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Picture book
"A young boy learns about the customs around celebrating Matariki from his grandfather. They watch the stars from the top of a mountain, prepare their offering of food for the gods, and the boy learns about Te Waka o Rangi and the tradition of calling...
Book
"This concise guide to the art of greenstone carving, out of print for the past 20 years, returns in a smartly designed, fully illustrated new edition. Greenstone Carving takes readers from the origins of pounamu/greenstone through the basics of the artform...
"He tipua a Tāwhaki, he māia, he tangata whai pūkenga, whai kaha hoki me tōna mīharo hoki. I ora mai anō a ia i tana patunga e ōna taokete. Ka pā ōna ringa ki ngā whatu o tōna kuia kāpō, ka kita anō ia. Ka piki ia i nga rangi tūhākā ki te rapu i tana...
"Sedition is Anahera's long-awaited first full-length volume of poetry. Comprising a significant body of previously unpublished work, Sedition represents a vital political intervention in the poetic landscape of Aotearoa. The work ranges and rages th...
"Me kimi ko wai e tākaro ana ki runga i te retireti, i te tārere, i te pae piki i runga aha anō i tēnei pukapuka papa whakamīharo mō tētahi toronga ki te papatākaro. He pukapuka māmā, pātai atu, whakahoki mai tōna hanga hei hoatu i kupu hou me ngā r...
Nanny Mihi's grandchildren excitedly visit her every school holidays. Only this time they arrive with colds ... Nanny takes the kids around her forest and garden, showing them plants that can make them feel better. They find kawakawa and make tea, manuka...
"This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief's son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te...
"This is the Māori language edition of Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea. On a beach clean-up, thirteen-year-old one-legged Charlie and his brother, Robbie, find a ponaturi - a mermaid - washed up on a beach. An ancient grudge between the...
"It's the holidays, and Awatea is staying with his grandparents at the beach. He's got lots of time and freedom to explore, visit the tree hut and have adventures with Carrot, the talking parrot. Awatea catches fish, cooks over a campfire and spends a...
"This is the Māori language edition of Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha of Tuarā-rangaia. A taniwha that lives beside a track between villages menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief's son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people...
"Awatea is staying in the country with his grandparents and uncles - next door to Mrs Carol's house, said to be haunted. Awatea's uncles challenge him to spend a night there, but can he do it? Meantime, they go to stay at the beach, where he meets the...
"When Whetu's mother takes a job at a magician's house and farm, Whetū becomes the animal keeper, looking after some unusual animals and the magician's stage assistant - a troublesome white rabbit called Errant. Errant's been playing around with magic...
"Recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his wife Hine-piripiri and revived. This near-death experience revea...
A bilingual book of Te Reo Māori and English words.
Each page has a picture of a number of objects and the corresponding numeral for very young children.
Introduces the Māori words for different kinds of animals.
Audio CD
A retelling of 13 traditional Māori myths and legends. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
"E kimi ana a Te Kokorangi i etahi pia hou tokowha hei ako i nga korero o Matariki me te maramataka. Kowhiria ana etahi tama tokotoru, me tetahi kotiro, he pani, ko Aria te ingoa. Tohe ana a Aria kia haere ano ko tana kuri haunga i tona taha. Ka ahua...
"The Matariki cluster (or Pleiades) is known by many different names and is seen and celebrated by many cultures around the world. This ... illustrated book features 21 stories: 9 of which highlight the Māori Matariki stars, while the others reference...
"How do you describe colour to someone who is blind? Isaac and Luke are friends. Luke is blind and believes that he doesn't need colours in his life. Isaac can't imagine a world without colour and decides to teach his friend about them. Because Luke is...
"The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog. Aria, though, is bored by the lessons, and ...
"How can we celebrate Matariki? Let's look to the stars! Maumaharatia - Remembering our past. Tiakina te taio - Caring for our environment. Te whakawhanaungatanga - Connecting with our people. Me pēhea tātou e whakanui i a Matariki? Tirohia ngā whetū...
"... the rangatira, Te Hemara Tauhia (1815 – 1891), in his role as chief of the Te Kawerau/Ngāti Rongo hapū of the Ngāti Whātua iwi, re-occupying ancestral lands after living in captivity with Ngāpuhi...Despite their efforts for each community, both men...
