Minerva Textile Bookshop

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Minerva offers the widest and most diverse selection of textile and handcraft books in the country plus a range of boutique textile and lifestyle magazines, a selection of hand-dyed threads, felts, stitching kits, and handcrafted gifts.

Take 60% off store wide for the last weeks of our sale 🧡 enter code GOODBYE60 at check out! Our website closes on the 31...
12/03/2026

Take 60% off store wide for the last weeks of our sale 🧡 enter code GOODBYE60 at check out! Our website closes on the 31st of March 2026 - https://minerva.co.nz/

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With 50% off store wide it’s the perfect time to stock up on wrapping paper and cards! Enter code GOODBYE50 at checkout ...
24/02/2026

With 50% off store wide it’s the perfect time to stock up on wrapping paper and cards! Enter code GOODBYE50 at checkout 🧡 There’s some inspiring magazines and books left too. Hope to see you in store before our final day on Saturday the 28th of February. https://minerva.co.nz/

Take 50% off store wide* for the final week of our closing sale! Enter code GOODBYE50 at checkout for 50% off 🧡 Our fina...
19/02/2026

Take 50% off store wide* for the final week of our closing sale! Enter code GOODBYE50 at checkout for 50% off 🧡 Our final day of trading is Saturday 28th of February. *New arrivals from Laine Publishing and Stampington are excluded from the sale.

https://minerva.co.nz/

Our closing sale continues instore and online now with 30% off full price and a further 30% off sale items! Enter code G...
15/02/2026

Our closing sale continues instore and online now with 30% off full price and a further 30% off sale items! Enter code GOODBYE30 at checkout 🧡

Eloise’s picks from the fashion section include , Valentino: Themes & Variations, and the iconic publication Millenum Mode. Shop instore or online https://minerva.co.nz/

After 33 years in business – and almost 18 years trading at 237 Cuba Street – it is with very mixed feelings that I have...
25/01/2026

After 33 years in business – and almost 18 years trading at 237 Cuba Street – it is with very mixed feelings that I have decided to close Minerva – and retire.

I would like to salute you, our brilliant Minerva customers, for making this shop the place it has become – a destination for lovers of good books and beautiful, quality, well-crafted and designed objects. Thank you all for shopping here – online, at shows, or in person. Thank you too, for your suggestions and for ordering books, magazines and product ranges that have become a central part of our inventory. Since 2008, we have expanded from a craft and textile base (with a gallery attached) to stocking a wide range of books, boutique imported magazines, cards, threads and calendars. I never envisaged becoming the go-to for cards and puzzles when opening this shop. However, Minerva had a life of its own and over the years, has become so much more than a community of textile and craft aficionados.

Thank you too, to all the Minerva staff over these years. Our fulltime staff were skilled stitchers and crafters who shared the passion and vision of this store. Wonderful, talented, enthusiastic textile design students and graduates from Massey helped keep the wheels turning year after year. Full and part time staff included Jenny, Lynsey, Charlotte, Isabella, Jane, Jill, Esther, Lillian, MaryAnn, Hannah, Eloise, Julia, Olivia, Mikey, Una, Sylvie, Georgia, Marilyn, Michele, Ruth and Brodie. It has been a real privilege to work alongside you as friends and colleagues.

As a retailer, I need not tell you that the economic climate for the last few years has been very tough, especially in Wellington. Had things been rosier, I may well have been able to pass on the baton. But I’m not getting any younger and it’s time to slow down and enjoy the luxury of time to travel, garden and stitch. Personally, Minerva has seen me through good times and bad. I may not miss the daily challenges of running a business, but I will miss the stories, projects and inspirations shared with customers. I leave feeling proud to have carved out the unique niche in Cuba Street that Minerva has filled for so long.

So, what does this mean for you, our wonderful Minerva customers?

• Our last day of trading is Saturday 28 February 2026.

• On Monday 2 February, we will begin our closing sale, so be in quick if you want the best choice. All sales are firm sale, no exchanges. No loyalty stamps will be issued on sale items. If you are out of town or can’t pop in, please browse our website www.minerva.co.nz we have most of our stock loaded. A discount code will apply to sales from 2 February.

• If you have a valid voucher for Minerva and you don’t want to spend it before 28 February 2026, pop in or email [email protected] with the voucher number and your bank account details, and we will arrange a refund.

• If you have filled loyalty cards, bring them along and spend them. These will expire on 28 February 2026.

Penultimate day drinks: 4pm to 6 pm, Friday 27 February
Mark your diaries, come along, raise a glass, and say farewell.

Thank you for being our customers. We’ve loved getting to know you.

Ngā mihi nui,

Anne Scott

New in! Illustrated Letters of Virginia Woolf 📃 the moving story of her life’s work, revealed through her own letters to...
02/12/2025

New in! Illustrated Letters of Virginia Woolf 📃 the moving story of her life’s work, revealed through her own letters to those closest to her. Available in store and online!

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