Māori Language Week/Te Wiki o te Reo Māori begins today, with the theme ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’— ‘Let’s make the Māori language strong’.Helping to make te Reo strong and connect our tamariki with the land and history around them is the kaupapa of Sharing Our Stories, a series of books by Malcolm Paterson (Ngāti Whātua).
The Taniwha in our Backyard, the third in the series, will be launched at Muriwai this Thursday.
With text in te Reo, English and Malay, and superb illustrations by Martin Bailey,The Taniwha in our Backyard strengthens understanding of Māori language and culture, as well as the multiple cultures that make up contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand.
The publication has been supported through the Auckland Diversity Project Fund (Creative New Zealand and Foundation North).
Publication Date: 12 September 2018 | ISBN: 978-0-947506-46-9 | RRP $21.99
Paperback, 284 x 208 mm, 32 pages colour
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