Huia Publishers
Huia Publishers is a New Zealand publishing company based in Wellington, established in 1991. Huia publishes material in Māori and English for adults and children, including graphic novels, picture books, chapter books, novels and resources for kura kaupapa Māori (Māori language schools).
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Huia Publishers
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- Huia Publishers was established or created in 1991.
- Founder
- Robyn Bargh
- Headquarters
- New Zealand
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Huia Publishers is a New Zealand publishing company based in Wellington, established in 1991. Huia publishes material in Māori and English for adults and children, including graphic novels, picture books, chapter books, novels and resources for kura kaupapa Māori (Māori language schools).
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Background
Huia was founded by Robyn Rangihuia Bargh and her husband Brian Bargh in 1991 in response to a lack of publishers focused on telling Māori stories with a Māori worldview. Bargh won the inaugural Te Tohu Toi Kē a Te Waka Toi award from Creative New Zealand in 2006 for 'making a difference in the literary sector.' Along with the Māori Literature Trust, Huia have run the Te Papa Tupu programme that supports Māori writers to develop their skills. In 2022 the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival programmed an event Thirty Years of HUIA with the then-directors of Huia, Eboni Waitere (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne) and Brian Morris (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata) and co-founder Robyn Bargh.
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1991
Huia Publishers established.
1991
Huia Publishers is recorded from 1991.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 5167339-3, Huia Publishers (Wellington).
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Awards and recognition
In 2022, Huia was a finalist for the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year at the annual Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. In 2024, Huia won the award.
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Indigenous-Language Publishing in Aotearoa: A Case Study on Huia Publishers and Kotahi Rau Pukapuka, International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 2025
Dominic O’Sullivan, Beyond Biculturalism: The Politics of an Indigenous Minority (Wellington: Huia Publishers, 2007), pp
Wellington, Huia Publishers/Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2011
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- 1.Keane, Basil. Huia Publishers. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. 11 Mar 2010.
- 2.Kōkiri 27 – Huia Publishers 21 Years in Flight. www.tpk.govt.nz.
- 3.Thirty Years of HUIA (Online). Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts.
- 4.PIKIHUIA AWARDS FOR MÂORI WRITERS CEREMONY. The Beehive.
- 5.A great opportunity for Māori writers. Māori Television.
- 6.Thirty Years of HUIA (Online). Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts.
- 7.Māori-owned book publishers win Bologna Prize: 'This is huge for us'. 1News.
- 8.Huia Publishers' world-stage award drives motivation to keep amplifying reo Māori. Te Ao Māori News.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 5167339-3, Huia Publishers (Wellington).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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