Briar Lawry reviews two pukapuka inspired by pūrākau Māori—featuring a retelling of the separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku and an action-packed adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world. Stories inspired by pūrākau Māori are nothing new—it’s a growing and evolving space…
Every year, we pick one of the NZCYA Awards finalist categories to get a publisher perspective. This year, we came down ki te taha o ngā kaiwhakaputa ō ngā pukapuka kei roto ki te rōpū reo Māori—on the side of the…
Ataraira Cameron, a first-language reader of te reo Māori, explains her feelings towards the publication and translation by Leon Blake of Hare Pota me te whatu manapou, as part of the Kotahi Reo Pukapuka series by Auckland University Press. E…
I tērā tau i whakaputahia e whā ngā pukapuka tuatahi a te kaupapa Kotahi Rau Pukapuka. Nā tokowhā ngā kaiwhakamāori waingōhia i whakamāori, tuhi rānei, ēnei pukapuka whai tikanga. I pānuitia tētahi pukapuka rongonui e Ataraira Cameron, ā, nāna i…
Welcome to our first Māori language book reviews for 2021! Our friend Mikaere Flavell wrote these thoughtful bilingual reviews. Give them a read – and start building your reo Māori and reorua wishlist for the year! He arotakenga Māori māu?…
Nau mai, haere mai, ki tā mātou arotakenga pukapuka Māori tuatahi mō te tau 2021! Nā tō mātou hoa Mikaere Flavell i tuhi ēnei arotakenga mahara reorua. Kia pai tā koutou pānui! You can read Mikaere’s English-language reviews here. Mā…
The Reo Pēpi series is one of the real success stories in the Aotearoa world of publishing for littlies. The popularity of these labour-of-love board books can be credited as having a major role in kicking off a new wave…
In this wonderful batch of reviews, there are books with two different interpretations of the feats and antics of Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga, a bedtime-shirking pīpī kiwi and a blanket filled with memories. Nā Mihi Henare, tētahi kaiāwhina i Te Puna Reo o…
Here’s a new instalment of The Reckoning from writer and teacher Tania Roxborogh. She considers the use of Māori in classrooms and stories from here in Aotearoa and beyond – and she discusses her new book Charlie Tangaroa and the…
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 taitua, ā, e matapakia ana tōna pukapuka Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature From the…