Taniwha

TaniwhaA Maori English edition of the classic, award winning story about a boy who makes friends with a taniwha, by one of Aotearoa's foremost artists. The bilingual Maori English text includes the original 1986 translation by Keri Kaa. Perfect for children aged 3 to 7 years, this beloved story by famed author and artist Robyn Kahukiwa won the New Zealand Government Picture Book of the Year Award in 1987 and has remained in print for nearly four decades.

New Plymouth

When big emotions come to visit

While dictionaries list words and their definitions

designed to help tamariki learn over 100 words in both English and Maori

the stars of Matariki are created)

Join the exciting adventure of Daisy McCray’s vibrant surfboard as it scoops up everyday beachgoers and pulls into an epic set of waves

Each legend comes in a handmade fabric bag to keep everything together

getting dressed

Tamati devises a plan to give the octopus eight gifts – one for each of its arms – so that he is forced to let go of Aria to hold them all

Nan’s a hardcore kapa haka follower

He shook his blade like an angry fist

It is beautifully illustrated with a mix of familiar native and introduced birds and the rhyming couplets in Māori and English introduce a range of interesting words and bird behaviours for readers and teachers