New Zealand's leading independent bookshop, Unity Books has stores in the heart of Wellington and Auckland, and the Wellington shop is at 57 Willis Street in Te Aro. The shop specialises in New Zealand and international literature, poetry, history and non-fiction, and it stocks new releases by award-winning fiction and non-fiction writers across all genres. Both shops hold literary events. Recent in-store launches at the Wellington shop in late September and October 2026 included CIRCUIT: Dialogues in Artist Moving Image, Big Book of Kiwi Nursery Rhymes, The Station by Bruce Foster and Redmer Yska, Crime Meets Craft with Anthony Byrt and John Daniell, and The Cost of Living by Ross Webb. Chairs are provided for these events, and the shop has said all are welcome.
The shop has also launched a new online store, where people can browse and buy from both the Wellington and Auckland shops. Its booksellers also suggest titles they have read and loved, which the website says are there for visitors to pick up in store.