Correcting common errors in te reo Māori for all levels of students and speakers

Ngā Hapa Reo: Common Māori Language Errors
Hona Black and Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell

Bilingual addition to Oratia’s te reo reference series explains and corrects common errors in Māori

Māori language teachers and consultants Hona Black and Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell hear a lot of common errors in te reo, not only in the courses they teach but also among fluent speakers. 

That motivated the pair to write Ngā Hapa Reo, making readers aware of common Māori language errors and how to right them, so that the reo can flourish in the future.

 

From choosing between awhi and āwhina, to the importance of tohutō (macrons), to whether to address a friend as ‘Hēmi’ or ‘e Hēmi’ — the new book deals with word choice, grammar, interference from English and more. It profiles more than 150 common errors, with explanations about how to correct them.

Chapter openings are in Māori on left-hand pages and English on the right, while examples are profiled on one page, making this bilingual book accessible to readers of all levels of fluency.

 

Ngā Hapa Reo adds to Oratia's language reference series, which includes Hona's books He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes and Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour.

Published in time for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, this new work fills a gap in the market for language resources. 

The authors

Hona Black (Tūhoe, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) lectures on teaching for Māori medium schools at Massey University, Palmerston North. This is his third book about te reo Māori. Hona lives in Porirua with his partner and their son. 

Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Apa) is a Māori language and education consultant for Haemata Limited. He has a keen interest in governance and holds several directorships. Te Aorangi lives in Whakatāne with his family.

Publication: 2 September 2024 | ISBN: 978-1-99-004259-1 | RRP $39.99

Paperback, 210 x 148 mm portrait, 196 pages, b&w

Homegrown graphic novel takes the Duffy Books in Homes message to young readers

Duffy and the Bullies
Jeff Szusterman
Illustrated by Ant Sang

Every year the Duffy Books in Homes theatre group visits hundreds of Kiwi schools, sharing the messages It’s Cool to Read and Cool to Achieve while building a keen following for the show’s hero, Duffy. 

It's part of the outstanding work Duffy Books in Homes has done for 30 years to connect children with books.  

Now one of those plays comes to the world in a graphic novel, the trendy reading format for children and teenagers worldwide.

Actor and director Jeff Szusterman reworked Lauren Jackson’s  Duffy and the Cloakroom Bully play into a story told in speech bubbles with graphics created by legendary cartoonist Ant Sang. 

There’s bullying at school, where the jealous and troubled Ashlee is picking on the lonely, luckless 11-year-old Marama. Into the fray steps Duffy, the cool Māori kid who’s captain of the school rugby team, as well as a keen reader.

By sharing wisdom from his book of the moment, The Hallowe’en Hassler (which features in Ant’s designs) — and encouraging Marama’s talents on the rugby field — Duffy helps to create an unlikely friendship between Marama and Ashlee.

Duffy and the Bullies hits the bookshelves early in school term 3, coinciding with the 30^th anniversary of Duffy Books in Homes.

The authors

Jeff Szusterman is an actor, director and teacher. For the past decade he has developed and directed theatre shows for Duffy Books in Homes. This is his first book. Jeff lives with his family in Waitakere, Auckland. 

Ant Sang is a cartoonist based in Auckland, who has authored award-winning graphic novels that have published internationally. He also works  in film, TV and theatre, and was lead designer on the TV show bro’Town. 

Lauren Jackson is a playwright, filmmaker, drama tutor and actor who has written many plays for Duffy Books in homes. This book is based on her play Duffy and the Cloak Bay Bully.

Publication: 6 August 2024 | ISBN: 978-1-99-004256-0 | RRP $25.99

Paperback, 229 x 160 mm portrait, 88 pages, colour