The Cuba Press

Mākaro Press is an imprint of The Cuba Press and works independently to produce award-winning literary fiction. It was named after the harbour island across the water from where the press began in 2013. Mākaro is said to be one of the nieces of the great Polynesian explorer Kupe, who travelled with him from Hawaiki to New Zealand in the tenth century.

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Mākaro Press is an imprint of The Cuba Press and works independently to produce award-winning literary fiction. It was named after the harbour island across the water from where the press began in 2013. Mākaro is said to be one of the nieces of the great Polynesian explorer Kupe, who travelled with him from Hawaiki to New Zealand in the tenth century.

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New Zealand

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Wellington

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