“This is potent, robust knowledge which is embedded in these lands.”

“Copyright is how I earn a living. It’s the reason I’m able to work on my books full-time.”

“He taonga kāmehameha ō tātou mātauranga; me pai ake a Aotearoa ki te tiaki ka tika.”

“Our knowledge is precious and important and Aotearoa has to get better at protecting it.”

“Copyright is most important to Sunshine Books.”

“It’s rewarding to know that the work I create means something to other people.”

“Being able to see your own world, or one familiar to you, is vital for readers.”

“WORD would be impossible without local authors and booksellers too – it’s an ecosystem.”

“Books that engage with our kōrero are vital.”

“If we are to tell New Zealand stories, we have to recognise and reward the contribution that New Zealand writers make in serving the public good.”

"It had become synonymous with Parihaka and so…we gifted the font to the Parihaka Trust for their exclusive use."

“Having ownership of my work and being recognised for it is hugely important.”

“I was excited to find there was a second book … and I now find myself eagerly awaiting a third!”

“I felt like I could imagine the setting and situations really well.”

“Ideas, conversation, issues, interests — these are what we’re all about and libraries rely on authors to create good books. ”

“I think the work we do, bringing stories from other countries to children here, can have a real and positive impact.”

“Local publishers play a pivotal role in expanding our children’s world view, piquing their curiosity…”

“If I’m interested in things, I draw them, I want to put them down on paper.”

“I want more of us to have the space and choice to be able to create rather than just survive.”

“It allowed me to make writing my full time job, taking it to becoming a business — and a business I take very seriously.”