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    The Reckoning: Fighting reluctance with humour

    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?

    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

    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

    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'

    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

    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

    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

    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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