Latest stamp issues
Check out our latest cool stamp issues! To find out more about each stamp issue, or if you'd like to buy some of the stamps, just click the links below. Make sure you ask an adult first though!
Kiwi Cakes & Bakes
This stamp issue celebrates classic baked treats - favourites found in the little local cake shop or lovingly made at home. Wherever their origins, the best recipes can be the ones passed down the generations or from friend to friend.
Nga Hau e Wha - The Four Winds
This year, in celebration of Matariki, we highlight stories associated with Ngā Hau e Whā or The Four Winds. The four winds are Te Hau Rāwhiti (the easterly), Te Hau-ā-uru (the westerly), Te Hau Tonga (the southerly) and Te Hau Raki (the northerly).
WWII 75 Years
World War Two spanned nearly six years, and during that time New Zealanders lived through immense hardship, suffering and change. Through these challenging years they connected, worked together, rallied as citizens and solved problems.
Kakariki - New Zealand Parakeets
In te reo Māori, the indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand, kākāriki is the term used to describe the small parakeets found on the mainland and surrounding islands. All species and subspecies of New Zealand parakeet share green plumage.
Native Daphne Moths
From the coast to the highest mountains, and from Stewart Island in the south to the Far North, Aotearoa New Zealand is home to 35 recognised species of Daphne moth in the genus Notoreas, all with discrete distributions within New Zealand.
2020 Year of the Rat
In 2020, Chinese New Year will be celebrated on 25 January, bringing in the Year of the Rat. The Chinese zodiac is a repeating cycle of 12 years, with each year being represented by an animal sign. The rat ranks first in the signs of the Chinese zodiac.
Christmas 2019
Get in the holiday mood with these festive illustrated stamps. Featuring native New Zealand flora and fauna alongside the traditional Nativity story, the stamps include illustrations of fern fronds and koru, pōhutukawa, harakeke, tī kouka and karaka.
Tuia 250: Michel Tuffery's Artistic Journey of Discovery
When Tupaia, an arioi priest and navigator from Ra‘iātea, guided Lieutenant James Cook and the Endeavour from Tahiti to Aotearoa in 1769, a reconnection was made between Māori and their ancestral homelands.
2019 All Blacks
It is 135 years since the fern first appeared on the breast of a New Zealand rugby jersey. To date, nearly 1,200 All Blacks have worn this now-famous icon.
Te Araroa Trail
New Zealand’s long walking trail, Te Araroa, is a 3,000-kilometre tramping route running from Cape Reinga at the top of the North Island to Bluff at the bottom of the South Island. Popular with visitors to Aotearoa.
Thinking Outside the Square
Home to some of the most resourceful minds, New Zealand is a nation full of thinkers and makers who love to push the envelope. This stamp issue celebrates some of these nifty ideas that are truly 'outside the square'.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is out now continuing the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the wizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Our The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey stamps feature some of the key characters from the movie including Bilbo Baggins, Gollum, Gandalf, Thorin Oakenshield, Radagast and Elrond.
We also have some great Hobbit coins including a brilliant uncirculated coin that shows Bilbo Baggins reading his contract.
