Godwit Press

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Godwit Press is a New Zealand publisher of non-fiction works, mainly of New Zealand arts, literature, and natural history. Initially founded in Auckland in 1990 by Andrew Campbell and Jane Connor, the company was taken over by Random House New Zealand in 2000 and has since been its main non-fiction publishing arm in New Zealand.

Godwit Press (frequently simply referred to as Godwit) has won several New Zealand book awards, as follows:

New Zealand Post Book Awards

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