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TREATY OF WAITANGI , by Ross Calman, takes out the top award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2025. Read the full article for all the winners and use ou...
12 August 2025
Twenty books on the 2025 Whitcoulls Top 100, released 28 July, are by writers from Aotearoa New Zealand. Check out our reading list of these titles!
28 July 2025
Behold these books of beauty! It's time to gaze admiringly at the PANZ Book Design Awards finalists.
23 July 2025
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Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (15 June to 12 July 2025).
16 July 2025
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Read about Enamoured Books, Auckland's new romance-only bookstore, and check out the five romance books by authors from Aotearoa that founder Ruby Wallace recommends.
6 July 2025
Take a look at the very latest fiction by authors from Aotearoa, from contemporary fiction to thrilling crime, fantasy to historical fiction and poetry.
26 June 2025
Take a look at the brilliant words and pictures in this selection of new picture books by authors and illustrators from Aotearoa.
23 June 2025
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Here they are! Ten bestselling Aotearoa NZ books for tamariki and rangatahi (18 May to 14 June 2025).
18 June 2025
Take a look at this selection of some of the best new books by authors from Aotearoa for tamariki and rangatahi.
17 June 2025
Featuring brand new biographies and titles on nature and the environment, sports, history, economics, geography, and more!
15 June 2025
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When did you know you wanted to write for kids? Kete asked some of the Children's Awards shortlisted authors, illustrators and translators to tell us about the moment they knew.
11 June 2025
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The ten authors chosen for the New Voices for Aotearoa initiative each have a unique perspective that draws a reader into their books. Kete’s gathered together reviews and commenta...
11 June 2025