Matatuhi Foundation

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Established by Auckland Writers Festival in 2018, we're helping to grow New Zealand's literary landscape by seed funding innovative projects that expand the reach and engagement of NZ writers with NZ readers.

Build the connection early. What helps a child become a reader?Often, it is a small moment. A book before bed. A visit ...
03/08/2026

Build the connection early.

What helps a child become a reader?

Often, it is a small moment. A book before bed. A visit to the library. A story shared by a teacher, grandparent, librarian, bookseller or friend.

That is why Mātātuhi Foundation is delighted to support New Zealand Children’s Book Week, led by Read NZ Te Pou Muramura.

Running from 15 to 21 August, the week invites communities across Aotearoa to make space for stories and celebrate the books, people and places that help young readers thrive.

Aotearoa is coming together to raise readers.Mātātuhi Foundation is proud to support the inaugural New Zealand Children’...
27/07/2026

Aotearoa is coming together to raise readers.

Mātātuhi Foundation is proud to support the inaugural New Zealand Children’s Book Week, a nationwide celebration of stories, reading and the people who help tamariki discover the lifelong gift of books.

From 15 to 21 August, schools, libraries, bookshops, whānau and communities across the motu will take part in events, shared reading moments and activities designed to make reading visible, joyful and part of everyday life.

Because every reader starts somewhere. 📖 ✨

Find out more through Read NZ Te Pou Muramura.

Mātātuhi Foundation is proud to support the inaugural New Zealand Children’s Book Week, a nationwide celebration led by ...
20/07/2026

Mātātuhi Foundation is proud to support the inaugural New Zealand Children’s Book Week, a nationwide celebration led by Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. Running from 15 to 21 August 2026, the week brings together tamariki, whānau, schools, libraries, bookshops and communities to celebrate stories, reading and the moments that help young readers thrive. 📚. Celebrate NZ Children's Book Week with us!

Proud Sponsor Moment 🎉 New Voices of Aotearoa 2026 have just been announced and what a line up of exceptional writing ta...
18/06/2026

Proud Sponsor Moment 🎉 New Voices of Aotearoa 2026 have just been announced and what a line up of exceptional writing talent.

The 2026 New Voices of Aotearoa are:
Ōtaki-based writer and public servant Tihema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira);
Auckland-based poet and storyteller Amber Esau (Ngāpuhi, Manase);
Hastings award-winning poet and storyteller Nafanua Purcell Kersel (Satupa‘itea, Faleālupo, Aleipata, Tuaefu);
Auckland-based te reo Māori journalist and author Dr Atakohu Middleton (Waikato, Pākehā);
Bestselling Scottish-New Zealand crime writer Zoe Rankin;
US-New Zealand forager, fungi enthusiast and bestselling author Liv Sisson;
#1 bestselling novelist Jennifer Trevelyan;
Christchurch academic and historian Dr Madi Williams (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Kōata, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Rangitāne o Wairau).

A huge congratulations on your recognition and achievements to date!

CONGRATULATIONS to all the finalists and winners at last night's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. What a fantastic awards...
13/05/2026

CONGRATULATIONS to all the finalists and winners at last night's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. What a fantastic awards night 🎉. Of course, we have an extra special shout out to the winners of the Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book Awards.

🏆 The Hubert Church Prize for Fiction was presented to Auckland author John Prins for his short story collection Pastoral Care (Otago University Press).

🏆 Former PM, Dame Jacinda Ardern, who won the E.H. McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction for her memoir A Different Kind of Power (Penguin, Penguin Random House).

🏆 The Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction has gone to emeritus professor of botany Philip Garnock-Jones for his book He Puāwai: A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers by (Auckland University Press)

🏆 Auckland poet Sophie van Waardenberg has taken the Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry for No Good (Auckland University Press).

Read full PR here 👉 https://bit.ly/4uHb5Yw

📣🤩 We’re excited to share that applications for the 2026 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship are now open. ⏱ Applicati...
13/05/2026

📣🤩 We’re excited to share that applications for the 2026 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship are now open.

⏱ Applications close 12 June
📗 Full details here https://bit.ly/4uBP6SE

🌟 OCKHAM'S SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED 🌟... Including four first time authors - two in poetry and one each in General Non-Fictio...
03/03/2026

🌟 OCKHAM'S SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED 🌟... Including four first time authors - two in poetry and one each in General Non-Fiction and Illustrated Non-Fiction. That also means the Best First Book Fiction award will be drawn from the original submission list as there were no debut novelists in the shortlist or longlist either. Exciting stuff.

Read the full PR here https://bit.ly/3ON0YBN

📣 Exciting News ... The 2026 LONGLIST for the Ockham NZ Book Awards has just been announced. A 44-strong list of titles...
28/01/2026

📣 Exciting News ... The 2026 LONGLIST for the Ockham NZ Book Awards has just been announced. A 44-strong list of titles includes 9 first-time authors. Check out the full list of amazing New Zealand authors on the NZ Book Awards Trust Website. Link below in comments. 👇

Exciting news! The Mātātuhi Foundation is supporting two new strategic partnerships in 2026 with The Coalition for Books...
23/11/2025

Exciting news! The Mātātuhi Foundation is supporting two new strategic partnerships in 2026 with The Coalition for Books NZ and Read NZ Te Pou Muramura

✨ Read NZ Te Pou Muramura will launch the first ever New Zealand Children’s Book Week in 2026 – uniting schools, libraries, and communities to inspire our youngest readers.
✨ The Coalition for Books will expand their New Voices of Aotearoa platform that shining a light on fresh talent in NZ adult fiction and non-fiction.

We’re proud to invest in collaborations that champion reading for young people and nurture emerging voices across Aotearoa. 🙌

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