Auckland University Press is a
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
publisher that produces creative and scholarly work for a general audience. Founded in 1966 and formally recognised as Auckland University Press in 1972, it is an independent publisher based within The
University of Auckland
, mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work
, established = 1883; years ago
, endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021)
, budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021)
, chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant
, vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...
,
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
, New Zealand. The Press currently publishes around 20 new books a year in history and politics, art and architecture, literature and poetry,
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
, Pacific and Asian Studies, science, business and health. It published its 500th book in 2005 of which 22 were prize winning publications.
Awards
Auckland University Press won the ''Most Beautiful Books Australia & New Zealand Award'' (2013) and its authors have won a number of national prizes.
Imprints
1966–1970: Published for the University of Auckland by the Oxford University Press
1970–1986: Auckland University Press/Oxford University Press
1986–: Auckland University Press
1995–1998: a small number of books carried the imprint Auckland University Press/
Bridget Williams
Bridget Rosamund Williams (born 1948) is a New Zealand publisher and founder of two independent publishing companies: Port Nicholson Press and Bridget Williams Books.
Early life and family
Born in 1948, Williams was the daughter of Mary Willia ...
Books
See also
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Holloway Press
Holloway Press was established at the University of Auckland in the Library of the Tamaki Campus in 1994. Poet Alan Loney was responsible for printings until 1998, and books are now almost wholly designed, printed and bound by Tara McLeod under t ...
References
External links
Auckland University Press websiteShort video history of Auckland University PressBook Publishers Association of New Zealand listing
Book publishing companies of New Zealand
University presses of New Zealand
University of Auckland
Publishing companies established in 1966
Mass media in Auckland
1966 establishments in New Zealand
Academic publishing companies
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