Little Island Press Ltd

17/03/2026

🫵You are invited to a talk by author David Robie as a part of

David will be talking about his experience on board the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior and of French colonialism in the Pacific ⛴️

🗓️ Tuesday 24th March
⏰ 6-8pm
📍 Grey Lynn Library, 474 Great North Road, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Pop in, brush up on your Aotearoa history, buy a copy of David’s book Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior.

06/02/2026

Waitangi Day 2026 is a time to reflect, educate, and advocate. Still we must chant 🟥⬛️⬜️ 🟥⬛️⬜️

Wānanga with someone this Waitangi weekend about the importance of tino rangatiratanga, belonging, turangawaewae, and decolonisation

Engage with our whenua ⛰️🌿
- share some kai 🍠
- connect with papatuanuku 🌏
- go on a mindfulness walk 🧘‍♀️
- practice your whiri 🪢
- we’ve made some putiputi 🌸

whiria te taura here tāngata
~weave the people together~
~bind the strands of humanity~

29/01/2026

Sia Figiel, who passed away this week, wrote two classic works on growing up in Sāmoa: The Girl in the Moon Circle and Where We Once Belonged, which won a regional Commonwealth Prize for Literature. Her stories always swung between extreme pain and delirious joy. Sia lived in one or other of those states all the time – never in between. We worked with her for over 30 years and will miss her deeply. Tōfā Sia.

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

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!

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

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

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’

26/06/2025

✨It’s almost the school holidays! You know what that means, visiting the family. Here’s the link to our website to pre order Āsiasiga iā Tinā
🚘👵🏾

Preorder now for some good quality holiday reading 🇼🇸📚

https://littleisland.nz/books/%C4%81siasiga-i%C4%81-tin%C4%81

‘Ia malu lou sā. Folau i lagimā - a well grounded self, is a successful self’.

26/06/2025

Little Island and author David Robie would like to invite you to the Eyes of Fire book launch next month

🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏰ 6pm
📍 Ellen Melville Centre Main Hall, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Come along, mingle and hear from our illustrious speakers, including Executive Director

Refresh your NZ history knowledge and grab yourself a copy of our book 📖

23/06/2025

✨⭐️ Mānawatia a Matariki ✨🌟💫

Little Island wants to wish you all a very happy Matariki as we look forward the new year!