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The Reckoning: Fighting reluctance with humour

Chances are if you've had a young reader in your life in the past decade or so, you'll have a Dawn McMillan book or two somewhere...

The Reckoning: Who are they written for?

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori continues with this installment of The Reckoning from University of Waikato senior lecturer Nicola Daly, where she...

Teaching Stories From This Land And Beyond

Here's a new instalment of The Reckoning from writer and teacher Tania Roxborogh. She considers the use of Māori in classrooms and storie...

Ngaa Pakiwaitara o teenei Whenua me Taitua

Nā Tania Roxborogh tēnei arokatenga i tuhi. Hei tāna, te whakamahi o te reo Māori ki roto o ngā akomanga me ngā pakiwaitara o Aotearoa me...

The Reckoning: David Hill on 'Gentle Readers'

We're always interested to see what David Hill has to say – whether it's his novels, his picture books, or his reviews. In this latest in...

The Reckoning: Taking Children's Books Seriously

Eileen Merriman has just published her third YA book, but it is the impending publication of her first adult novel that has her acquainta...

The Reckoning: Invisible Heroes and their Legacy

Novelist and playwright Whiti Hereaka is wondering where our Māori heroes were, in the commemoration of WWI. Her upcoming YA novel Legacy...

The Reckoning: The colour of culture

Children's book author and designer Vasanti Unka reckons that we could do better with our use of the colours from our multicultural surro...

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