Penguin Random House New Zealand
Award for Best Illustrated Book 2025

Finalist

Designers: Janson Chau, Alt Group

Title: Fenoga Tāoga Niue I Aoteraoa Niue Heritage Journey in Aotearoa
Publisher: Mafola Press

Format: 254 x 300 mm, 500pp, fully-cased, section-sewn

Typography: Signifier.
The book is set entirely both in Vagahau Niue and English. Each member of the group, guests and contributors are all given the chance to speak –the setting of the type is used to lend character and voice to each person, as well as visual rhythm and variety over the 500 pages.

Publisher’s Brief

“To create something that reflects the history, memory, culture and knowledge of the group and their work.

To reassert agency by presenting the work as the way the community values it.

To leave a lasting artefact that can bridge the last 30 years with generations of the next 30 and beyond.

All portraits and photography of the artworks were created for this book to sit within an editorial structure that mirrors the order of a Niuean gathering.”