
Te Wiki o te reo Māori: Pukapuka reo Māori
There are more and more children’s pukapuka being translated into te reo Māori all the time, and we love seeing them! In honour of Te Wiki o te reo Māori, here is another lot of reo Māori books for your…
There are more and more children’s pukapuka being translated into te reo Māori all the time, and we love seeing them! In honour of Te Wiki o te reo Māori, here is another lot of reo Māori books for your…
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?…
Our coverage of the category finalists continues with reviews from a couple of talented tamariki. Elliah and Hineraukura have provided their thoughts on the finalists for the Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori, both in…
Here are some awesome new book reviews from Mikaere Flavell! He read the books with his niece Māia and wrote up his thoughts for us here at The Sapling. So all you have to do now is get ready for…
He arotakenga pukapuka hou nā Mikaere Flavell ēnei! I pānuitia ngā pukapuka e Mikaere rāua ko tāna irāmutu, ā, i tuhituhi ia i ētahi whakaaro mō The Sapling. Heoi anō, kia reri tātou mō ngā kōrero mō Pīpī Kiwi, Flit…
He arotakenga pukapuka ēnei, mō ngā pukapuka pikitia hou nā Kurahau rāua ko Renee Chin. Nā Shirley Simmonds, ko Tamihana Simmonds (10 ōna tau), rātou ko Raukawa Simmonds (e 9 ōna tau) ngā arotakenga i tuhi. He aha ō mātou…
This month we have a new te reo Māori title reviewer, Mihi Henare (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui), reviewing a new batch of te reo Māori books released during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori in September. Whakarongo ki…
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…