Picture book
Ahakoa he pawera te ahua, he maramatanga ka kitea. Even when things seem alarming. There maybe a simple explanation waiting to be discovered. Look again, its not as scary as you thought.
Graphic novel
"Whakairo plays a key role in communications within the Haerenga OS Universe. These carved pieces can tell a person many things about a place, resources, ancestors and people. This purakau is an adaptation and depicts the story of maui auaha, who returned from...
"This bilingual poetry book was written to support your decolonisation and reformation journey as a Māori or an indigenous person. Raised by the renaissance draws from my own experience as a tamaiti who was raised in this context. Before ingoa Māori, te reo...
Look, my friend! Happy Easter. Nga mihi o te Aranga! In this seventh adorable bilingual adventure, little Rapeti, the rabbit, works hard to surprise all his friends at Easter time. He is a happy, hoppy Easter bunny!
"Kua whakamiharo nga kiriata Disney i nga tamariki, reanga mai, reanga atu. Na runga i tenei rarangi pukapuka motuhake o nga kiriata Disney, ka ahei nga apataki ki te kohikohi i tetahi kohinga whakahirahira hei taonga ma ratou a haere ake nei. Kua riro ma...
Creative Writing Story Supreme winner for Warriors Community Foundation's League in Libraries competition for 2024. Story is centered around the One NZ Warriors RL team. This book won the te reo Maori category
"A children's guide to being a leader with influences like Dame Whina Cooper, Hone Heke and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clark."--Back cover.
"I whānau i te tau 1829 i Te Kautuku, takiwā o Waiapu. I mate i te 2 o Maehe 1914 i tana kāinga, i Rangitukia. He uri no te whānau a Ngāti Hokopū, arā, te Whānau ā Rerewa, te hapu o tana matua o Omanga. Ko Mākere Tangikuku tana whaea o Te Aitanga ā Mate o...
Ahakoa te kaha ka whakapau, kaore ano a Kara te kakapo kia mau i te mahi rere. Ma te ngakau rorotu, te manawa roa me te hinengaro tuwhera, ka ea ranei i a Kara tana wawata? No matter how hard she tries, Kara the kakapo just can't seem to master the art of...
"Kei a Raupanga he kōrero mō te ao Māori i te wā o te Pakanga Tuarua, arā, mō ngā mahi me ngā wheako o te hunga i noho nei ki te kāinga. E toru tekau mā iwa ngā pūrākau kua tāngia ki te reo Māori, kua whakanikohia ki ngā tini whakaahua ātaahua. E aro matua ana...
"A Māori language dictionary relating to the Health and Physical Education learning area of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. It contains Māori to English and English to Māori wordlists, as well as detailed explanations, examples and illustrations. He papakupu e...
"Kua haurua rautau te roa o Maya Angelou e whakarākei ana i te ao ki āna kupu me ōna whakaaro, i hua mai ai ko te huhua o āna titonga kanorau, pukapuka mai, tuhingaroa mai, whakaari mai, ruri mai. I runga anō i te whāriki o tana ao toi, kua tuituia nga kupu...
"Without an understanding of its foundations, the treaty is in danger of becoming either an historical artefact or a legalistic charter of rights. Neither of these extremes will bring back the life that was hoped for at Waitangi in 1840. We need to consider:...
"How does it feel when people can't pronounce your name? Priyanka knows, so she wants to make sure she gets everyone's name right at the last assembly of the year. But she's going to have to work out how"--Back cover.
"There’s a cool crab in my castle! He’d like to be the king. He sits there on his throne, watching everything. The newest addition to Dawn McMillan’s Nature Stories series takes readers to the rocky shore, where crab meets sandhopper, snapper, kina, manta ray...
"The story of Robinson Crusoe"--BIM.
When Coach's whistle goes missing and the football team can't practise, Ollie and his new friend, Aria, lead the search. There are clues about where the whistle might be and who took it - missing shoelaces, a dropped leaf and twig, some mud and a chewed net....
Having a new baby in the family is a big adjustment for not only the parents, but existing siblings as well. Donovan Bixley shows a family expecting a new baby, then the arrival and changes at home, with the older sibling dealing with changes in attention...
With the surge in interest in te reo Maori in recent years, a range of errors have become common in classrooms and the wider world, many caused by language interference (following the patterns of English rather than te reo). This book hopes to fill that gap...
"He pukapuka tenei mo te haereere haere i Inia. Ka korerotia nga wheako whaiaro o te kaituhi i a ia e tipi haere ana i Inia i nga tau kua pahemo. Ka whakapuaki ia i tona whakaaro mo te haere ki Inia, mo te noho ki Inia, mo nga taone nunui i Inia, mo nga wahi...
"He kairaranga pūhara a Nanny Rina, ka taea te raranga i ngā momo kupenga katoa! Ka pātai ana tana mokopuna, a Haeata te Kapua, mō ngā kupenga ka rarangahia heipōwhiri i te tau hōu, ka tohua e Nanny me pēhea te whai i ngā whetū o Matariki hei ārahi itana mahi...
