Audiobooks by Pacific Islander Authors

Rangikura

Poems

By: Tayi Tibble
Narrated by: Tayi Tibble
Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

A fiery second collection of poetry from the acclaimed Indigenous New Zealand writer that U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo calls, “One of the most startling and original poets of her generation.”

Tayi Tibble returns on the heels of her incendiary debut with a bold new follow-up. Barbed and erotic, vulnerable and searching, Rangikura asks readers to... Read more

Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

By: Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
Narrated by: Michelle Sekine
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Bloomsbury presents Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, read by Michelle Sekine.

USA Today Bestseller
A Debutiful “Best Debuts of the Year”
“Rich and wise, humming with confidence.” —New York Times Book Review
“A knockout. Eleven knockouts. One KO for every story.”—Elizabeth McCracken
“Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare is a... Read more

Tala Learns to Siva

By: Kealani Netane
Narrated by: Tiana Masaniai
Length: 17 minutes

A lovingly empowering story about finding courage and strength in your family, history, and community through a traditional and cherished Samoan dance, taualuga. Written by debut author, Kealani Netane.Tala wishes that she could dance the traditional Samoan dance, the taualuga, just like her Aunty Sina. But Tala's legs are too bouncy, her arms... Read more

Song of the Exile - Abridged

By: Kiana Davenport
Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

In the last innocent days of pre-World War II Honolulu, two people meet almost by chance: Keo, a gifted jazz trumpeter native to the islands, and Sunny, a fiercely independent beauty of Hawaiian and Korean heritage. As their love grows, youth and ambition propel them into a world that is spiraling into madness. From New Orleans to Paris to... Read more

The Bone People

By: Keri Hulme
Length: 19 hours 29 minutes

Available in audio for the first time is Aotearoa New Zealand's first Booker Prize-winning novel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

With narration and original taonga puoro music by Ruby Solly, this powerful and mesmerising book tracks the complicated relationships between three outcasts: Kerewin, an artist estranged from her family and art; a mute... Read more

Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia

By: Samantha Faulkner
Narrated by: Adam Lees, Daniella Williams, Jimi Bani, Kaylynn Zaro, Kiwat Kennell, Laila Thaker & Teitei Bakic
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

A journey through Torres Strait Islander culture and identity, past and present

"My people are expert navigators, adventurers, innovators, ambassadors, teachers, storytellers, performers, strategists, chefs and advocates for change. The blood runs deep when I reflect on the past and the present and imagine what our future might look like."... Read more

Hine Toa

An extraordinary memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Māori liberation movements, shortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

By: Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku
Narrated by: Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku
Length: 13 hours 36 minutes

An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Māori liberation movementsShortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025
'Remarkable. At once heartbreaking and triumphant' Patricia GraceIn the 1950s, a young Ngāhuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves... Read more

Return to Blood

Hana Westerman: Book #2

By: Michael Bennett
Narrated by: Miriama McDowell
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Maori detective Hana Westerman, in which the discovery of human bones in the dunes of New Zealand upends a long-ago murder conviction

After the perils of a case that landed much too close to home, Hana Westerman turned in her badge and abandoned her career... Read more

Dragonfruit

By: Makiia Lucier
Narrated by: Mapuana Makia
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

An Asian/Pacific American Award Honor Book A USA TODAY bestseller One of NPR's 2024 ""Books We Love"" A Kirkus Best Book of 2024 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2024 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2024 From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology. In the old tales, it is... Read more

Lei and the Invisible Island

Lei and the Legends: Book #2

By: Malia Maunakea
Narrated by: Jennifer Robideau
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

An exciting follow-up to Lei and the Fire Goddess features a mysterious, invisible island, dangerous spirits, and a newcomer who does not need Lei's help...or does she?

It turns out that curses are real.

After saving her best friend and ancestral guardian, Kaipo, from Pele the fire goddess’s traps and successfully preventing lava from destroying... Read more

Atua Wāhine

The ancient wisdom of Māori goddesses

By: Hana Tapiata
Narrated by: Hana Tapiata
Length: TBA

Ancient wisdom of the Māori goddesses to help you navigate the modern world
Atua wāhine are the Māori goddesses who make up the world around us: earth, fire, water, the moon and more. From the earth mother, Papatūānuku, who sustains and nurtures us to the goddess of peace, Hinepūtehue, who transformed pain into beauty, and the misunderstood... Read more

Always Was, Always Will Be

The Campaign for Justice and Recognition Continues

By: Thomas Mayo
Narrated by: Thomas Mayo
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Since the referendum, supporters and volunteers have been asking for guidance as to how to continue to support Indigenous recognition. Mayo, a leader of the Yes 23 campaign and co-author of the bestselling The Voice to Parliament Handbook, has produced a new audiobook to answer that question. Always Was, Always Will Be is essential listening... Read more

Loud

Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

By: Drew Afualo
Narrated by: Drew Afualo
Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

This program is read by the author.

The empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first book by podcast star Drew Afualo.

Drew Afualo is best known as the internet’s “Crusader for Women” and is at the head of a new generation of entertainment’s rising stars. Loud is part manual, part manifesto, and part memoir. It makes it clear that behind her... Read more

The Sunforge

The Endsong

By: Sascha Stronach
Narrated by: Janaye Henry
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Sascha Stronach’s queer, Maori-inspired Endsong trilogy reopens on a city in flames, where a magic-wielding pirate crew uncovers an age-old fight between the gods that threatens their world.

The steel city of Radovan is consumed by fire between. Stranded in its harbor is the crew of the Kopek, the survivors of a bioterror attack overseas. But... Read more

Hammajang Luck

A Novel

By: Makana Yamamoto
Narrated by: Jolene Kim
Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Ocean’s 8 meets Blade Runner in this trail-blazing debut science fiction novel and swashbuckling love letter to Hawai’i about being forced to find a new home and striving to build a better one—unmissable for fans of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a... Read more

Dear Moko

By: Dr Hinemoa Elder
Narrated by: Dr Hinemoa Elder
Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Bestselling author of Aroha and respected Maori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder has written a special collection of whakatauki for tamariki mokopuna.

Puanga kai rau.
Puanga, the star signalling a time of the year with plenty of food.
New beginnings.

Dear Moko is written for all mokopuna, grandchildren, descendents. It is their very own book with... Read more

Māori Made Easy Pocket Guide

By: Scotty Morrison
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

“Another fantastic audiobook to add to your Te Reo Maori learning journey! Read more

Rere Atu Taku Poi! Let My Poi Fly!

By: Tangaroa Paul
Narrated by: Tangaroa Paul
Length: 16 minutes

Written in te reo Māori and translated by the author, Rere Atu Taku Poi! is a beautifully illustrated story about gender fluidity in a school setting. Rangi loves doing haka but performing poi is his favourite — even though his classmates say it’s just for girls. When the lead poi performer falls sick before a school performance, Rangi has to... Read more

Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice

By: Anna Lapera
Narrated by: Allison Aguilar
Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Life sucks when you’re twelve. You’re not a little kid, but you’re also not an adult, and all the grown-ups in your life talk about your body the minute it starts getting a shape. And what sucks even more than being a Chinese-Filipino-American-Guatemalan who can’t speak any ancestral language well? When almost every other girl in school has... Read more

Year of the Reaper

By: Makiia Lucier
Narrated by: Jonathan Myles
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

“I love the magic Lucier weaves through this dark yet hopeful tale. I devoured it in one sitting!” —Kristin Cashore, author of the New York Times bestselling Graceling Realm books""A beautifully crafted novel containing everything I love in an epic fantasy: complex characters and relationships, excellent world building, and a compelling story... Read more