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Books to bring you closer to Dad

The best books to gift this Father's Day... No matter what your dad (or dad-like figure) is into, we have the perfect gift for him!

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Who's your pick for Bird of the Year 2025?

From rumours of Russian interference to controversial mammalian infiltration, this beautiful book shares the vibrant history of the beloved Bird of the Year event and profiles more than 80 native birds — and one bat.

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Lessons from an All Blacks coaching legend

For the first time, Gilbert Enoka distils his essential lessons to building unshakeable staying power – particularly at times of high pressure where others would crumble – creating a winning team mentality – and leaving things better than how you found them so that we can all learn the All Blacks way.

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Lee Child’s first ever autobiographical collection

From the global bestselling creator of Jack Reacher comes 24 fascinating reflections on his life and work. Learn about Lee’s writing journey, his rise to fame and the stories behind the iconic books.

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A brand-new standalone from Jo Nesbo

Down-and-out detective Bob Oz investigates a spate of cases across Minnesota. Is it a lone wolf, or is something more sinister at play?

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The second instalment in the brand-new Grandest Games series

Seven players arrived on Hawthorne Island to play a billionaire's game. Now only five remain, and the race to the finish line is on. The stakes are higher, the game is twistier, and everything is heating up . . .

Who will win?

From the multi million-copy bestselling author, Nina George

A beautiful novel of self-discover and new beginnings set against the backdrop of Paris and the isolated French coast from author of The Little Paris Bookshop.

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A laugh-out-loud romantasy

The third book in Hannah Nicole Maeher’s TikTok viral series! Being evil-adjacent was never part of the five-year plan. But then again . . . neither was falling for The Villain.

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A fantastical adventure full of magic and heart

A handful of very ordinary individuals are members of a rather extraordinary society – its sole purpose being to track down unknowable objects that are out there, hiding in plain sight, to keep them safe from the outside world . . . and the outside world safe from them.

I’m intrigued

In seven days, Jet Mason will be dead

After a shocking attack leaves her with a catastrophic brain injury, the doctors are certain that Jet only has a week to live. Though she’s never thought of herself as having enemies, Jet is determined to figure out who is responsible for the attack before her time’s up.

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Features

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Dr Hinemoa Elder is on the road to promote Ara!

Come and meet bestselling author Dr Hinemoa Elder as she introduces Ara: A Māori Guidebook of the Mind.

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A Different Kind of Power

IT WAS A STANDARD BATHROOM. 

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How to read more this year

Got 'read more books' on your resolution list? We've some hacks to help with that.

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Meet The Real Life Bookshop Detectives

We had a chat with bestselling local authors Gareth and Louise Ward about their new book, The Bookshop Detectives!

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Pick a Patterson

Find your next thrill with these new James Patterson books!

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Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize 2024

Compact yet beautifully expansive, Orbital invites us to observe Earth’s splendour, whilst reflecting on the individual and collective value of every human life.

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A Guide to Waitohu Journal

Nau mai ki Waitohu! Read on to learn about Hinemoa Elder's inspiration behind Waitohu, and how to use this special journal.

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The New Zealand Popular Penguin Line-up

To celebrate 50 years of publishing in Aotearoa, we are excited to re-issue eleven New Zealand classics in the Popular Penguin format. Have you read them all? 

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Where to start with: Māori Made Easy

Keen to start your language learning journey but don't know where to begin? Scotty Morrison's bestselling series is the resource you need!

Brand new recipes

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Bangers and tomato rice

This one-pot tomato rice dish is topped with crispy bite-sized pieces of sausage, toasted rice and shallots cooked in the rendered sausage fat.

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Spicy Garlic Butter Udon with Smashed Cucumber

There’s a love affair to be explored with spice and dairy, and this is the showcase for it!

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Crispy Smashed Potato Salad

When I posted my Crispy Smashed Potato Salad recipe in October 2023, it went viral, and everyone and their grandmas started making it.

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Roasted Apricots, Cardamom Cream and Pistachio Brittle

Make the most of the short apricot season with this quick summery dessert. The apricots are roasted with honey and orange juice and served with a smooth cardamom cream and a crunchy pistachio brittle. It's the perfect laid-back dessert to serve at the end of dinner party.

