BookPresses

Wellington, New Zealand · est. 1962

Wai-te-ata Press

University letterpress press producing limited-edition fine-press works by contemporary New Zealand writers and artists on historic presses, alongside book-arts teaching and heritage-type projects.

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About the press

Wai-te-ata Press (Te Whare Ta o Wai-te-ata) is a letterpress press at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, founded in 1962. It produces limited-edition fine-press works by contemporary New Zealand writers and artists on historic presses, and runs book-arts studios including a Chinese Scholars' Studio with restored heritage Chinese type.

Notable titles

  • Parade (Patricia Grace)

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