Established in 2007, Auckland-based Beatnik is a boutique, independent publisher and one-stop shop for high-quality print design, photography and illustration. Beatnik’s publications are a range of art, recipe and educational books, presented beautifully with attention to longevity and accessibility of content.

Steele Roberts Publishing is a small, independent company focusing on quality literature and non-fiction. Its list includes art, business, Māori, self-help, current affairs and children’s books. Steele Roberts has been publishing since 1996.

The New Zealand division of Random House Inc, Random House (NZ) Ltd publishes under the Vintage, Black Swan, Godwit, Arrow and Random House imprints. Genres include fiction, natural history, cooking, art, design, architecture, gardening, poetry, children’s, biography, business and general New Zealand non-fiction. Random House distributes all Random House and Transworld imprints, as well as books published by Victoria University Press, Longacre Press, New Holland Publishers, Huia Publishers, Te Papa Press, Gecko Press and Hardie Grant. The company’s collegial relationship with Random House Australia allows for the distribution of many of its titles in the Australian market.
 

A division of Pearson, Penguin Group (NZ) produces about 80–100 new books a year under the Penguin, Viking, Raupo and Puffin imprints. These cover a very wide subject range, from literary fiction, history and biography to lifestyle, cookery and children’s books.

New Holland Publishers’ local publishing programme has grown dramatically over the past decade. It now boasts more than 200 quality non-fiction titles across a wide range of genres, including travel, natural history, outdoor pursuits, food, wine, gardening, art, gift, humour, reference, history, environmental issues and, most recently, children’s books. The company also imports books of a similar nature from its associate companies in London, Sydney and Cape Town, as well as from agency principals.

Hyndman Publishing has many years’ experience in the New Zealand book trade. Hyndman specialises in lifestyle publications, mainly cook­ing, gardening, sport and fitness. The company also produces a range of gift diaries, calendars and other gift stationery. Many of its titles have made the New Zealand bestsellers list.

A division of a multinational book publisher and distributor, HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd also generates its own exciting and successful New Zealand publishing programme. In addition to handling HarperCollins’ internationally published titles, this large, well-established company represents a number of other local and overseas publishers.

Hachette New Zealand Ltd is part of the Hachette Group of companies. Hachette New Zealand acts as the distribution agent for English language books published by the Hachette Group, including Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, Hachette Children’s Books, Orion, Octopus and Little, Brown. It also publishes a wide variety of books for the trade market, particularly in the sports, wine, food and history fields.

Exisle Publishing is an independent publisher of non-fiction, covering a broad range of subject areas including self-help, sports, equestrian, maritime, biography, popular history and photography. Exisle publishes from offices in Australia and New Zealand and sells co-editions and translations around the world. 

An independent, family-owned company, David Bateman Ltd is one of the largest indigenous trade book publishers in New Zealand. The company publishes a wide range of general trade books for the domestic market, issuing 30–40 new titles a year and keeping around 300 titles in print. In addition, David Bateman Ltd has originated several hundred international co-editions for publishers in the US, the UK, Canada, South Africa, South America, Japan, India, Europe and Australia. The company also distributes titles for a number of leading publishers in the US, the UK and Australia, and buys co-editions and rights for the New Zealand market.