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Reading Around Aotearoa Colouring Competition

Win book vouchers and a curated collection of beautiful NZ picture books.

Competition closes 31 August 2026.

How to enter

Download the picture by clicking the link below, then print it out (or colour it in digitally).

Show us your completed picture by tagging us on Instagram @readnz.

You'll go in the draw to win one of 3x $50.00 Booksellers Tokens, and a curated collection of beautiful NZ picture books to inspire budding young illustrators.

Competition closes 31 August 2026.

Illustration by Izzy Joy Te Aho-White.

You can also find the colouring page in the NZ Children’s Book Week Official Reading Guide--pick up your copy at an independent bookstore near you!

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The prize pack includes

Vouchers to fuel your book habits and a carefully curated collection of beautiful Aotearoa NZ picture books to inspire budding young illustrators.

  • One of 3x $50.00 Booksellers Tokens which can be spent at indie bookstores around Aotearoa
  • The Boring Drawing Book by Erica Harrison
  • Tākapu the Lone Hunter by Ned Barruaud
  • Kupe in Te Reo Māori by Mat Tait
  • He Ahate Raru ki Tai by Rita Sorly and Malgorzata Piotrowska
  • Dazzlehands by Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan
  • Grow by Jess McGeachin

We run campaigns to encourage New Zealanders to read, research our reading habits and barriers to reading, and advocate for the importance of reading.

  • 55K+
    School students reached
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    Regions throughout Aotearoa New Zealand
  • 100
    Writers engaged
  • 55K+
    School students reached
  • 13
    Regions throughout Aotearoa New Zealand
  • 100
    Writers engaged