As we head into the holiday period, please remember to order your summer reading and Christmas gifts early to ensure they can be packed and delivered on time. To be best placed to receive your books by Christmas, we recommend placing orders by the following dates:
Domestic orders (within New Zealand)
We recommend placing all orders on or before Wednesday 14 December to ensure they arrive in time for Christmas (please allow an extra 2–3 days for rural delivery). While NZ Post’s final courier cut-off is Monday 22 December, ordering earlier gives you the best chance of pre-Christmas delivery.
International orders
BWB offers a standard, non-tracked service. If you would like your orders couriered or express-couriered, please email info@bwb.co.nz before the dates specified for your country or region.
Economy shipping:
- Australia: Wednesday 10 December
- United States: Monday 8 December
- South Pacific: Friday 5 December
- Asia, North America, UK & Europe: Monday 1 December
- Rest of World: Monday 24 November
Courier (please email):
- Australia: Monday 15 December
- United States: Monday 15 December
- South Pacific: Friday 12 December
- Asia, North America, UK & Europe: Monday 8 December
- Rest of World: Friday 5 December
Remember to select ‘gift wrapping’ at checkout if you’d like your gift wrapped – you can also leave a personal message in the comments field, and we will include it with your gift.
Post-Christmas shipping
For orders placed after the dates listed above, we are endeavouring to dispatch orders in the week of 5 January 2026. Otherwise, orders will be dispatched from 12 January 2026 onwards as usual.