Whitireia Publishing

An illustration on a red background shows a hand holding a book open. There are glasses and a vase holding a plant beside the book. Below the illustration on a white background is text saying 'Enquire now for 2026. Start your career in publishing with the Whitireia Graduate Diploma in Publishing.' There's a yellow star with the text 'Scholarships available'. The PANZ and Whitireia Publishing logos are at the bottom of the page.

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

Our latest newsletter is out. Read our round-up of 2025 and what's coming next: mailchi.mp/8fabdb8edc4f...

Two young women stand in front of a wall of book pages. They are smiling and holding certificates.

And here we have Anna (left), winner of the Andrew Mason prize for most promising editor, and Cerys (right), winner of the Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand award for best all-round student.

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

Thanks so much to Mina Bixley @mina.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 🐟👻

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Huge thanks to @murdochstephens and @brannavan_g from Lawrence & Gibson for coming in to speak to us – so interesting to hear about the publishing process from a publishing collective's perspective. And this newspaper is now the coolest book that we own! 👑🐀🏡

Here's a sneak peek at some of the publishers who hosted us for our second work placements. Thank you all for having us!

Last pic – real ones know the spot😉

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We were so lucky to have three fantastic guest speakers this week: Claire Gibb from DOC, Kevin Chapman from Upstart Press, and author and illustrator Giselle Clarkson. Thanks so much for your time and your wisdom! 🐌

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Got the accreditation stuff covered, thanks!

Proud to have been a small part of your journey!

Huge congratulations to Jasmine for blazing this trail!

Thank you so much to NZ Poet Laureate Chris Tse for coming to chat with us about your experience in the industry and your valuable insights into being edited and being an editor! 😊

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Follow along with us for a day in the life of a Whitireia publishing student✨

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We were so lucky to have Claire Mabey, books editor @thespinoff.bsky.social and author of 2025 NZCYA finalist 'The Raven's Eye Runaways', come to speak to us today! Thank you for your valuable insight into the book media world 😍

#clairemabey #theravenseyerunaways #allenandunwin #Kikorangi

And so the first semester has come to a close on the eve of Mānawatia a Matariki, a time for our ākonga to reflect on the lessons learnt so far before looking forward to what the new year has in store! #matariki #publishing #ākonga

We had a wonderful visit from Renee Rowland of Booksellers Aotearoa. She also gifted each of us with a tote bag featuring a design from national treasure, Gavin Bishop.

Our ākonga may be out doing industry work placements, but you can still read about what they've been up to! Here's our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/d83d30d229e3...

Who would’ve ever thought The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards could be so action-packed! Huge congratulations to all award nominees and winners. Special shoutout to many of the Whitireia Publishing alumni who contributed to these books!

#theockhams #newzealandbookawards

You have just one more week to have your say in our survey!

Take a look at our session on bookbinding taught by one of our own classmates, Brodie! We had such a great time learning this fun skill, and we are so pleased with how our books turned out.

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A purple megaphone on a white background blasts out this message: We want to hear from you. We're running a survey about accessible books in Aotearoa, and we want to hear from anyone working in publishing. Click link in text to start survey (open until 16 May). Questions? Get in touch: odessa.owens@whitireia.ac.nz or agata.mrva-montoya@sydney.edu.au. Image also includes logos from the University of Sydney and Whitireia Publishing, and an ethics reference number: 2025/HE000029

📢 We’re running a survey about accessible books in Aotearoa. 📚 We want to hear from anyone working in publishing, regardless of your role or experience! Click here to start the survey: bit.ly/3Gl3Q4u (open until 16 May)

At Whitireia Publishing, we've now wrapped up our first publisher meetings of the year! One of our project teams is working with the superstars at The Cuba Press, pictured. Our ākonga have thoroughly enjoyed meeting with the publishers and are getting stuck into project mahi.

Brodie and Colin

We had the wonderful Louise Russell from @batemanbooks come to talk about her vast experience in the publishing world, including freelance editing, educational children's books and commercial publishing. Thank you, Louise!
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Here are a couple of our favourite chapters from the class bible 'Everything I know about books' edited by our wonderful tutors, Odessa Owens and Theresa Crewdson.

- Cerys and Rhia

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We're really excited to be working on a book with Āporo Press this year. And look, they're fundraising! You know what to do...

We just received our publishing projects and are excitedly leaping into drafting our schedules!

A massive thank you to Lift Education for having us on Monday to discuss their work in educational publishing both here in Aotearoa and throughout the Pacific. It was also exciting to see all of their School Journals from the 1940s to now!

#lifteducation #schooljournals

Whitireia Publishing ākonga had the utmost pleasure of having editor and poet Adrienne Jansen of Landing Press come in to discuss editing creative texts and her experience working with writers both professional and new. Thank you Adrienne! 📝

We're three weeks into our classes here at Whitireia Publishing and yesterday ākonga were lucky enough to visit Dr Sydney Shep at Wai-te-ata Press. Thank you so much to Sydney for hosting us and sharing with us the art of letterpress printing!

Three Books from Āporo Press Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only arts crowdfunding platform. We’re here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of ...

Hi, Āporo Press is publishing three books in the next year. Poetry by Nicola Andrews and Jo Bragg, and a novel by Laura Vincent.

If you’d like to support our indie effort to publish more Māori books we have a Boosted campaign. Mauri ora.

www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...