Independent booksellers since 1907 and purveyors of fine limited edition books and photographic prints

The story of Hedley's Books

A family of book people, since 1907

Hedley's Books is a fourth-generation, family-owned, independent bookshop based in the Wairarapa.

Our founder, William Hedley, began Hedley's from the back of his bicycle in 1907. When Masterton's streets were dirt-paved and gas-lit.

Little did he know his family would still be sharing their love of reading and books on that same street, almost 120 years later.

Second generation Alex Hedley dressed in a suit and holding a stack of books upstairs at 150 Queen St Masterton

Experience the magic of books

Visit our bookshop in Masterton, the heart of the Wairarapa, or shop online to have bookshop magic delivered to your doorstep.