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List of titles published in the past 3 months (Jan 2021 - Apr 2021).
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Now a feature film, this is the unforgettable story of three women's intersecting lives. Makareta is the chosen one - carrying her family's hopes. Missy is the observer - the one who accepts but has her dreams. Mata is always waiting - for life to happen as it stealthily passes b...y. Moving from the forties to the present, from the country to the protests of the cities, Cousins is the story of these three cousins. Thrown together as children, they have subsequently grown apart, yet they share a connection that can never be broken. A stunning novel about tradition and change, about whanau and its struggle to survive, about the place of women in a shifting world. '. . . it is robust and powerful. I simply could not put it down. Lyrical and vibrant, smoothly paced and quietly rhythmic, Grace's language moves easily from one person to the next, as the stories unfold.' - Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, NZ Listener 'Cousins is an engrossing story that runs on in the head long after it has finished.' - Dominion Sunday Times 'Patricia Grace writes with an enviable clarity and power.' - Evening Post Cousins has been adapted for the screen, the film produced by Miss Conception Films and Whenua Films, directed by Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith, screenplay by Briar Grace-Smith and Patricia Grace. Read more
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This Easter, help five little New Zealand lambs find the treasure and get their Easter eggs! A wonderful rhyming Easter book from Yvonne Mes with heart-warming illustrations from Aleksandra Szmidt.
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By Black, Hona
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- RRP: $39.99
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* Comprehensive reference with sayings collected over many years * Contains nearly 500 metaphors and similes * Side-by-side layout of Maori and English texts
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By Keenan, Danny
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- RRP: $40.00
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From the earliest days of European settlement in New Zealand, Maori have struggled to hold on to their land. Tensions began early, arising from disputed land sales. When open conflict between Maori and Imperial forces broke out in the 1840s and 1860s, the struggles only intensifi...ed. For both sides, land was at the heart of the conflict, one that casts a long shadow over race relations in modern-day New Zealand. Wars Without End is the first book to approach this contentious subject from a Maori point of view, focusing on the Maori resolve to maintain possession of customary lands and explaining the subtleties of an ongoing and complex conflict. Written by senior Maori historian Danny Keenan, Wars Without End eloquently and powerfully describes the Maori reasons for fighting the Land Wars, placing them in the wider context of the Maori struggle to retain their sovereign estates. The Land Wars might have been quickly forgotten by Pakeha, but for Maori these longstanding struggles are wars without end. Read more
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* Compelling tales from the journals of first Europeans in Aotearoa * Targeted extracts supported by extensive illustration and fact boxes * Fourth title in The NZ Series, non-fiction aimed at readers aged 12+
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From singer-songwriter June Pitman-Hayes comes a story and beautiful waiata in both English and Maori that celebrates the great teddy bear hunt, that entertained thousands of children during lockdown in 2020. For fans of the best-selling 'Kia Ora - You Can Be A Kiwi Too' and 'Kia... Kaha!'
Song is available from streaming platforms including iTunes and Spotify. No link included in the book. Read more
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In this beautiful and transformative book, 24 Maori academics share their personal journeys, revealing what being Maori has meant for them in their work. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how matauranga is positively influencing the Western-dominated ...disciplines of knowledge in the research sector. Read more
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Other primary creator Bentley, Trevor
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- RRP: $39.99
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First-hand accounts by Pakeha captives, men and women who committed blatant acts of aggression or unknowingly transgressing tikanga and ended up in Maori captivity between 1816-1884.
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The kids are hungry!
One by one, Hohepa, Raniera and Hineraumati let Mama know that it's
time to eat. She replies by telling them where to find the food.
When the kids go to the fridge, the cupboard and the vegie basket, they
can't see any food.
It's only when Mama takes cha...rge that the ingredients come together, and the kids can sit down to some healthy hamburgers.
Told entirely in simple te reo, with clear and colourful illustrations, this is a valuable storybook for younger readers in te reo Maori. It is one of the first two titles in a new series conceived by a team at Auckland Libraries to meet the need for children's books in languages other than English. Read more
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Toku Papa
(Trade Paperback / Paperback)
By Ruby, Solly
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- RRP: $25.00
- $21.25
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When you first told me
that you gave me the name of our tupuna
so that I would be strong enough
to hold our family inside my ribcage,
I believed you.
Here you are.
Here is how I saw you,
trapped in your own amber.
Now it's time
for you to believe me.
Toku Papa is a bo...ok that serves as a map of survival for Maori growing up outside of their papakaika. These poems look at how we take the knowledge we are given by our ancestors and hide it beneath our tongues for safekeeping. They show us how we live with our tupuna, without ever fully understanding them. This book encompasses a journey spanning generations, teaching us how to keep the home fires burning within ourselves when we have forgotten where our homes are. But have our homes forgotten us?
'This book sings a song of connection and disconnection. It moves between the light and the dark as all living things must, and it stretches back to our ancestors and forward to our descendants, while exploring the difficulties of loving those who we should be closest to. This is a searching and generous collection of toikupu that slow time to a trickle just to reach in and tap directly into the wairua.' -essa may ranapiri
'Ruby is an incredible poet. Her poetry is utterly deft and agile, warm and heartbreaking.' -Tayi Tibble, Toi Maori Aotearoa Read more
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