Auckland University Press

29/09/2025

Last week, the Hocken () celebrated the opening of 𝑨 𝑫𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒂.

Don’t miss the exhibition if you’re in Dunedin, or enjoy from afar by grabbing yourself a copy of our book, edited by Catherine Hammond and Shaun Higgins, and published to coincide with the touring exhibition.

Photos: Dave Bull

24/09/2025

Karawhiua e hoa mā! We can't wait for this year's edition of Kupu: Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi, coming up in October in Rotorua 🪝🪝🪝

Six of our brilliant authors, Hēmi Kelly, Karena Kelly, Te Haumihiata Mason, Paula Morris, Poiā Rewi, and Ruth Smith, as well as our own Mairātea Mohi, are part of the rōpu of ringatuhi and readers coming together for a weekend of far-reaching kōrero on books, language, and culture.

Nau mai, piki mai, kake mai tātou ki Te Papaioūru Marae, Ōhinemutu & Whakarewarewa Village, Rotorua, 17–18 October 2025.

Kia kakama! See the full programme and secure your ticket via the website.

22/09/2025

Kua haere atu ki tua o te ārai Kahurangi Joan Metge. Ko mātou nei, ko ngā maramara i mahue iho, ka tangi. Ka tangi ngā iwi, ka tangi te motu, ka tangi te ao.

We mourn the loss of the great scholar and walker between worlds, Dame Joan Metge. We were lucky to work with Dame Joan on three remarkable books – 𝑲𝒐̄𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝑻𝒂𝒉𝒊: 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑻𝒖𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒂: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒂 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒁𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, and 𝑻𝒂𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒂: 𝑴𝒂̄𝒐𝒓𝒊 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 – that each reflected in different ways her decades of work making sense of Māori and Pākehā in Aotearoa, and how we might live well together.

Haere atu rā e Joan, kia au te moe roa.

‘To return to the metaphor of the plaited rope, I once heard a kaumātua describe himself as ‘he muka’ – a strand – in the taura whiri of his iwi. What we need to weave together is not just head knowledge of each other’s cultures, but heart knowledge of the people who are the holders of that knowledge, creating what artist Cliff Whiting has depicted visually as ‘the rope of peoples’. Only by supporting each other will we be able to stand upright here.’ – Joan Metge, from 𝑇𝑢𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑎

17/09/2025

Kātahi nā te pai o tēnei wiki o te reo Māori kei a mātou, kei a tātou.
What a great week this Māori language week, for us at AUP, for all of us.
Kua whakarewatia te pukapuka hou nā Tā Pou Temara i raro i te mana o te Arikinui i tērā wiki, ka haere atu mātou ki te whakaaturanga o te Matapēhi nā Te Haumihiata Mason hei tērā wiki.
Last week we launched Tā Pou Temara's new book on Te Kooti under the mana of the Māori queen Nga Wai Hono i te Po, next week we launch Te Haumihiata Mason's new translation of Macbeth at the Rotorua Kura Reo.
Karawhiua e hoa mā, he taonga tuku iho ki a tātou katoa te reo Maori.
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12/09/2025

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Ka tae mai te pukapuka hou nā Tā Pou Temara

https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/te-ahua-o-nga-kupu-whakaari-a-te-kooti/

02/09/2025

Thursday next week we're excited to be launching Emma Barnes's second poetry collection - IF WE NEW HOW TO WE WOULD - right above UNITY BOOKS in Wellington. Haere mai tātou!
Thursday 11 September, 6pm
Two/Fiftyseven Level 2, 57 Willis Street, Wellington

02/09/2025

This Saturday at Gow Langsford Onehunga come along to hear Gregory O'Brien - author of DON BINNEY: FLIGHT PATH - talk about new reflections on the artist and the work.

Coinciding with our current exhibition Don Binney: A Flight Through Time , we have invited New Zealand writer, painter and art curator Gregory O'Brien to speak on Don Binney's artistic practice. Since publishing his monograph, Don Binney: Flight Path in 2023, O'Brien states that interest in the arti...

22/08/2025

We're also excited for the release of 'Fast Talking PI & Other Poems', the new audiobook by Selina Tusitala Marsh!

This audiobook features the poet performing thirty-six of her most powerful poems, both occasional pieces and selections from the collections 'Fast Talking PI', 'Dark Sparring' and 'Tightrope'. In ‘Guys like Gaugin’ and ‘Kickboxing Cancer’, ‘Airport Road to Apia’ and ‘Fast Talking PI’, and many more, Selina brings whole new worlds to life.

All poems written and performed by Selina Tusitala Marsh; all music composed, produced and engineered by Tim Page.

Available now! Listen to a sample on the AUP website, or listen in full on all good audiobook platforms.

https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/fast-talking-pi-other-poems-audiobook/

21/08/2025

Chris Tse may have finished his term as Poet Laureate but that doesn't mean he's done with poetry yet!

We're excited to release the audiobook edition of 'How to Be Dead in a Year of Snakes' – available now.

Listen to a sample on the AUP website, or listen in full on all good audiobook platforms.

https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/how-to-be-dead-in-a-year-of-snakes-audiobook/

21/08/2025

Ka rawe, Robert!

The National Library has today announced Robert Sullivan as the New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2025–2028.

From 'Star Waka' to 'Hopurangi–Songcatcher', from 'Whetu Moana' to 'Te Whāriki', from K Road to Moeraki harbour, in the pages of books and on stages across the nation, Robert is a shining star in the world of books and poetry. We look forward to seeing what the next few years bring!

http://www.poetlaureate.org.nz/2025/08/welcome-to-robert-sullivan-our-new-poet.html

20/08/2025