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A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha by Witi Ihimaera (Editor); Michelle Elvy (Editor)
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: 1st
Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the tahuhu, the over-arching horizontal ridge pole ...Show more
Navigating the Stars - Maori Creation Myths by Witi Ihimaera
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama ...Show more
Ngā Kupu Wero by Witi Ihimaera
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
A powerful new collection of non-fiction by contemporary Māori writers. From over 60 Māori writers, Nga Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative nonfiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from cr ...Show more
Purakau: Maori Myths Retold by Maori Writers by Edited by Whiti Hereaka and Witi Ihimaera
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
A lively, stimulating and engaging retelling of pūrākau - Māori myths and legends - by contemporary Māori writers. Ka mua, ka muri . . .Ancient Māori creation myths, portrayals of larger-than-life heroes and tales of engrossing magical beings have endured through the ages. Some hail back to Hawaiki, som ...Show more
Tangi by Witi Ihimaera
Category: NZ Fiction
First released 50 years ago, Tangi was Witi Ihimaera's debut novel and the first to be published by a Māori. A landmark literary event, it went on to win the James Wattie Book of the Year Award. He was just 29 years old at the time. At the centre of the novel is the story of a father and son set within ...Show more
Te Kokorangi ( Te Kо̄kо̄rangi ): Te Aranga o Matariki (The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki - Te Reo Māori Edition) by Witi Ihimaera, Hēni Jacob; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
Category: Childrens Books
E kimi ana a Te Kokorangi i etahi pia hou tokowha hei ako i nga korero o Matariki me te maramataka. Kowhiria ana etahi tama tokotoru, me tetahi kotiro, he pani, ko Aria te ingoa. Tohe ana a Aria kia haere ano ko tana kuri haunga i tona taha. Ka ahua hoha a Aria i nga akoranga, kaore hoki ia e pai kia to ...Show more
The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki (Te Kо̄kо̄rangi: Te Aranga o Matariki English Edition) by Witi Ihimaera; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
Category: Childrens Books
The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog. Aria, though, is bored by the lessons, and she doesn't want to be told what to do. But these are d ...Show more
The Whale Rider (Popular Penguin) by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Classics
Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he's focused on his duties as chief of the Maori in Whangara, New Zealand—a tribe that claims descent from the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now t ...Show more
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