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Overnight Protein Porridge with Cinnamon, Turmeric and Cacao

Packed with 36g of protein, Dr Rupy's overnight protein porridge is brimming with nuts, seeds, spices and fruit. The perfect balanced start to the day.

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Fridge-raid Fattoush

This version of Fattoush is close to the classic salad we all know and love, but differs slightly from the one my mother used to make.

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Epic Tarragon Roast Chicken

With juicy meat, crispy golden skin and a ton of moreish tarragon and mustard cream sauce, this appropriately named 'epic' chicken will impress at your next Sunday roast.

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Tahini and Gochujang Noodle Broth with Turkey

This rich and creamy tahini noodle broth with turkey from Dr Rupy is packed with powerhouse flavours and over 40 grams of protein.

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Aubergine & Fava Beans with Eggs

Bitinjan w Ful ma’ Beyd.

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Hoisin Salmon Sesame Cucumber Salad

Smashing the cucumbers gives them maximum surface area to absorb the delicious dressing in this salad. Topped with falling‑apart baked salmon, this dish is light, quick and tasty.

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Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa

Welcome summer into your kitchen with these moreish tacos. The mango salsa is the perfect balance of sweet, zesty and flavoursome (try not to eat it all before it gets to the table!)

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Smoky chickpeas with coriander tahini

Hummus Hab bil Tahinia w al Kuzbara

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Lobster Avocado Salad

This recipe is a celebration of summer.

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Aubergine Rolls with Walnut Filling

Georgia's rich culinary tradition is often overlooked.

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Crushed Olive Spread

I’ve converted countless olive haters to olive lovers with the introduction of my fave Castelvetrano, the meaty, mild Queen of Olives.

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Grated Tomato Linguine

A delicious pasta sauce made with the freshest in-season tomatoes.

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Buttermilk Pie

Here in Texas, the land of cattle and roughly 130 million acres of ranchland, buttermilk flows thick and heavy-not from their livestock (Texans are in the beef business), but rather into their mixing bowls.

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Beignets

It's hard to fathom it, but the loud and proud thrumming of the Louisiana we walk today is but a fraction of what came before.

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Tagine de Poulet: Chicken Tagine served with Beid Hamine and Rice

Nadiya Hussain's hearty tagine recipe is layered with warming spices and fragrant preserved lemon, and packed with tender chicken, potato and olives.

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Cinnamon Coffee Cake

The beauty of the Reverse Creaming Method is the fine and velvety texture it helps create. The way that it is able to accomplish this plush interior is by minimizing gluten formation.

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Chicago-Style Braised Italian Beef Sandwiches

This sandwich is my childhood all wrapped up in a beefjus-soaked Italian sub roll.

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Pizza Night Salad

Everyone loves a good pizza night.

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Date-Me Salad

If you want to impress someone, this salad will make them want to date you-it's that good.

Activities

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Bluey Father's Day Activity Sheet

To celebrate Father's Day this year, help Bluey's friends find their dads in this super fun dad maze! PLUS read ALL about your favourite dad in the brand-new Bluey: Dad's Awesome Treasury and our collection of other Bluey Father's Day reads, including Bluey: Pull my Finger and Other Dad Jokes! This content was originally published on Bluey.tv

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Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town Colouring-In

A fun and adventurous colouring sheet!

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Anahera colouring-in

Colour in these free sheets of legendary kiwi mama, Anahera!

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Giraffe The Gardener Colouring-In

Download and print this free colouring-in page from Giraffe the Gardener by Kimberly Andrews.

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How to throw the perfect Bluey birthday party

Everything you need to throw the perfect Bluey birthday party!

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Xtraordinary People: Unlock your extraordinary dyslexic thinking skills

Print this free activity pack from Xtraordinary People by Kate Griggs.

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Cosy Calm colouring-in

Print this free colouring-in page from Cosy Calm by Cherry Lam.

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The 113th Assistant Librarian activity pack

A free activity pack from the magical world of The 113th Assistant Librarian by Stuart Wilson.

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Bluey Hip Hip Hooray Activity Pack

Download a free 4-page Bluey activity pack!

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Bluey Birthday Card

Download your free Bluey birthday card.

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Bluey Birthday Invite

Download this super fun Bluey party invitation.

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Milestones with Ms Rachel Potty Chart

Have fun potty training with Ms Rachel!

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Design your dream garden with Giraffe the Gardener!

