Bert Hingley Tributes have flooded in following the announcement of the passing of publishing great,…
PANZSeptember 17, 2019
The New Zealand government has amended Section 69 of the Copyright Act in order to…
PANZSeptember 17, 2019
We are now calling for applications for the Creative New Zealand National Publishing Internships Initiative…
PANZSeptember 5, 2019
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day went next level in 2019, with a very impressive total…
PANZSeptember 3, 2019
TV3's Newshub took a look at New Zealand's booming children's book industry in a story…
PANZJanuary 22, 2019
2019 Yale scholarship recipient Tom Rennie Despite tough competition the recipient of the W.E. and…
PANZDecember 17, 2018
Heading into Christmas, sales of New Zealand-published children’s books are on a roll —helping the…
PANZDecember 12, 2018
To celebrate a bumper year of publishing we asked our members to pick a favourite…
PANZDecember 11, 2018
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