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Discover popular, award-winning books about New Zealand’s art, culture, and natural world. Te Papa Press titles are available from Te Papa Online Store and all good bookshops throughout New Zealand.

Explore our books below, download our full catalogue or view it online.

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  • Forthcoming books

    Discover more about the titles coming soon and available for pre-order.

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    All books A–Z

    See our list of titles currently in print, revisit our past titles, and read or download our latest full catalogue.

  • The Māori Meeting House

    Taonga Māori books

    Discover some of the deep sea’s most bizarre creatures. It’s as close to science fiction as you can get without special effects.

  • Mobula japanica (Mü ller & Henle, 1841). Spinetailed devil ray

    Natural history books

    Books about the unique and incredible natural environment and science research of Aotearoa New Zealand.

  • Rainbow country, 2000-01, New Zealand, by Ani O'Neill. Purchased 2002. Te Papa (2002-0009-1/AA-HR)

    Books about Te Papa

    Books about the national museum and stories from its rich and varied collections.

  • Kaka parrot and variety “Kaka-kura”. Nestor Meridionalis. (one-half natural size). Plate 17. From the book: A history of the birds of New Zealand Vol. 1, 1888, by Johannes Keulemans. Te Papa (RB001178/150a)

    Posters

    Iconic, beautiful and informative prints.

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    Our authors

    The curators, academics, storytellers, illustrators, artists, scientists, photographers, and biographers behind our titles.

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