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The Notables: Storylines announce Notable Book Awards

Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa is delighted to announce the 2025 Storylines Nota...

Aotearoa Blooms: Homegrown and the Interlopers

Alex Eagles-Tully tackles flowers in Aotearoa from two different angles, considering Philip Garnock-Jones' HE PUĀWAI: A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND FLOWERS, and CASE STUDIES: A STORY OF PLANT TRAVEL by Felicity Jones and Mark Smith.

Review: Mana, by Tāme Iti

'Iti’s life, which for most of his adulthood has been sketched out broadly in the media and exist in the public domain, gains...

The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — October 2025

Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (5 October to 1 November 2025)....

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

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

Giving Birth to My Father

by Tusiata Avia

Good Things Come and Go

by Josie Shapiro

The American Boys

by Olivia Spooner

The Shadow Weaver

by Ivy Cliffwater

A Tiny Book of 100 Big Things in Aotearoa New Zeal...

by Maja Zonjic

Will the Driver Be A Waver

by Paul Beavis

The Launch Of Rocket Lab

by Peter Griffin

Ghosts of the Empire

by Janna Ruth

Ruth Dallas: A writer's life

by Diana Morrow

This Moment, Every Moment

by Nicola Cummins

A Gap in Nature

by Elspeth Sandys

Dodger

by Pamela Phillips

This week's Aotearoa NZ Bestsellers

Ngā Pukapuka Pai Rawa Atu i Aotearoa i tēnei wiki

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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: Where in All the World

'Harriet's voice, understated, measured, and eloquent, is clearly of an educated, privileged woman. She often writes metaphor...

Review: Empathy, by Bryan Walpert

Ockham finalist author Bryan Walpert is back with EMPATHY, his tenth novel. Anna Scaife investigates. ...

Review: The Long Shadow, by Cally Whitham

'Whitham has meticulously gathered her collection of images of native and introduced New Zealand species with the hope that a...

Review: Yesterday When I Was Young, by Suzanne Lynch

'Her story, which is quite remarkable in the years before she turned 20, becomes even more so when – after the Chicks go thei...

Review: Te Whāriki: Reading Ten New Poets from Aotearoa

'This book encourages close reading and gifting - between poems, collections, poets, and generations. The writing is rich and...

Review: All Her Lives, by Ingrid Horrocks

'Horrocks’ characters have a self-aware physicality to them, whether they are at home in their bodies or not. Visuals of preg...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

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

Interview: Ingrid Horrocks and Michelle Duff talk short stories

Interview: Rewriting Ernest Rutherford, with author Matthew Wright

'Such a treat': Briony of Marsden's Books on bookshops and libraries

ListenWhakarongo Mai

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

Listen: Olivia Spooner and WWII American soldiers

Olivia Spooner reflects on WWII American soldiers based in NZ, the subject of her latest novel, in this SUNDAY MORNING interv...

Listen: Catch that Fish with chef Al Brown

A lifelong love of fishing has led chef Al Brown to his latest endeavour - a book for children and adults, HOOKED: LEARNING T...

Rural life and recipes: Nadia Lim's favourites

Chef Nadia Lim, whose new book NADIA'S FARM KITCHEN is out now, shares her thoughts on rural life on Playing Favourites at R...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

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