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Review: Wild Wellington Ngā Taonga Taiao, by Michael Szabo

World famous for creating Aotearoa's 'Bird of the Year' competition, Michael Szabo here turns his hand to a guidebook of flor...

Hot books summer: NZ fiction for holiday reading

Dive into this list of new and noteworthy local fiction direct from the pages of the New Zealand Summer Reading Guide.

Extract: Table Talk: Opinions, stories, and a play, by C.K. Stead

Poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist, teacher and academic C.K Stead combines essays, short stories, blogs, reviews and an ...

Entries open for 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

Submissions for the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have opened....

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

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

The Pirate of Oreti Beach

by Ben Connolly

Surviving Gabrielle

by Glenda Northey

NZ Cricket Almanack 2024

by Francis Payne & Ian Smith

Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit

by Emma Neale

Batang Auckland: Migrant stories of Filipino young...

by David Riley

The Live Imaginaries

by Oliver Dace

Noah's Story: An Epic Tale of Faith and Adventure

by Paul Christian

An Aotearoan Boomer in Paradise

by David Fountain

Weteriana Methodism: Bicentennial Reflections from...

by Peter Lineham

Leo and Santa

by Joy Cowley

No Man is an Island

by Nicholas Donne

Slender Volumes

by Richard von Sturmer

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

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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: Leave Your Big Boots At The Door, by Lorraine McLeod

Racism against Māori is all around us, systemic and from individuals. David Veart considers the perspectives of Pākehā who ar...

Review: The Chthonic Cycle, by Una Cruickshank

'Each of the essays has their own story to tell, about an extraordinary wide range of subjects - from a religious sect in the...

Review: Leave the Girls Behind, by Jacqueline Bublitz

Taranaki author Jacqueline Bublitz racked up accolades at home and internationally with her sublime debut Before You Knew My ...

Review: Atua Wāhine, by Hana Tapiata

'Tapiata is upfront in sharing that these stories are the versions she knows. She has been deliberate in sharing a generalise...

Review: Delirious, by Damien Wilkins

Damien Wilkins's 14th novel mulls over the contradictions and privilege of ageing in a smart and sensitive way, writes Clare ...

Review: The Last Muster, by Carly Thomas

Lianza reviewer Bernadette Cassidy takes a journey through high-country hills with Carly Thomas in her new book, THE LAST MUS...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

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

Now and Then: Four Questions with Adrienne Jansen of Landing Press

Extract: Lily, Oh, Lily: Searching for a Nazi Ghost, by Jeffrey Holman

Kete cooks – lemon cream pie from Tasty by Chelsea Winter

ListenWhakarongo Mai

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

Audiobook review: The Call by Gavin Strawhan

Gavin Strawhan’s The Call is a challenging listen for newbie audiobook listener Shaun Bamber....

Behind the scenes on an audiobook recording with Elisabeth Easther

Actress, journalist author and playwright Elisabeth Easther might be a familiar face from her role as Carla Crozier on Shortl...

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...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

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