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Growing generations of readers in Aotearoa.

We deliver engagement programmes in communities & schools to help more New Zealanders read more.

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Your perfect match: find the NZ book of your dreams
10 February 2025
Your perfect match: find the NZ book of your dreams
School Library: Term One giveaways
01 February 2025
School Library: Term One giveaways
Hot off the press – February giveaways
01 February 2025
Hot off the press – February giveaways
Hot off the Press - February sector news
01 February 2025
Hot off the Press - February sector news
Burning, bestselling and beautiful books nominated for 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
30 January 2025
Burning, bestselling and beautiful books nominated for 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
How to keep your reading resolutions
20 January 2025
How to keep your reading resolutions
Tips for recruiting: Teachers Reading Challenge
16 December 2024
Tips for recruiting: Teachers Reading Challenge
Hotly anticipated: summer reads from the RNZTPM team
02 December 2024
Hotly anticipated: summer reads from the RNZTPM team
Hot off the Press - December sector news
01 December 2024
Hot off the Press - December sector news
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Reading makes

Reading makes life better.

life better.

We believe it’s a superpower
that can transform us.

We run campaigns to encourage New Zealanders to read, research our reading habits and barriers to reading, and advocate for the importance of reading.

  • 55K+
    School students reached
  • 13
    Regions throughout Aotearoa New Zealand
  • 100
    Writers engaged
  • 44K+
    School students reached
  • 13
    Regions throughout Aotearoa New Zealand
  • 90
    Writers engaged
The Writer's files

The most comprehensive online collection of information about Aotearoa New Zealand's writers

  • Writers In Schools
  • Translator
  • Storyteller
  • Screenwriter
  • Reviewer/Critic
  • Poet
  • Playwright
  • Performer
  • Pasifika
  • Novelist
  • Non-fiction
  • Māori
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Journalist
  • Illustrator
  • Historian
  • Graphic novels
  • Essayist
  • Educational
  • Editor
  • Disabilities
  • Children's author
  • Anthologist
  • Academic
Explore the 600 files
  • Sandys, Elspeth
  • Boon, Kevin
  • Lawlor, Pat
  • Cotter, Sacha
  • Mackay, Jessie
  • Awarau, Aroha
  • Edmond, Martin
  • McQueen, Harvey
  • Robinson, Roger
  • Chidgey, Catherine
  • Gabel, Ngāreta
  • McVeagh, Janine
  • Doak, Wade
  • Richards, Ian
  • Neild, Diana

Read the latest reviews

School Library
A regular round-up of the latest books for children and young adults, reviewed by our member school librarians & teachers.
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Hooked on Books
He Ao Ano
Aotearoa New Zealand book reviews by and for teen readers. Become part of a critical conversation!
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How you can help

What's in a name?

Our special name expresses the concept of moving from darkness into light, as told in the Māori creation story. This metaphor can also be used to describe what happens during the process of reading.