Design your dream garden and be in to WIN it as an illustrated print by Kimberly Andrews

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Go, Scooter, Go! Colouring-in

Download this colouring sheet from Kaye Julian, illustrator of the energetic and fun picture book Go, Scooter, Go!

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Bluey Easter Basket Activity

Make your Easter egg hunt eggstra special with this Bingo basket template!

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Bluey Easter Colouring-in

Celebrate Easter with Bluey!

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Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm Activity Pack

Make the most of rainy day with these Granny McFlitter activity sheets!

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Download some Ms Rachel colouring sheets!

Download some free sample Ms Rachel colouring sheets and grab your copy of the book for over 100 pages of fun for littles.

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Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm Activity Sheets

Rainy day? Give these activities from Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm a go!

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Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm Colouring Pages

Colour in these sheets from champion knitter Granny McFlitter's wild weather adventure: Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm!

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Colour in Bluey at Christmas!

Download a page from Bluey: Merry Christmas: A Colouring Book to get into the Bluey Christmas spirit!

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Ms Rachel's tips for language and brain development

Ms Rachel shares some tips for encouraging speech and learning through play and music.

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Granny McFlitter's Christmas Activity Pack

Get ready for Christmas with this marvellous Granny McFlitter activity pack!

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Bluey: Let's Get Spooky Bunting

Download this free super-fun Bluey Halloween bunting.

Audiobooks from New Zealand

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A Different Kind of Power

#1 New Zealand bestseller
#1 Amazon bestseller
#2 Audible bestseller
#3 New York Times bestseller
#3 Sunday Times bestseller
#4 Australian bestseller

From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world’s youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation of leaders.

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Maori at Home

The accessible and fun guide for everyday Kiwis looking to learn and speak the Maori language around the home.

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The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death

Another case to solve for the number-one bestselling Bookshop Detectives.

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The Bone People

A shimmering, important novel. New Zealand’s first Booker winner, The Bone People, is available in an accessible digital format for the first time.

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The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone

Two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) solve a decades-old murder-mystery in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, sparkling dialogue, and comedic insights into the world of bookshops.

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The Gavin Bishop Treasury

A very special hardback collection of 10 classic children's stories for young readers to treasure, written and illustrated by the multiple-award-winning New Zealand author Gavin Bishop.

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All Out

An inspiring and revealing memoir about the relentless pursuit of dreams, and the highs and lows along the way, from one of the Black Caps' finest test cricketers.

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Dear Moko

Māori child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder has shaped her beloved book Aroha into this special collection of whakataukī and whakatauakī for mokopuna of all ages.

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The Art of Winning

A unique and inspiring deep dive into leadership, strength and resilience from one of sport's true masters: All Black legend Dan Carter.

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Aroha

The top-selling New Zealand non-fiction title of 2021! The timeless wisdom of Māori proverbs - 52 traditional Māori sayings explained by respected Māori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder, showing us how we can live better lives, in harmony with the planet.

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Hairy Maclary Treasury

A special edition of the Hairy Maclary Treasury to celebrate the raggedy rascal’s 40th birthday! This volume brings together all ten of his mischievous and mad adventures, along with a link to download the audio book.

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Grand

The astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking, birth and loss, running away and homecoming from prize-winning writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy.

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The Penguin History of New Zealand

The definitive and bestselling history of Aotearoa New Zealand by one of our leading historians, continuously in print for 20 years.

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The Everything Guide

Every woman’s honest, healthy guide to eating, moving and feeling your best — for the rest of your life.

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Māori Made Easy Pocket Guide

Everything you need to speak te reo Māori with confidence.

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I Am Not Esther

A classic bestseller that's been in print for over 20 years, this gripping YA thriller follows a teenage girl caught in a religious cult.

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Pounamu Pounamu - Te reo Māori edition

Witi Ihimaera’s first published book — Pounamu Pounamu — translated into te reo Māori. Published in collaboration with Kotahi Rau Pukapuka.

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Bite Back

A compassionate guide to navigating eating disorders, for those experiencing them and their loved ones, from someone who has been there.

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The Denniston Rose

A number one bestseller, this favourite New Zealand novel captures a real 19th century community.

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The Astromancer: The Astromancer 1

A lively story with stunning illustrations that reveals the tradition of Matariki.

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The Whale Rider

A classic novel that became a classic film.

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