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Dr Terri Te Tau 2026 IIML Emerging Māori Writer in Residence

Fiction writer and artist Dr Terri Te Tau (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne ki Wairarapa) has been appointed as the Te Herenga Waka...

25 authors from 2025 give us their favs

25 authors who published books this year give us their best recommendations from books published this century.

Review: Standing on my Shadow, by Serie Barford

'Resistance, in a multitude of forms, could very well be the collection’s central theme. Barford’s own, beautiful voice comes...

Teachers Reading Challenge begins for 2025-2026

The Teachers Reading Challenge, hosted by Read NZ Te Pou Muramura, returns for summer 2025-2026....

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

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

Music on Kohatu Street

by J L Williams

The School of Twinkle Toes

by Anna Wilkes

You Can't Make an Omelette Without Breaking a Few ...

by Steve Stannard

Family Law in New Zealand, 22nd edition

by Shonagh Burnhill Bill Atkin

Obligate Carnivore

by Stephanie Johnson

Psychiatry and the Law, 2nd edition (Paperback)

by Jeremy Skipworth Warren Brookbanks

The Knobbly Ball

by Anna Bloomfield

Calum the Chameleon

by Danni Rae

I am You Papatuanuku

by Kate Parker

Folly Journal 003

by Emily Broadmore

Enlightened

by R.William Plume

Awkward

by Bonnie Pue

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: Hoods Landing, by Laura Vincent

'Reading Hoods Landing feels like sliding into the middle seat of a packed van bound for a funeral. Everyone is talking at on...

Review: Giving Birth to My Father, by Tusiata Avia

'...a rich and raw homage to her father, a deeply moving and personal reflection on his death interwoven with poignant descri...

Review: The Collector, by Andrew McKay and Richard Wolfe

David Hill muses on the Victorian collector-type in this review of THE COLLECTOR, a biography of Thomas Cheeseman. ...

Review: Ruth Dallas: A Writer's Life, by Diana Morrow

'...her poetry was notable for its clarity, refinement, economy and engagement with the landscape of Southland and Otago. It ...

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...

Review: Good Things Come and Go, by Josie Shapiro

'Shapiro’s writing is artful and assured, and Good Things Come and Go is a heartfelt exploration. It weighs up what could hav...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

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

Skateboarding and research joy: Josie Shapiro and Sue Orr

'The urgent need for stories': Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson

'joyful queer tangata Tiriti ways': Dr liz breslin

ListenWhakarongo Mai

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

Dinah Hawken reads a poem

Esteemed poet Dinah Hawken speaks about her career and upcoming 2026 new book, plus reads a poem, in this interview at RNZ....

Listen: Kiri Lightfoot's love of picture books

Kiri Lightfoot, author of the recent picture book TE NGAHERE I TE PŌ / THE FOREST AT NIGHT and award-winning YA BEAR, talks a...

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...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

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