Huia Publishers is a New Zealand publishing company based in Wellington, established in 1991. Huia publishes material in MÃÂori and English for adults and children, including graphic novels, picture books, chapter books, novels and resources for kura kaupapa MÃÂori (MÃÂori language schools).
Huia was founded by Robyn Rangihuia Bargh and her husband Brian Bargh in 1991 in response to a lack of publishers focused on telling MÃÂori stories with a MÃÂori worldview. Bargh won the inaugural Te Tohu Toi KÃÂ a Te Waka Toi award from Creative New Zealand in 2006 for 'making a difference in the literary sector.'
Along with the MÃÂori Literature Trust, Huia have run the Te Papa Tupu programme that supports MÃÂori writers to develop their skills.
In 2022 the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival programmed an event Thirty Years of HUIA with the then-directors of Huia, Eboni Waitere (NgÃÂti Kahungunu, RangitÃÂne) and Brian Morris (NgÃÂti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata) and co-founder Robyn Bargh.
In 2022, Huia was a finalist for the Bologna Prize for the Best ChildrenâÂÂs Publisher of the Year at the annual Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. In 2024, Huia won the award.