Author /Translator: Fraser Smith / Piripi Walker. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

This is the Māori language edition of Awatea’s Treasure.

15 February 2022 release

Author / Illustrator /Translator: T.K. Roxborogh/ Phoebe Morris / Kanapu Rangituria. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

This is the Māori language edition of Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea.

15 February 2022 release

Author: Lauren Keenan. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

Amorangi and Millie lost their mum. Their only clue to her whereabouts is a carving on a tree that says I’m in the past …

1 March 2022 release

Author: Ataria Sharman. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

A fast-paced fantasy adventure. Hine and her brother, Hohepa, unwittingly step through a portal into an ancient realm inhabited by the atua Māori (Māori deities), Kea bird tribes, patupaiarehe (fairy people), moa and giant eagles.

31 August 2021 release

Author/Illustrator: Katharina Von Der Gathen; Anke Kuhl. Translator: Shelley Tanaka. Publisher: Gecko Press.

A compendium of all the weird and wonderful ways the animal kingdom reproduces. Wittily illustrated and frankly told, it covers courting rituals both elaborate and devious, extraordinary physiology, cleverly planned pregnancies, the most devoted fathers and the sweetest animal babies on Earth.

5 May 2021 release

Author: Vivienne Bailey. Publisher: The Cuba Press.

Cricket-crazy Tom dreams of making the junior rep cricket squad and playing at the fabled Basin Reserve. Will he make it? (For ages 9-11.)

15 March 2021 release

Author: Des Hunt. Publisher: Torea Press.

Tuatara are dying because of climate change. For a while there is hope the species may survive, but when the last tuatara dies it is thought the species has been lost. That's until twins Jason and Jessy make a remarkable discovery on their family farm.

January 2021 release

Author: Stacy Gregg. Publisher: HarperCollins New Zealand.

Maisie has always loved horses. She is also a talented artist. When the opportunity arises for her to go to art school in Paris, she doesn't imagine she'll get to ride there too. 7 October 2020 release

Author: Victoria Cleal. Illustrator: Isobel Joy Te Aho-White. Publisher: Te Papa Press.

A wonderful 32-page illustrated book that dives into the mysterious world of the colossal squid. October 2020 release