"The stories of the Māori and Pākehā Christians in this book describe people who were both bicultural and transformative in their time. Ranging from 1814 to 2011, the book spans the first two hundred years of sowing and cultivating the seeds of the gospel...
Ngā Tamariki (children) are natural Yogis. This book introduces yoga practice and philosphy for young children with a te reo Māori twist."--Back cover.
"This is the Māori language edition of My Mum is Queen of the Road. Ari and Isabella play with trucks and diggers, making roads in a sandpit. Ari tells Isabella that his mother is a roadworker who works the Stop/Go sign and is called Queen of the Roa...
"'What a nation or society chooses to remember and forget speaks to its contemporary priorities and sense of identity. Understanding how that process works enables us to better imagine a future with a different, or wider, set of priorities.' History has...
"A delightful book about a young learner riding a pony at her kura. Saddle up and come along on an adventurous ride. The book is filled with fun, new Māori vocabulary, phrases and English translations (glossary)."--www.wheelers.co.nz
This is the story of 19th Century evangelical Anglicans who determined to convert the people of Aotearoa to Christianity. As campaigners for their Christian God, they travelled to a country 12,000 miles from Britain, a perilous journey, to convert in...
A song about Puanga and Matariki. Matariki is a star cluster and Puanga is a star in the sky too. According to some tribes Puanga is a sign of the start of the new year.
"This book is about morning routines. It is the first book in our series that brings a previously written song to life in a book"--Page 2.
"This is the Māori language edition of The Cats of Pāia Street. This story takes a sneak peek at the hidden lives and adventures of cats Brucie and Naki, and little dog Wolfie. Brucie is glamorous, sassy and a martial arts expert. Wolfie is crazy about...
Our rongoā marā (our medicine garden) is about children and their school planting a medicine garden and learning to respect other cultures. The children are introduced to traditional Maori cultural beliefs of rongoā. Rongoā marā is the traditional he...
"This book story shows how young learners can become kaitiaki (guardians) and help protect the children of Tāne Māhuta. The book is filled with fun information, plenty of new Maori vocabulary, phrases, English translations (glossary) and interactive ...
"This picture book story shows how young learners can become kaitaki (caretakers) to keeping their environment clean, safe and a happier place. It highlights the effort of young learners to protect sand dunes on the beaches near their school. The book...
When the whales swim up and down the coast, they disturb the pipi and the mussels with the big waves they create. The pipi and the mussels decide to talk to the whales but end up fleeing, with the pipi digging down into the sand to escape, and the mu...
"An interactive book with great visual pictures to compliment place-based learning at the beach. Few things are as good for mental wellness as going outside and learning to use our senses.The book turns walking to the beach into an interactive, playf...
A fun resource for children to learn Māori vocabulary throughout the day at school during different settings. This fantastic picture book will inspire tamariki to use more Māori language in the classroom, at home or anywhere. It includes plenty of new...
"Kua pāpōuri a tahi tuatara. Nā konā, ka whakapau kaha a Roger Ruru ki te manamanahau a ia, auare ake. Kātahi ka rongo nga hoa takirua ne i tētahi auē tūmekemeke. Kua raruraru e wai? Ka ahatia e Tahi rāua ko Roger?"--Publisher's description.
"Told through the eyes of a preschooler big sister, this charming picture book empowers older children and siblings by showing them that they have very important roles to play at home and in the classroom. It includes plenty of new Maori vocabulary, ...
"Children learn that sorting recycling and giving new life to old things is not only good for the environment. It is a whole lot of fun, too! It includes plenty of new Maori vocabulary, phrases and English translations (glossary)"-- Publisher descrip...
"A great story book resource that supports Te ao Maori. The book provides great examples of how kaiako and tamariki may recognize Te ao Maori principles using Maui as a mentor. The book highlights everyday examples of a child seeing Maui as an example...
"Told through the eyes of a preschooler big brother, this charming picture book empowers older children and siblings by showing them that they have very important roles to play in the classroom. It includes plenty of new Maori vocabulary, phrases and...
A fun picture book for preschoolers and Primary junior classes exploring what Matariki was in a traditional sense so it can be understood and celebrated in contemporary society. It includes plenty of new vocabulary and will encourage tamariki, kaiako...
"A fun interactive picture book for bush/forest excursions and place-based learning. Few things are as good for mental wellness as going outside and learning to use our senses. The book turns exploring the bush into an interactive, playful, learning ...
