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Kupu Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi 2025

He Rārāngi Kaituhi Māori Taumata Rau Ka Whakaeke Atu Ki Rotorua Mo Te Taiopenga Tuawhā o Kupu...

Extract: Everything but the medicine, by Lucy O'Hagan

Lucy O'Hagan's memoir EVERYTHING BUT THE MEDICINE has its eye on one question: What is it to be a good doctor in Aotearoa?

Kiwi kids love to read!

What do dragons, phoenixes, Tūī, sheep, kunekune pigs, Kiwi and cats have in common? They all feature in new books by local a...

Best-designed Book a Celebration of Women Artists

A show-stopping celebration of women and their art has been deemed the supreme winner at the 2025 PANZ Book Design Awards....

New Books

Ngā Pukapuka Hou

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

Giving Birth to My Father

by Tusiata Avia

The Last Living Cannibal

by Airana Ngarewa

Whāia te Taniwha

by Ruby Solly

Mental Health in Search of Spirituality

by Dr. Kam Wong

Lepan's Shadow

by Douglas Pearce

Hiding Places

by Lynley Edmeades

Hooked: Learning to Fish

by Al Brown

Dracula in the Colonies

by Tim Jones

A Discovery in the Rocks

by Mary Duff

A Winter of Intent

by Caro Geelen

Hopes, Fears and Wheelchairs

by Timothy Lee

The Tasman Journey

by W.F. Stubbs

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...

View this week's list

Kete's Calendar of Events

Te Maramataka Taiopenga o Kete

An essential calendar of events for all things bookish in Aotearoa New Zealand...

View this month's events...

Reviews Ngā Arotakenga

Read our independent reviews of the latest books from Aotearoa.

Tūmahi Māori: He ara whakamārama ki ngā tūmahi Māori nā Hēmi Kelly i arotake

'Hei whakakapi ake, he mārama te āhua o tā Hone whakatakoto i ngā kōrero. Kia pono, he uaua te wetereo, engari kāore ia e wha...

Short | Poto nā Savannah Patterson i arotake

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Review: Kings of this World, by Elizabeth Knox

SR Manssen is taken with the teenagers' quick wit and strength in Elizabeth Knox's latest YA novel KINGS OF THIS WORLD....

Review: Hooked Up, by Fiona Sussman

Kirsteen Ure considers the psychological harm of a reality TV programme setting in Fiona Sussman's latest crime novel, HOOKED...

Review: It Nearly Killed Me But I Love You

'I laughed. I nodded. I wanted to hurl the book across the room and howl in rage when reading a doctor’s response to Corcoran...

Review: The Hungry Cook, by Olivia Galletly

'I think it would be very good to be proper friends with Olivia Galletly. If her debut book THE HUNGRY COOK is anything to go...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

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

'Te reo Māori is how I speak to the world around me': Airana Ngarewa

Extract: Feijoa, by Kate Evans

'A rapidly shifting, unstable world': Jo Randerson

ListenWhakarongo Mai

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

Gay in the 1960s: Autofiction by Jeffrey Buchanan

Jeffrey Buchanan talks to Emile Donovan about his new book, THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING, which won the 2024 Michael Gifkins Award...

Listen: Jiaqiao Liu on robots and how they're everywhere

In their first poetry collection DEAR ALTER, Jiaqiao Liu explores 'the ambiguities, paradoxes and kinships between human and...

Listen: Tracey Slaughter talks poetry

It's Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day! Tracey Slaughter talks to Jesse Mulligan in this expert feature on poetry. ...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

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

All about books in Aotearoa, all in one Kete.

Mō ngā pukapuka i Aotearoa, kua whaowhia ki te kete kotahi.

Kupu Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi 2025

Extract: Everything but the medicine, by Lucy O'Hagan

Kiwi kids love to read!

Best-designed Book a Celebration of Women Artists

New Books

Giving Birth to My Father

The Last Living Cannibal

Whāia te Taniwha

Mental Health in Search of Spirituality

Lepan's Shadow

Hiding Places

Hooked: Learning to Fish

Dracula in the Colonies

A Discovery in the Rocks

A Winter of Intent

Hopes, Fears and Wheelchairs

The Tasman Journey

This week's Aotearoa NZ Bestsellers

Kete's Calendar of Events

Reviews Ngā Arotakenga

Tūmahi Māori: He ara whakamārama ki ngā tūmahi Māori nā Hēmi Kelly i arotake

Short | Poto nā Savannah Patterson i arotake

Review: Kings of this World, by Elizabeth Knox

Review: Hooked Up, by Fiona Sussman

Review: It Nearly Killed Me But I Love You

Review: The Hungry Cook, by Olivia Galletly

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

'Te reo Māori is how I speak to the world around me': Airana Ngarewa

Extract: Feijoa, by Kate Evans

'A rapidly shifting, unstable world': Jo Randerson

ListenWhakarongo Mai

Gay in the 1960s: Autofiction by Jeffrey Buchanan

Listen: Jiaqiao Liu on robots and how they're everywhere

Listen: Tracey Slaughter talks poetry

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

Kiwi kids love to read!

The Lost Words: How My Mum Found Her Reo

Koro Wētā