Campus Books Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakino Publishing Limited, purchased the assets Bennetts Bookstores in 2019, a leading New Zealand tertiary retailer.
In 1989 the first Bennetts bookshop was opened in Palmerston North. In 1985 Bennetts opened its first tertiary focused bookshop at Massey University’s Turitea campus.
Now with five stores conveniently located on campuses throughout New Zealand, and a 24/7 online store, our mission is to make students lives easier.
We are your one-stop shop for all your student needs. We stock the right textbook for your course and offer new and second hand options.
We also offer a full range of stationery available both in-store and online. Visit us at one of our easy to find campus locations or shop with us online.
Campus Store
The Campus Store offers a broad range of official University branded apparel, gifts and graduation merchandise.The popular Graduation Bear is one of many memorabilia available at the Campus Store. Personalise your bear with a faculty hood, a great gift for a proud graduate.
You can shop the range at the Campus Store either online, or at our physical store on campus.
Ubiq
ubiq is the fresh, new brand of University Bookshop Ltd, or you may have known us better as UBS. For over 50 years we have proudly traded as UBS and grown from a small shop on the University of Auckland campus to New Zealand’s leading academic store. We are the most trusted source of reading material in New Zealand from individuals, SME’s and large multinationals to Government departments.
Why the change? Essentially because we are so much more than books for University study. Our customers are found across New Zealand – buying everything from a child’s first book to the most technical, in depth material and everything in between. We LOVE books and we are here to provide you with whatever you need and if we don’t have it, we’ll get it in for you! Not sure what to read next? Just email a few books you have loved in the past to [email protected] and we will help you out with our personalised service, specific to your reading preferences.
Why ubiq? ‘ub’ is a nod to our past and ‘iq’ is what we do – sell smarts. It’s also a play on the word ‘ubique’ which means ‘here and everywhere’ in Latin. Our colours represent a mix of all the institutions we had relationships with at the time of the change as well as our owners. Our logo also contains a symbol which is based on the triple pikorua – it refers to the bond between peoples or cultures rather than just individuals, it is a symbol of eternity and is also known as the ‘three baskets of knowledge’, the necessary knowledge to survive. We wanted something that encapsulated what’s important to us, our history, our communities and the future and we think this new brand does exactly that.
ubiq is 100% New Zealand owned and operated and when you spend your money with us, you can do so knowing you have helped students. Not only do we believe we are the most cost-effective and efficient store for textbook supply, but any profit we do make either stays within the company for redevelopment so we can bring you new and innovative ways to help, or it goes back to students. The future leaders of New Zealand. Thank you!
ubiq currently has three permanent retail stores and a warehouse / distribution centre where all online sales are processed. Our stores are located at the University of Auckland, AUT City and AUT North. We have many pop up stores for various institutions at semester start and are the official stockists online for many other institutions including Unitec, Northtec, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology and WITT. We also specialise in titles for students learning English and professional titles, particularly in law, medicine and business.
Our company sales teams look after the needs of small and large size institutions providing a number of services such as title recommendations, order status reports and credit facilities.
The University of Auckland store is open from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm Monday to Friday.
Semester 2 hours starting 13 July
8.30 am to 5.30 pm Monday to Friday
Our AUT campus stores will be open for Semester 2
Wellesley Street City Campus from 13 July – 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday
North Shore Campus Pop-up from 20 July to 31 July – 9.30 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday
Phone: (09) 923 4818
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://campusstore.auckland.ac.nz/
Opening hours
Semester: Monday to Friday 9.30am-4pm
Semester break: Monday to Friday 10am-3pm