2022 Releases

Young Readers' EditionAn abridged edition of the bestselling memoirStan Walker is one of Aotearoa's most famous singers. But nothing ever came easy for Stan. What were the chances of success...

Echidna is a dangerous animal; she pokes holes in men just toremind them what kind of monster she is wakes up every single morning and chooses violence cos what choice...

Daily wisdom guided by Hina, the Maori moonDr Hinemoa Elder, author of Aroha, New Zealand's top-selling non-fiction title of 2021, shows us how to reclaim intimacy with others, with ourselves,...

Like nothing you've read before, How to Loiter in a Turf War is a lucid, genre-bending, cinematic work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa's fiercest and most versatile artists.It's...

One woman’s journey to her moko kauae as an expression of her Kāi Tahu identity.I kā rā o mua, I would know my place in my tīpuna’s time, I would...

Te Kaihau | The Windeater was launched at the inaugural New Zealand Arts Festival Writers and Readers Week in March 1986, four months after The Bone People won the 1985...

In 1848, eight million hectares of land in Te Waipounamu — the South Island — was purportedly sold for just GBP2000. Hipa Te Maiharoa was a charismatic prophet who in...

Dave "the Brown Buttabean"Letele's incredible life has taken him from footy to failure, crime to community, fat to fit and riches to rags — and back again.Today, he is an...

The separation of Ranginui & PapatūānukuStunning retelling of the Māori creation story about the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother.​Te Wehenga is the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku,...

Feel-good baking to share aroha and feed hungry tummies Delightful baking to put smiles on faces, from tried-and-tested classics to new twists on crowd-pleasers Baking should be a simple pleasure,...

The number-one bestselling thriller from the award-winning author of The Wrong Woman and The Last GuestsPsychologist Margot Scott has a picture-perfect life: a nice house in the suburbs, a husband,...

Over 50 years in print!Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera and also classic New Zealand literature. First published in 1972, it was Witi's first book, which as he says in the...

WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK OF FICTIONWINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVELauē1. (verb) to cry, howl,...

How to Write While Colonised: 2022A first book of poetry from acclaimed Māori writer and scholar Alice Te Punga Somerville.Shrink-wrapped, vacuum-packed, disassembled, sold for parts,butt of jokes, scapegoats, too this...

A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH. A KILLER IN SEARCH OF RETRIBUTION. A CLASH BETWEEN CULTURE AND DUTY. THE PAST NEVER TRULY STAYS BURIED. WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE...

Gideon the Ninth meets Black Sun in this queer, Māori-inspired debut fantasy about a police officer who is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked...

An inventive exploration of Indigenous families, womanhood, and alternate post-colonial realities by a writer of Māori and Coast Salish descent.Dear grandmother, I am writing this song for you. I am...

Puti Derrell likes running at midnight. During lockdown it was safe but now lockdown is over and Porohiwi doesn’t feel safe anymore – especially when she discovers her estranged grandfather...