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Exclusive access to Auckland Writers Festival tickets
We're excited to announce a new benefit for Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Individual Members.
In collaboration with Auckland Writers Festival, Waituhi o Tāmaki, our members will receive the patron rate for tickets to the Auckland Writers Festival.
This is a discount on the standard ticket price, thanks to the Festival's generosity.
This is available through the early bird period of Friday 13th March through to 9am Friday 10 April.
About the festival
The the Auckland Writers Festival stages over 200 public events, gathering over 220 of the world’s best writers and thinkers to celebrate the world of books and ideas.
For the past 24 years the Festival has enriched the culture of Tāmaki Makaurau and established itself as a major Australasian festival. It brings the very best local and international writers of contemporary fiction and non-fiction, scientists, economists, poets, journalists and thinkers together with audiences to explore ideas, share stories and experience brilliant conversations.
How to access the Read NZ members discount
This access to the patron price is only available in this window, so don't dilly dally.
We will be directly emailing our Individual Members with their exclusive discount code later this week.
Keep an eye on your emails.
Terms and conditions: this is only for current Individual Members, and with use of the discount code. The code will be emailed to all of our paid up Individual Members on Friday the 13th of March 2026. If you didn't get an email on that day and believe you should have, please email admin@read-nz.org
