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Extract: Sorry Rock, by Thalia Henry

Read an extract of Thalia Henry's new novel SORRY ROCK (Cloud Ink Press)

12 August 2026

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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

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Extract: A Beautiful Family, by Jennifer Trevelyan

We feature an extract from #newvoicesofaotearoa Jennifer Trevelyan's debut novel, A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, published in 2025 by Allen & Unwin Aotearoa.

6 August 2026

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Essay: Thalia Henry on 'environment as story' in SORRY ROCK

Thalia Henry explains the importance of the distinct environments, Northern Territory and Te Henga, in her second novel SORRY ROCK.

6 August 2026

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Extract: Among Kinabuhi sa Aotearoa: Filipino Lives in Aotearoa

Nina Gabriella Santos speaks of the fight for dignity in this extract from AMONG KINABUHI SA AOTEAROA.

3 August 2026

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'It was a joy': Anthony Byrt on writing fiction

DYING DAYS features New Zealand soldiers in Trieste, vicious rumours, and the last throes of WW2...

30 July 2026

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'A beach read with teeth': Adam Perry on EVERY LAKE

'Tales of creaking pines, roaring bonfires and being watched from the trees...'

24 July 2026

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Extract: The Bookshop Detectives 3: Murder and Mojitos

Wondering what the third instalment of the wildly popular BOOKSHOP DETECTIVES series is like? Check out the first chapter here.

23 July 2026

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Heart-wrenching, significant, fascinating: Tom Clarke

GREAT TALES OF AOTEAROA author Tom Clarke give Kete the lowdown on this collection of extraordinary historical stories.

20 July 2026

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Listen: Gareth and Louise Ward

Murder and Mojitos authors Gareth and Louise Ward on RNZ

19 July 2026

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Listen: Author Graci Kim

Author Graci Kim's writing for young adults.

13 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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Four authors from Landfall Tauraka 251 speak

Landfall Tauraka publishes twice a year and includes a variety of writers from Aotearoa in each issue. Hear what four of those writers say about being published in the journal.

25 June 2026