I'm spending book money on puzzles (and it's all Amelia's fault)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is sharing her current plight, struggling with having money left over for books when there are so many beautiful puzzles to buy!
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New Rolife Just Arrived 😍
By Amelia
Our Rolife range just got even bigger! Discover heaps of new DIY miniature houses, book nooks and Super Store miniatures, plus the return of some old favourites.
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Our Rolife Range Is Getting Even Bigger!
By Amelia
Our Rolife range is getting even bigger! We’ve got a huge new shipment on the way with gorgeous miniature houses, new book nooks, wooden flower kits and our very first...
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How to Make 1000 Piece Puzzles Easier
By Amelia
1000 piece puzzles can seem a little intimidating, but a few simple tricks can make them so much easier! From sorting your pieces and finding the easy wins to knowing...
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Meet Reverie Puzzles: Puzzles Made for Book Lovers
By Amelia
Reverie Puzzles have arrived at Book Hero and they might just be the perfect puzzles for book lovers. Discover gorgeous fantasy worlds, cosy scenes, literary-inspired artwork and official bookish puzzles...
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New ACOTAR Puzzles Are Coming to Book Hero!
By Amelia
Pre-order Official ACOTAR Puzzles coming soon to Book Hero! From a trip to Velaris and the Seven Courts to hidden easter eggs, the mysterious Dread Trove and collectible mini puzzles.
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Meet Trevell and Pieces & Peace: New Puzzle Brands at Book Hero!
By Amelia
Meet French brands Trevell and Pieces & Peace, with beautiful illustrated artwork, cosy and bookish designs, mini puzzles and plenty of new favourites to discover.
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Welcome Piece House to Book Hero!
By Amelia
Meet Piece House, a New Zealand-owned puzzle company creating stunning jigsaw puzzles featuring beautiful artwork by Kiwi artists. Discover why these premium puzzles are quickly becoming one of my favourite...
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The Rise of the Mini Puzzles for Adults
By Amelia
For many people, the idea of pulling out a puzzle on their lunch break or at a café while waiting for a friend seems a little ambitious. But what if...
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The Bookish Puzzles I Couldn't Wait to Bring to Book Hero!
By Amelia
Now, anyone who knows me knows I'm a sucker for a book with sprayed edges. If it has a sprayed edge, I’m buying it immediately and it’s joining the rest...
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Theresa's Love of Speed Puzzling
By Amelia
Theresa joined our team this week and quickly dominated the lunch table with her scrabble skills, taking on Hannah and Amy in a couple of rounds of Bananagrams. It was...
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New Rolife Arriving Soon!
By Amelia
I'm so excited about the new Rolife kits we have arriving soon. They're perfect for adding a little cosy charm to your space, whether that's a magical book nook that...
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Puzzles & Board Games for the School Holidays
By Amelia
Growing up, school holidays were always filled with excitement, but eventually we'd run out of things to do, especially during winter when it was too cold to spend much time...
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What the Book Hero Team are Loving - Puzzles!
By Lizzy
Here's a round up of what the Book Hero team are loving in our range of puzzles at the moment! The perfect cozy winter activity to get lost in.
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Amelia & Siobhan's Puzzle Competitions
By Amelia
Anyone who knows me and my siblings knows just how competitive we are. In fact, there are some board games that are completely banned whenever we're together because things get...
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How to Store Puzzles: Amelia's Puzzle Wall 😍
By Amelia
When Siobhan and I first started our puzzling journey, we very quickly ran into one major problem - we didn’t have enough space for all the boxes. We had puzzles...
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Amelia’s Rolife Build Experience: How Rolife Took Over Our Family Dinners
By Amelia
Amelia shares the way her family has been taken over by Rolife kits and some of their current faves.
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New Rolife DIY Miniatures & Book Nooks Have Arrived!
By Amelia
If you’re new to Rolife, it’s a DIY creative brand that focuses on beautifully detailed handmade 3D puzzles and miniature kits. From enchanting book nooks that transform your bookshelf into...
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Speed Puzzling in NZ
By Amelia
Jigsaws are no longer just a quiet Sunday activity. From solo sprints to team relays, speed puzzling is growing across New Zealand. This guide breaks down how competitions work, where...
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Piece Together Something New with Ravensburger
By Amelia
We just refreshed our collection with 150 premium Ravensburger arrivals. Whether you want a relaxing 500 piece landscape, a massive 5,000 piece masterpiece, or a strategic board game like Disney...
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Meaningful Moments with eeBoo
By Amelia
Bring home a quiet moment of calm with our latest eeBoo arrivals. Each puzzle pairs gorgeous artwork with a curated music playlist for total relaxation. These stunning sets make thoughtful...
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Book Hero has won the 2026 Spark People’s Choice Award
Book Hero has won the Spark People’s Choice Award at the 2026 Retail NZ Awards! Book Hero is not even two years old, so hearing our name called as the...
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Two Years. Three Warehouses. One Wild Ride.
I can’t believe I’m already sitting down to write this blog post. Book Hero isn’t even two years old and we’ve already moved once before, which means we’re now onto...
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The Next Chapter in our Story
Today we’re incredibly excited to share the next chapter in our story. Later this month, we’ll be launching Toy Hero - a brand-new home for toys, imagination and play.
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Little Heroes, and an Easter to Remember
Even though we’re an online business, our physical bookstore feels like the heart of everything we do. There’s something special about stepping away from the screen and being around people...
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Another big year ahead
If we thought 2025 was a busy year, 2026 is shaping up to be even bigger. Before we get started, I’d like to be cheeky and acknowledge a small personal...
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Reflecting on 2025
Looking back on 2025, it has been without doubt the most challenging year of my life — and also the most rewarding. For a long time, I’ve held two competing...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Fresh off the back of our Christmas Bookshop Day (only our second ever in-person event) it’s fair to say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Book...
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One year on - and we’re just getting started
Exactly one year ago today, the Book Hero website went live, and a hopeful but fragile idea transformed into a fully functional business with real people, real shelves, real books...
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What Does a Modern Bookshop Look Like? Celebrating NZ Bookshop Day
Tomorrow is New Zealand Bookshop Day, an event championed by the Booksellers Association of New Zealand to encourage book lovers to celebrate their local bookshop. Having not quite achieved the...
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Welcome to our New Home
We’ve done it — 40,000 books moved across a single weekend to our new home just around the corner at 8/4 Rawiri Place, Hobsonville. If you know Hobsonville, we are...
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Waving goodbye to Workspace Drive
When we signed our lease at 2/6 Workspace Drive we intended to call it home for the next three years — but our growth during our first nine months has...
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Growing Pains
I’m delighted to report that things are not slowing down at Book Hero. We delivered more books to customers in May than we did over the busy Christmas period in...
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