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Celebrating zine culture, small press, and all things DIY in Auckland city and beyond since 2009 [email protected]
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Auckland Zinefest is a non-profit community event that celebrates and promotes DIY and self publishing in Auckland city.

14/09/2026

Been a month since Market Weekend 🫶🥹

Grateful to Auckland Art gallery and everyone who came along to support the amazing zinemakers and keeping the Tāmaki zine scene thriving! ✨

🎥 ☁️

06/09/2026

🏆 2026 BEST OF THE FEST WINNERS

This is a big one! Thank you to everyone who entered and huge congrats to all our winners, runners-up and wild cards x

✨Best Overall Zine
➜ WINNER: milaza
➜ RUNNER-UP: Stu Sontier
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: FANG x Nuanzhi Zheng

✨Best Design Zine
➜ WINNER: P Wits
➜ RUNNER-UP: Kayla Williams (Pilcro Press)
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Blackout Poetry Aotearoa

✨Best Visual Art Zine
➜ WINNER: caito
➜ RUNNER-UP: Jasper Parks
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Lucus Laurent & Fantasmal Forrest

✨Best Photography Zine
➜ WINNER: johnthebeloved
➜ RUNNER-UP: milaza
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Richard kearney

✨Best Poetry Zine
➜ WINNER: Jiaqiao Liu
➜ RUNNER-UP: yellow lamp
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Moira Murphy

✨Best Narrative Zine
➜ WINNER: Marijke // Five Stitch Printhouse
➜ RUNNER-UP: CheckersAndRecords
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Jewelia Howard

✨Best Crafted Zine
➜ WINNER: johnthebeloved
➜ RUNNER-UP: WAMR?!
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Lily Lin

✨Best Activist Zine
➜ WINNER: Tashi Donnelly
➜ RUNNER-UP: Stu Sontier
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Pressure Cooker G**s

✨Best Comic Zine
➜ WINNER: Luke Toth
➜ RUNNER-UP: Deadface
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Kalesbug

✨Best Mini Zine
➜ WINNER: Luke Toth
➜ RUNNER-UP: tarzine
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Ember C.

✨Best Zine Challenge Zine
➜ WINNER: Kathinka Rogstad
➜ RUNNER-UP: Jamie Polancic
➜ JUDGE’S WILD CARD: Jack Hillin

Thank you to the judges for giving their time and our sponsors for the sick prizes 🧡

02/09/2026

And that’s a wrap on one big Zinefest month!

BIG mihi to everyone who came along to our events and to our zinemakers, volunteers and sponsors who make AZF what it is 🧡

We had a fab time wrapping it up at our closing party last weekend, with sick tunes from Maebh McCurdy + Club Ruby 🪩🎸

Keep your eyes peeled for this year’s Best of the Fest winners, coming very soon…

28/08/2026

Can’t wait to see you all tomorrow at Auckland Old Folks Association for a final hoorah 🪩🥳

We’ve got award reveals, live tunes, free kai, and epic giveaways stacked throughout the night.

Grab your pals, pack your zines to swap and come boogie with us~

⏰ 7pm – 11pm
📍Old Folks Association
🎟️ FREE ENTRY / R18*

*16+ welcome with a caregiver

26/08/2026

A reminder for all Tāmaki Artists! Create a chalk-based artwork for the Zine Zone at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero - Central City Library 🎨

Meet Katy from Auckland Libraries , we want to know what do Zine’s mean to you, living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.

This is a paid opportunity, deadline for submissions is Monday 31 August @ 12pm. Submit your work via the link in bio!

25/08/2026

Closing Party is this SATURDAY and it’s going to be an absolute banger 🥳

Join us at Old Folks Association to wrap up Zinefest month! It’s a stacked night with the 2026 Best of the Fest and INC Production Sketchbook Cover winner announcements, live tunes from Tāmaki legends Club Ruby and Maebh McCurdy Music and epic prize giveaways from your local faves.

Kai and drinks on us - just show up with your pals and zines!

🗓️ Sat 29th Aug, 7pm–11pm
📍Old Folks Association
🎟️ FREE ENTRY / R18*

*16+ welcome with a caregiver

23/08/2026

Cheeky reupload of our Picture Book Art Party workshop with Blackout Poetry Aotearoa and Yellow Lamp 👑💛

We've wrapped up with the Zinefest Month workshops but join us for one last hurrah at our Closing Party next Saturday 29th August at Old Folks Association! Link in bio for more info 🪩

🎥 Judy Zhang

22/08/2026

CLOSING PARTY IS HERE 🪩

Close out zinefest month with zine awards, music, zine activities and more next Saturday! Find out who the 2026 winners and runner-ups of the Best of the Fest Zine Awards are and boogie to some music by Tamaki-locals, Club Ruby and Maebh McCurdy Music with indie rock and electropop tunes.

Bring your pals, zines for trading and good vibes, and we’ll bring the food and drinks. Open to all who make, love or are curious about zines!

🗓️Sat 29 Aug, 7pm – 11pm
📍Old Folks Association
🎟️ FREE ENTRY / R18*

*Entry for 16+ available if accompanied by a caregiver

17/08/2026

What would you create if you stopped worrying about getting it right?

Come spend an afternoon collaging your own handmade mini-zine using sustainably sourced materials. Learn collage and image transfer techniques to create your own maximalist mini-zine and explore ways to move past perfectionism and creative block ☁️🎐

If you've ever thought "I can't do this" this workshop is for you! FREE entry - link in bio to register~

🗓️ Sun 23 Aug, 1pm - 4pm
📍 Nathan Homestead
🎟️ FREE entry - limited availability

Hosted by Eleanor Smith and Harriet Lightfoot, in collaboration with Auckland Zinefest and Nathan Homestead.

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283 Karangahape Road
Auckland

Website

http://www.aucklandzinefest.com/

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