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

Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (15 June to 12 July 2025)....

2025 Ngaio Marsh Award Best Novel longlist revealed

The fifteenth Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel longlist is announced, with founder Craig Sisterson calling it 'facinatingly varied.'

Extract: A Life Less Punishing, by Matt Heath

We feature an extract from #NewVoicesofAotearoa Matt Heath's debut self-help book, A LIFE LESS PUNISHING, published in 2024 b...

'100 authors - 100 voices': Kiri Piahana-Wong and Michelle Elvy

'Selecting only 100 stories proved to be one of the most challenging tasks,' say Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong of their...

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

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

Strong Words 4

by Lynley Edmeades

Holding the Heavy Stuff

by Ben Sedley

The Lost Words

by Kimberley Ngareta Kearney

Invisible Intelligence

by Welby Ings

Atonement Sky

by Nalini Singh

Coach: Lessons from an All Blacks Legend

by Mike Cron

Polkinghorne

by Steve Braunias

The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds

by Gina Butson

The Venetian Blind Poems

by Paula Green

Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in A...

by Sereana Naepi

Sick Power Trip

by Erik Kennedy

Dear Alter

by Jiaqiao Liu

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: No, I Don't Get Danger Money, by Lisette Reymer

Anna Scaife is intrigued by the 'fly-on-the-wall view' of what goes on behind the camera in Lisette Reymer's debut memoir. ...

Review: Wonderland, by Tracy Farr

'They birth babies and discover radium, drive trucks and fly hot-air balloons, stare down debt collections and brew kawakawa ...

Review: The Secret Green, by Sonya Wilson

Claire Williamson reflects on 'the perfect gentle call to action' in Sonya Wilson's new children's novel THE SECRET GREEN, se...

Review: A Beautiful Family, by Jennifer Trevelyan

Jennifer Trevelyan’s debut novel harnesses the fate of a missing child to kickstart a layered coming-of-age story of friendsh...

Review: A Dim Prognosis, by Ivor Popovich

'an unflinchingly honest critique of a New Zealand health system that is at risk of implosion...' ...

Review: Terrier, Worrier by Anna Jackson

'What does the poet's voice think about over the seasons? Or think it's thinking about? How her pet hen shoved cats off the b...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

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

'It’s given me a place to escape' : Alla Zaykova

Extract: It's a Bit More Complicated Than That

'Te reo Māori has taken a bit of a beating': Donovan Te Ahunui Farnham

ListenWhakarongo Mai

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

Fiona Kidman: The written word changes lives

A new documentary, directed by Joshua Prenderville, explores Dame Fiona's life as a writer, from child to today. She and Josh...

'Children should see themselves': David Riley, The Reading Warrior

David Riley is a publisher and author of books for children. His goal is to 'inspire young people with positive, inspirationa...

100 bilingual stories: Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong

SHORT | POTO, edited by Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong, is a new fully bilingual anthology of 100 flash fiction pieces i...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

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