Following the release of the School Journal Story Library graphic novel Te Tiriti o Waitangi into schools a year ago, Lift Education have published a larger, bilingual version of the book. This is their first trade publication and unlike anything produced before on this very important kaupapa. If you would prefer to read this article in te reo Māori, please see our post from yesterday, with the text translated into Māori by Ian Cormack. At the launch of Te Tiriti o Waitangi e

I muri mai i te tukunga o te pakimaero whakairoiro Te Tiriti o Waitangi nō te Puna Pūrākau o ngā Hautaka Kura i tētahi tau ki mua, ka whakaputaina e Lift Education he putanga rahi ake, putanga reorua o taua pukapuka. Koinei tā rātou whakaputanga tauhokohoko tuatahi, me te kore i rite ki ngā mea kua whakaputa kētia mō tēnei kaupapa tino hira. Nā Ian Cormack (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha) tēnei pūrongo i whakamāori. This interview will be available in English tomorrow. E 250

Over Summer, my nephews and I read some recently published te reo Māori and bilingual children’s books. Nō Tauranga Moana rāua, Te Kaponga and Mangō-Ururoa are almost 10 and 7 years old respectively and te reo Māori is their first language. Ko Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Rangiwēwehi, Ngāti Hinerangi ō rāua iwi. These are our thoughts. Te Pohū, nā Sacha Cotter i tuhi, nā Kawata Teepa (Tūhoe) i whakamāori, nā Josh Morgan (Te Aitangā-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata) ngā pikitia i tā Te Kapong