Māui – Sun Catcher / Māui – Te Kaihao i te Rā
Tim Tipene
Illustrated by Zak Waipara
Translated by Rob Ruha
Rona Moon / Ko Rona Māhina
Tim Tipene
Illustrated by Theresa Reihana
Translated by Stephanie Huriana Fong
Paperback editions of Tim Tipene's retelling of two traditional stories are now in print, offering these fully bilingual English and Te Reo editions in a more affordable format.
The paperback editions are priced at $22.99, a 12% reduction from the previous hardback books.
Māui — Sun Catcher/Te Kaihao i te Rā sets the famous story of Māui catching the sun in a modern city. Māui is a schoolboy who lives with this mother and four older brothers in a city where the day is never long enough to things done.
Mum, I’m gonna catch that Sun for you.
That Sun who’s always on the run.
Te Rā ka hopukina mōhau, e māmā.
Te Rā, ka hohoro te kakama.
After weaving a flax net, the brothers drive to the pit where the Sun lives, and make their play to slow the day.
Award-winning author Tim Tipene weaves a spell-binding modern tale, accompanied by manga-influenced illustrations by esteemed artist Zak Waipara, with te reo Māori translation by musical star Rob Ruha.
Rona Moon/Ko Rona Māhina stars Rona as a young girl who gets angry with everyone — her brother, her Nana and Papa — until one night she calls the moon stupid!
Taken to meet her ancestor Whaea Rona on the moon, she learns a lesson in how to control her temper:
‘Everything looks so small from up here,’ said Rona.
‘I know,’ Whaea beamed. ‘Even the reasons we felt angry seem so little.’
‘Hanga nohinohi te ao katoa atu i konei,’ tā Rona.
‘E mea ana koe,’ te mene atu a Whaea. ‘Kua hanga nohinohi hoki ngā take i pupū ai ō tāua riri.’
Tai Tokerau artist Theresa Reihana created special illustrators, using photo collage approach, and Stephanie Huriana Fong (familiar to viewers of Whakaata Māori) provided a superb translation.
These books are a great read for primary school readers, students of te Reo and anyone who loves traditional stories, myths and retellings.
The authors
Tim Tipene (Ngāti Kurī, Ngāti Whātua) is the award-winning author of over 12 children’s books, and a pioneering youth counsellor. He lives with his family in Rānui, West Auckland.
Zak Waipara (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Ruapani) is a renowned illustrator and writer of books, comics and animations. He is a lecturer in digital media at the Auckland University of Technology.
Theresa Reihana (Ngāti Hine) is a visual artist who has exhibited worldwide, and is now venturing into book illustration; she lives near Kaitaia.
Translators
Rob Ruha (Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou) is a chart-topping musician, songwriter and champion of te reo Māori who is based in Rotorua.
Stephanie Huriana Fong (Te Rarawa) is a registered translator of te Reo who also works in television and other media; she lives in Te Atatū, Auckland
Publication: 17 November 2022 | RRP $22.99
ISBN: (Māui) 978-1-99-004232-4 (Rona) 978-1-99-004233-1
Paperback, 270 x 210 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour
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