First published in 1993, Ruka Alan Broughton's book on Ngati Ruanui leader Tiitokowaru is one of a small number of histories or biographies written in te reo Maori. Ngaa mahi a Tiitokowaru draws upon a wide range of Maori oral literature and is complemented by...
"I tipu mai a Reweti i Oruatua. No te 11 o nga rā o Aperira, 1871, ia ka whānau. I kuraina i Waiomatatini, i Kihipane. No te tau 1887, ka haere ki Te Aute. E rima tau ki reira ka puta i te whakamātautau matriculation. E rua tau i tū hei kaiwhakaako ki Te Aute...
"Turuturua te taki o Tangaroa e paki Rūaumoko ka rū ki Tarawai a nuku nā tane te peka mataī tokitoki whakaniko whakairohia ngā hau kōtengitengi tumutumu pīwari taketake mataī werowero wenewene tōiriiri ki te nguru korokoru te kiri pāorooro oreore pūrōrino...
"Koia tēnei, ko te paki whakaihiihi e whai mai ana i Te Kōkōrangi. Noho mōrearea ana ngā rā ki tua: kua mauheretia a Te Kōkōrangi e te hoariri kino, e Ruatapu, waihoki, e matemate katoa ana ngā māra kūmara. Me mātua whai a Ariā mā -- tae atu ki a Kurī -- i te...
"Join Sam and Te Rerehua as they prepare a Matariki feast! It's the day before Matariki and a big feast has been prepared. Eeling took place months ago and Te Rerehua and Sam are excited to give thanks to Tupuānuku and Tupuārangi, the stars connected to food...
'Kia toa, e hine ma, e tama ma, kia kaua hoki koutou e whakama. Me waiata koutou ki nga manu o to koutou tupuna, o Tane-mahuta. Be bold now, girls and boys, it's no time to be shy. Sing to the birds of your ancestor, The Great Forest.' This poignant story...
"Written in partnership by Māori educator Kiri Waitai and Pākeha educator Susan Battye. This book supports tikanga Māori. The photocopiable resource provides comprehensive information as well as supporting student activities about pōwhiri. The first section...
In this collection of poems Glenn Colquhoun writes to his daughter, former partner, and mother, using the medium of Maori oral poetry. In doing so he explores oriori, karakia, haka, moteatea, patere, waiata aroha and waiata tangi. It is a companion volume to...
"An amazing building rises on the edge of town - it's the dream factory. Every night, it sends out magical mist. Flying cars, flower cakes and talking tigers fill people's dreams. And the next day, the people make those dreams come true. But when a kererū...
"Shuffle to the left, then shuffle to the right. Twist your hips from side to side, with all your might. Wriggle and shuffle along with Mumma and Bubs as they do a happy pipi dance to gather kai from the moana for their picnic dinner with the...
"He kohinga reo Māori hei tautoko i te hōtaka pānui reo Māori i ngā taumata 2-3 o te Marautanga. Kei roto i te kohinga: ko Tākiri ko te Ata (he karakia), ko Hine Raumati rāua ko Hine Takurua (he kōrero mō ngā wāhine tokorua a Tamanuiterā) ko Te Takanga o te Rā...
"Written in te reo Maori and translated by the author, Rere Atu Taku Poi! is a beautifully illustrated story about gender fluidity in a school setting. "Uhm, the poi is for girls, eah!" Rangi loves doing kapa haka but performing poi is his favourite--even...
Kua paki te rā i te hātarei ki te mākete, me te tino hiahia a Aniwa me tana whānau kia kai i a rātou kuku kōnatunatu. Ka tere pao ngā hihahiha nā Tawhirimātea, te atua o ngā hou, o te huarere me ōna mahi hīanga. Ka piki haere te pupuhi o ngā hau mai he...
"Take your Māori language learning to the next level. This intermediate course teaches twenty key sentence patterns in te reo Māori to extend beginners' language skills. Dr Rāpata Wiri is a Māori language expert who has developed this course to teach people to...
Here are the best short fiction stories, short non-fiction pieces and poetry from the Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers 2023 as judged by Emma Espiner, Carol Hirschfeld, Maiki Sherman, Mike Ross, Hemi Kelly and Robert Sullivan. This competition, run by the...
Told in te reo Maori, this charming story dispenses with woolly jumpers, yule logs and snow, and instead shows Santa how we celebrate Christmas in Aotearoa - with sunglasses, beach cricket, surfing and barbecues! Does Santa realise it's actually very hot in...
"Bella, Jacob and Lucas are hands-on in the kitchen as they follow recipes in English and Maori, all the while looking forward to the satisfaction of eating the sweet treats that they have baked for themselves. When Nana bakes it's a real treat 'cause there's...
--"The Clouds think Sun and Rain would get along well, but Rain thinks Sun doesn't want to know her as Sun always vanishes when she turns up. Likewise, Sun feels that Rain stays away when Sun is around. The Clouds think they'd be a good match, however, and...
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