Whitireia Publishing

25/11/2025

What does mana motuhake look like to you when it comes to publishing? Do you want to learn more about the process to inform your own journey as a kaituhi Māori, or work in the industry to support others?

Whether it's learning how to edit different genres, designing book covers and pages, project management, understanding publishing contracts, or sales and marketing, this course covers it all.

If this sounds like a bit of you, enrolments for 2026 are open now and there are scholarships available - find out more here: https://www.whitireiaweltec.ac.nz/study-programmes/creativity/creative-writing-and-publishing/graduate-diploma-in-publishing-applied

10/11/2025

Our latest newsletter is out. Read our round-up of 2025 and what's coming next:

Last Thursday, we gathered to celebrate hope, in the form of a group of smart and capable people who have invested a year of their lives to complete the Graduate Diploma in Publishing. As senior tutor Odessa Owens said, ‘these students have chosen a creative path. They are the future of books and...

04/11/2025

31/10/2025

Enquire now about joining us in 2026!

We're excited to be working with the Publishers Association of New Zealand / Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) to deliver our courses next year. 🎉

More information available at www.whitireiapublishing.co.nz

Learn the publishing process by working on real books with real publishing clients. Work as a publishing team as you gain skills in editing, project management,

31/10/2025

Last night we celebrated the end of our course and the birth of four books. We're especially proud of our fellow students Cerys D'Arcy, winner of the Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand award for best all-round student and Anna Morete, winner of the Andrew Mason prize for most promising editor. We wish next year's ākonga all the best for 2026.

23/10/2025

Due to the adverse weather conditions, our campus is closed today, so we have postponed our party to Thursday 30 October, 5.30pm.

Sincere apologies for the change and late notice. We hope you can still make it!

22/10/2025

Shout out to last year's ākonga Always Becominging, now with Te Herenga Waka University Press, for sharing her experience today about what it's like after graduating. As a throwback, she's holding a copy of one of last year's Whitireia projects, Kennett Brothers' The Cycling Pioneers, by Michael Toohey.

17/10/2025

Thanks so much to Mina Bixley .ziner for chatting to us about working at the Office at the Auditor-General, while showing us the joy of zines.

Swipe to see some of our creations 🐟👻

17/10/2025

The Reluctant Homeopath books are nearly on their way from The Cuba Press and Vanessa Young and us at Whitireia Publishing... look out for an always-popular unboxing soon. In the meantime, here are some pics of the team visiting the very welcoming YourBooks for final checks.