Cape Catley Ltd is a small, independent publishing house established by Christine Cole Catley in the Marlborough Sounds in 1973 and relocated to Devonport in 2000. The publisher’s interests include New Zealand fiction, children’s books, social justice, feminism, politics, local history, biography and autobiography, health, gardening and yachting.

Victoria University Press is a major scholarly publisher specialising in New Zealand history and public affairs. The Press is also a leading publisher of fiction and poetry. Founded in the 1970s, Victoria University Press now has a backlist of over 200 books in print, and on average issues twenty five new titles each year.

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.
 

Otago University Press publishes about twenty scholarly works and books for general readers each year, distributed internationally. Special emphasis is given to original research in history, the arts, natural history and social and health sciences, while more general books include the Local Guides ecotourism series. The Press also publishes Landfall, New Zealand’s leading literary and arts journal, and some new writing.

Hana Ltd is a publishing company specialising in delivering high-quality Māori language resources to schools and other educational environments. It produces multimedia, cross-curricula resources for both teachers and learners, including books, web-based resources, CD- ROMs, videos, music and other audio CDs. Hana Ltd has developed strong relationships with various iwi, hapū and whānau and with the Ministry of Education. The company prides itself on fostering creative excellence, offering diversity in resource material and inspiring students and teachers in Aotearoa.

Craig Potton Publishing Ltd is one of New Zealand’s largest independent publishers. The company specialises in quality non-fiction, with an emphasis on high standards of production and a particular interest in photography, natural history, outdoor recreation, reference, biography, New Zealand art and culture, and social and environmental issues. In addition, Craig Potton Publishing is a major publisher of New Zealand calendars.

Cengage Learning New Zealand is a leading provider of learning solutions to the secondary school and higher education markets in New Zealand. It is committed to publishing the finest educational resources for students and teachers. Under the New House imprint, its secondary school texts have been designed for the New Zealand curriculum to ensure that students acquire the skills and knowledge to achieve the best results. In addition to successful national educational publishing, Cengage Learning New Zealand distributes Australian and UK resources to secondary school markets, and Australian, US and UK resources to higher education and library reference markets.

Canterbury University Press is an academic press publishing non-fiction works for the academic and general markets. It produces around twelve new books a year and has recognised expertise in biography, natural history and environment, as well as Canterbury and South Island books.

Aries Publishing Ltd has been a publisher of educational magazines in various forms for the past ten years, and currently publishes the Directory of Residential Camps New Zealand. The company is branching out into more general publishing of books, specialising in education, sport and leisure. Aries Publishing will consider Te Reo Maori texts for schools.

Our book “I’ve Got Something to Say: Leading Young Writers to Authorship” by Gail Loane with Sally Muir, was a finalist in the 2011 CLL Educational Publishing Awards. The book has been extremely popular and has sold out of the first print run and is about to be reprinted.