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Te Papa Press

Te Papa Press is the publishing arm of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. It creates popular, highly respected and award-winning books about the art, culture and natural world of Aotearoa New Zealand, for readers everywhere.

New and forthcoming books

Hot-off-the-press recent releases and forthcoming books available to pre-order.

All books

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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.

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    Te Papa Press Catalogues

    Explore all Te Papa Press books in print and find out about sales and distribution in New Zealand and around the world with our digital catalogues.

Te Papa Press e-newsletter

Find out the latest from Te Papa Press and read about our new titles.

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    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.

  • Natural history books

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

  • Books about Te Papa

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

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    Our authors

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

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