOANA O REO and its 'melody stitching together a number of voices; old a...
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Review: Clay Eaters, by Gregory Kan
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Review: Violet and the Velvets, by Rachael King
'Meet Violet Grumble: a twelve-year-old rockstar in the making. Violet’s dream is to compete at BandChamps, the ultimate scho...
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Review: Toitū te Whenua, by Lauren Keenan
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Response: A Niu Dawn: Creative Responses to the Dawn Raids
'This book is a powerful collection of visual and personal responses to the dawn raids, created by leading and emerging Pasif...
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Wellington cozy crime writer Rodney Strong
The author of Three Dogs, Two Murders and a Cat joins chats with RNZ's Jim Mora. ...
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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...
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Audiobook review: Make it Make Sense
Nat Baker reviews the audiobook of Make it Make Sense, a conversational book written and narrated by Lucy Blakiston and Bel H...
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Creative Inspirations: Inangaro Vakaafi, author of Hunt for Niutupu
As part of Kete's Pasifika Books 2025, guest edited by Victor Rodger, we interviewed four Pasifika writers on their writerly ...
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Recent books for children by Pasifika authors
Fourteen recent children's books by Pasifika authors as featured in the Coalition for Books 2025 Pasifika Books Catalogue. ...
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Magic, collaborations, not growing up: Elena de Roo
Tell All Thursday begins again for 2025. Kete talks to Elena de Roo, children's author and poet, who recently released WIZARD...
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