All about books in Aotearoa, all in one Kete.
Mō ngā pukapuka i Aotearoa, kua whaowhia ki te kete kotahi.
Kete gathers reviews and news about books, authors, events and awards in Aotearoa. Kete forages weekly selecting books for you.
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'I am a sucker for colour': Derek Smith on ROADSCAPES
Photographer Derek talks to Kete about social landscape photography in his new book.
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A feast of bold stories and ideas: Verb Wellington programme
After a year's hiatus, Verb Readers & Writers Festival returns to the capital this September, runnin...
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Extract: Sorry Rock, by Thalia Henry
Read an extract of Thalia Henry's new novel SORRY ROCK (Cloud Ink Press)
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Review: Go Hard or Go Home, by Kiri Allan
'She recounts her experiences with a directness that is as refreshing and enlightening as it is dist...
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Perverse Verse
Author: Michael Gould
The Modern Dad
Author: Louis Davis
This week's Aotearoa NZ BestsellersNgā 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...
Kete's Calendar of Events Te Maramataka Taiopenga o Kete
An essential calendar of events for all things bookish in Aotearoa New Zealand......
ReviewsNgā Arotakenga
Read our independent reviews of the latest books from Aotearoa.
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Review: Sophie, Standing There, by Meg Mason
'Mason suggests that the most meaningful relationships we form with art may ultimately reveal as much about ourselves...'
28 July 2026
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Review: Patron Saints of Roadkill and other stories
'Quiet seriousness sits at the heart of these stories, alongside a steadfast commitment to going deeper, getting under the skin...'
4 August 2026
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Review: Have this Heart, by Lawrence Patchett
'The stories are bound together by the common thread of male isolation...'
27 July 2026
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Review: AUP New Poets 12
'...thoughtful, tender, and playful meditations on place, self, and the haunting of both.'
14 July 2026
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Review: Ringside, by Mike Munro
Libby Kirkby-McLeod hunts for juicy story in political memoir RINGSIDE.
14 July 2026
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Review: Stakes, by Noelle McCarthy
'This is a book about chasing desire, but also about renegotiating boundaries...'
8 July 2026
Continue reading...Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga
Author Q&As and extracts from up coming NZ books.
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ListenWhakarongo Mai
Listen to author interviews, reviews, and book news. Plus, read reviews about audiobooks by authors from Aotearoa.
Listen: The Modern Dad
Louis Davis with a new way to navigate fatherhood.
10 August 2026
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Listen: Whole-animal eating
Chef Nick Thomson celebrating New Zealand’s rich culinary heritage and the art of nose-to-tail cooking.
10 August 2026
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Listen: The unsettled afterlife of Captain Cook
Historian Tony Ballantyne on untangling the web of Cook's legacy in his new book, Captain Cook and Unsettled Afterlives.
8 August 2026
Continue reading...Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki
The latest picks for children's picture books, junior fiction and young adults.
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The Aotearoa Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List — June - July 2026
Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (14 June to 11 July 2026).
16 July 2026
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'Not simply to translate words': Leon Blake on translation into te reo Māori
Translator Leon Blake talks to Kete about the intricacies of translation, MATARIKI KI TE AO, and bringing knowledge of Matariki to a wider audience.
8 July 2026
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National celebration of stories
Aotearoa unites for first-ever national New Zealand Children’s Book Week!
23 July 2026
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