Book Arts Studio

Wai-te-ata Press has a complete letterpress and digital printing studio that promotes the exciting world of the digital handmade.

Whether you want to learn the venerable craft of hand typesetting and printing, or explore the affordances of 3D printing, we have a range of equipment and expertise to help you realise your project.

David Naull's pulls a print of a type specimen. — Workshops

If you want to learn how to set type, print by the letterpress technique, and bind your hand-printed book projects, then Wai-te-ata Press has a course for you.

Making changes to a locked up forme of metal type on National Poetry Day. — Tours and demos

Join us for tailor-made tours and demonstrations that offer a fascinating glimpse into the past.

The Asbern Cylinder Press in the foreground of a wide shot of the Press. — Studio hire

The letterpress facility at Wai-te-ata Press is available on a studio rental basis, and we also accept commissioned projects.

The case featuring the Wai-te-ata Guardbook, a scrapbook record of our publications. — Exhibitions

Explore past and present exhibitions curated by Wai-te-ata Press.

Lucy Tapahonso of the Navajo Nation speaks to Creativity Campfire audience. — Creative Collaborations

An occasional collaboration between Wai-te-ata Press and local and international artists, writers, musicians, designers, and interarts creatives.

The World in a Box collection with it's colourful contents fanned out beneath the bow. — Publications

Wai-te-ata Press produces limited edition, fine press and digital publications by contemporary New Zealand writers and artists.