"Find a partner get in your waka and row, row, row. A New Zealand adaptation of Row, row, row your boat"--Back cover.
"Geoffrey Fuller has painted ... illustrations to accompany his rhyming text about birds commonly found in New Zealand. The 20 featured birds include the popular kea, tūi and kiwi as well as less celebrated birds such as the mallard, pied stilt and.....
"The story of contemporary Māori art from the 1950s to the present day, with more than 200 artworks by 110 Māori artists, this is a powerful, dynamic new book. Māori art is unique among all art movements, and to Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing on centuries...
In this landmark educational publication researcher Harko Brown explains the tenets of Ira Takaro Theory. Brown contends that since the mid-1800's there has been a lack of attention to ira takaro (or the schema) of Tamariki Māori in our health, sports...
"Explores the impact of the first encounters between Maori and Europeans through three essays by Tohunga Whakairo - Te Warihi Hetaraka, Professor Alison Jones and a voice of the next generation - Justice Hetaraka. " The question of where does Aotearoa...
"Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri a muri ake nei. For us and our children after us. Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, Volume Two remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngāi Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring...
"In 2018 Brett Graham (Ngati Koroki Kahukura, Tainui) spent six weeks in Taranaki as the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery's artist-in-residence. Connecting with tangata whenua and his extended whanau, Graham researched the history of the relationship betw...
"Stan Walker is one of Aotearoa's most famous singers. But nothing ever came easy for Stan. What were the chances of success for a kid whose parents had both been in jail? Whose world had been filled with drugs and violence and things no kid should even...
"Following on from the success of Raumati: My Words of Summer: What do you see, hear, feel, smell and taste in winter? All the chilly words that describe winter in Aotearoa New Zealand. A wonderful way to encourage building the vocabulary of young re...
"Amorangi and Millie lost their mum. Their only clue to her whereabouts is a carving on a tree that says, I'm in the past! Rescue me! To do this, Amorangi and Millie must travel up every branch of their family tree and collect an object from each ancestor...
"This book is a history of Māori Affairs trade training in Christchurch and the role played by Rehua Marae. It charts a little understood period of Māori social history in NZ from the 1950s to the early 2000s and reflects the unique partnership of Ngai...
"Contains illustrations for over 1400 of the most common words used in daily life. Illustrated by two up-and-coming Maori artists, The Maori Picture Dictionary / Te Papakupu Whakaahua has a sense of fun. Many words are clarified in short sentences in...
Fictional story of Waihiko, the god of electricity who is responsible for the digital world today.
After the cow, the pig and the duck have rolled in the mud Mrs Wishy-washy puts each in the tub and scrubs them clean.
Broo, a young Bryde's Whale is searching for food but it's getting harder and harder to find. ... [A] tale that addresses the challenges faced by marine life in the Hauraki Gulf, ... reminding us of the importance of the conservation of our whole mar...
"Tamati and his little sister, Aria, are playing on the beach when Aria hurts herself and can't stop crying. Te Wheke, an octopus, hears her and says he can help. But he tricks Tamati by throwing him a gold coin and a shiny pearl, and while both Tamati's...
Lucas has a car, he drives it very fast, he drives it round and round, coming first and never last. Will thrill-seeking, speed king, Lucas, resist the temptation, or will he drive his car down the stairs? -- Back cover.
Our energy to heal and create change, comes from the whenua - the living growing earth with all its beauty; from te Ngahere (Forests) and the rivers and mountains - the special places where Papatuanuku still retains that gift of life that once flouri...
"This book discusses the roadside checkpoints that were set up by Māori to protect communities during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Case studies of four different checkpoints are examined, each of which looked slightly different, but all of...
"Have you seen a big storm? Storms can bring all kinds of bad weather, like floods, avalanches and hailstorms. What else? They can do damage to trees and buildings. People have to stay inside when there is a bad storm."--Publisher's description.
"Diverse, inclusive and modern nursery rhymes co-created with our tamariki for 2021 and beyond. The book re-imagines outdated, traditional rhymes into fun and playful celebrations of everything that is Aotearoa. Rhymes for all tamariki - no matter th...
"The boy in this story is always busy riding on all sorts of things. He likes to go very fast, and his big sister gets worried. She thinks he will crash!"--Publisher's description.
