Little Island Press Ltd

Little Island Press Ltd Little Island Press is a community-focused publisher and social enterprise.

Established in 2007, we launched our business with two original works from our local New Zealand communities. Pacific Auckland and Polynesian Festival are photographic essays on Pacific Islands people and their cultural gifts to the city of Auckland. Now we are following on from the success of these books with more titles that support these communities.

2008 Pacific Auckland - Evotia Tamua
2008

Polynesian Festival - Evotia Tamua
2009 Where We Once Belonged - Sia Figiel
2009 Girl in the Moon Circle - Sia Figiel
2010 Tusi'upu Samoa volumes 1 & 2 - Papaali'i Dr Semisi Ma'ia'i
2010 So Far The World - Tava'e Raioaoa
2011 The Wreck - Dewe Gorode
2012 The Missing King - Moetai Brotherson
2012 We Are The Rock! - David Riley
2013 Fatu Feu'u On Life & Art - Shona Jennings
2014 Don't Spoil My Beautiful Face, Media, Mayhem & Human Rights in the Pacific - David Robie
2015 Eyes of Fire The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior - David Robie
2015 Tales of Niue Nukututaha - Zora Feilo
2016 A Gift for Ana - Jane Va'afusuaga
2016 'O le Meaālofa mo Ana - Jane Va'afusuaga
2016 The Boy and the Dolphin - Robyn Kahukiwa
2016 Te Tamaiti me te Aihe - Robyn Kahukiwa
2016 Samoan Odyssey - Papaali'i Dr Semisi Ma'ia'i
2017 Talanoa: Four Pacific Plays - Vela Manusaute, Lolo Fonua, Louise Tu'u, Leki Jackson-Bourke and 'Amanaki Prescott-Faletau
2017 Mua I Malae - The First 30 Years of New Zealand's First Samoan Bilingual Primary Class
2017 So Many Islands - Stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans


In 2017 Little Island Press launched a new imprint, Little Wing, to support local artists, makers and craftspeople.

2017 DIY Notebooks Made Easy
2017 The Menagerie: An Alphabet Book

30th September is international translation day 📚🗺️AND the day all the work and prep behind the release of Āsiasiga iā T...
01/10/2025

30th September is international translation day 📚🗺️

AND the day all the work and prep behind the release of Āsiasiga iā Tinā was completed!

International translation day is a time to appreciate and celebrate the hard work that goes into transposing texts between languages, helping better connect our communities ✨

🚨Preorder Āsiasiga iā Tinā here! ⬇️
https://littleisland.nz/books/āsiasiga-iā-tinā

Little Island lost one of its wonderful, but elderly office dogs recently. Ritchie and his sister Lily were rescued duri...
17/09/2025

Little Island lost one of its wonderful, but elderly office dogs recently. Ritchie and his sister Lily were rescued during the COVID-19 pandemic and kept us company through lockdowns. Now it’s just Lily. We do miss Ritchie though. He was the best!

We had a fantastic time last week at Dr David Robie’s Eyes of Fire book launch 🚀📕🚢 💫Thanks to all those who joined us fo...
18/07/2025

We had a fantastic time last week at Dr David Robie’s Eyes of Fire book launch 🚀📕🚢 💫

Thanks to all those who joined us for discourse, waitata, and shared memories. We had an absolutely amazing turn out with upwards of 75 people!!

If you haven’t already, buy your copy of Eyes of Fire through our website, link in bio 🔗

15/07/2025
We are excited to announce our newest book “Kaiboia and Butaritari” 🛶🪝🇰🇮A bilingual children’s book illustrated by the f...
09/07/2025

We are excited to announce our newest book “Kaiboia and Butaritari” 🛶🪝🇰🇮

A bilingual children’s book illustrated by the fabulous 🌅

In Kiribati mythology, Kaiboia, a lazy man, failed to provide offerings to their gods. To avoid the villagers’ punishment, he went fishing. Join Kaiboia on his canoe to see what he catches at the end of his hook.

Celebrate Kiribati Language with us 🌟
📕 Buy the book here! 🧾
https://littleisland.nz/books/shop/kaiboia-ao-butaritari-—kaiboia-and-butaritari

🇰🇮 Happy Kiribati language week 🇰🇮 ‘Maiuakinan te katei ri nanon te tangira ma te ikarinerine bon wantongan te mwenga ib...
09/07/2025

🇰🇮 Happy Kiribati language week 🇰🇮

‘Maiuakinan te katei ri nanon te tangira ma te ikarinerine bon wantongan te mwenga ibukin te rikirake’

‘Living our valued cultural practices through love and respect upholds our dignity and growth for a successful future’

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Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
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Established in 2007 by Tony Murrow and Evotia Tamua, Little Island Press is a community publisher and social enterprise. www.littleisland.co.nz 2008 Pacific Auckland – Evotia Tamua 2008 Polynesian Festival – Evotia Tamua 2009 Where We Once Belonged – Sia Figiel 2009 Girl in the Moon Circle – Sia Figiel 2010 Tusi'upu Samoa volumes 1 & 2 – Papaali'i Dr Semisi Ma'ia'i 2010 So Far The World – Tava'e Raioaoa 2011 The Wreck – Dewe Gorode 2012 The Missing King – Moetai Brotherson 2012 We Are The Rock! – David Riley 2013 Fatu Feu'u On Life & Art – Shona Jennings 2014 Don't Spoil My Beautiful Face, Media, Mayhem & Human Rights in the Pacific – David Robie 2015 Eyes of Fire The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior – David Robie 2015 Tales of Niue Nukututaha – Zora Feilo 2016 A Gift for Ana – Jane Va'afusuaga 2016 O le Meaālofa mo Ana – Jane Va'afusuaga 2016 The Boy and the Dolphin – Robyn Kahukiwa 2016 Te Tamaiti me te Aihe – Robyn Kahukiwa 2016 Samoan Odyssey – Papaali'i Dr Semisi Ma'ia'i 2017 Talanoa: Four Pacific Plays – Vela Manusaute, Lolo Fonua, Louise Tu'u, Leki Jackson-Bourke and 'Amanaki Prescott-Faletau 2017 Mua i Malae – The First 30 Years of New Zealand's First Samoan Bilingual Primary Class 2017 So Many Islands – Stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans

2018 Freelove – Sia Figiel 2018 Mose and the Manumea – Jane Va`afusuaga and Rebecca Stirnemann 2018 O Mose ma le Manumea – Jane Va`afusuaga and Rebecca Stirnemann In 2017 Little Island Press launched a new imprint, Little Wing, to support local artists, makers and craftspeople. 2017 DIY Notebooks Made Easy 2017 The Menagerie: An Alphabet Book