"Have you ever seen big balloons taking people for a ride? Look at these hot air balloons flying up in the sky. The look like all kinds of different things."--Publisher's description.
"Can you count all the parts of your body? How many fingernails have you got? How many knuckles are on your hands? What are the parts of your body called?"--Publisher's description.
"This robot came to visit the young boy. The robot had never been outside before. He saw things that he had never ever seen. He asked lots of questions about the weather. Can you read his questions with the robot's voice?"--Publisher's description.
"My journey into law and mātauranga is one more defined by absence, understanding of loss, whakamā, accident and a sense of coming in from the cold, than by any programmatic acquisition of expertise. This collection of writing from Māmari Stephens (Te...
"Through his own experience and the stories of his tīpuna, Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Tainui) charts the impact of colonisation on his people. Alienation from kāinga and whenua becomes a wider story of environmental degradation and system collapse. This...
"When we make new roads, we need machines to help us. When we build new schools and houses, we need machines. They do work that is too hard for us. Some machines help to load ships and lift heavy things. Some machines move earth and rocks."--Publishe...
"Do you know about things that are under the ground? People who have been exploring have found valuable things like diamonds and silver. Explorers have found useful things like oil under the ground. What else?"--Publisher's description.
"How old are you? Do you know someone who is very old? Who is very young? How old are your friends? How old are the other people in your family? How old will you be when you have your next birthday? "--Publisher's description.
"Do you like blowing up balloons? What happens if you blow too much? Look at all the different balloons. What will the children do with so many balloons?"--Publisher's description.
"A volcano is a mountain that erupts - it explodes! Hot, melted rock called lava blows out of the top. It runs down the side of the mountain. The volcano shoots out steam and smoke and ash. It is dangerous for people and animals. Hot lava can cover farms...
"In the void of time, Kurangaituku, the bird-woman, tells the story of her extraordinary Life - the birds who first sang her into being, the arrival of the Song Makers and the change they brought to her world, her life with the young man Hatupatu, and...
"These stories present the best writung from the Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers 2021. The authors are a mix of new writers and known authors. The stories they tell have characters that will stay with you, descriptions that evoke s trong sense of time...
Graphic novel
"Ngāti Rānaki me Te Ranga-Tipua - mai anō i te wehenga of Rangi rāua ko Papa ko rāua tonu ngā tauā tuahangata rongonui katoa - ka wera te umu pokapoka o te ao tukupū i tēnei pakanga turaki aorangi ... He kohinga nō ngā pakiwaituhi hirahira katoa i tēnei...
"Hine and her brother, Hōhepa, unwittingly step through a portal into an ancient realm inhabited by Māori deities, Kea bird tribes, patupaiarehe (fairy people), moa and giant eagles. This world is in turmoil as evil sorcerer Kae has built a cursed army...
The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori is an up-to-date, versatile and relevant resource for anyone wanting to use the Maori language in everyday life.
A fully revised edition of the authoritative work of Māori myths and legends. Esteemed editor Ross Calman (Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Kai Tahu) has further revised the Reed Book of Māori Mythology to blend story, source and commentary into a captivati...
"A day with grandad showing ... the bond between grandfather and child: a small hand in a big one, big gumboots and little, some food, stories and a snooze to finish"--Publisher's website.
"Who's best at weaving, the kuia or the spider? They decide to ask their grandchildren"--Publisher information.
"Story about a magical eel that presents cultural treasures to a group of Māori, Pasifika and Pākehā children, who then use their gifts to enrich their neighbourhood... It celebrates diverse cultural heritage and the role of music and dance in bringing...
"It's national kapa haka competition time again, and this Māori performing arts festival is a big event! It needs planning, tactics and dedication - and that's just for the people watching! Nan's a hardcore kapa haka follower, and she shows her mokopuna...
"The creation of new science requires moving beyond simply understanding one another's perspectives. We need to find transformative spaces for knowledge exchange and progress.' Māori have a long history of innovation based on mātauranga and tikanga, ...
"Kotuku notices her grandfather is becoming forgetful. He hides things around the house. He has trouble walking and talking. Why is Koro sick? Step by step Kotuku and her whānau learn about dementia and help Koro and each other to adjust to the changes...
The portrait wall in Toi Art, the art gallery within New Zealands national museum, Te Papa, is the most popular art exhibition for museum visitors. Hung salon-style on dark red walls, its 36 arresting portraits span historical portraiture to contempo...
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