tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62971979147753022522024-03-12T18:22:44.088+13:00OratiaAlessandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12616072198034545392noreply@blogger.comBlogger477125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-13511557404263783752024-03-12T18:22:00.000+13:002024-03-12T18:22:12.518+13:00Publishing east and west meet at Istanbul Publishing Fellowship 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwTj7u-nCocxSlwBHQUlFSydexKQzZqDMUGTRGbEEQpzLE0DjK6G5iEZKOcz9rRe5gJtJVhwtWRQWZ4rostoI7X7i27Rr_I6vg3usGfuJBeiqQFvhIrZHCZ26x_r1T4GbUnjWjbFZtM7Za1u1c0LE_UUAiNd1_S20I5GwGxxyQ3GmlkuecIP9Sbjjs-4v/s664/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%205.09.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="664" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwTj7u-nCocxSlwBHQUlFSydexKQzZqDMUGTRGbEEQpzLE0DjK6G5iEZKOcz9rRe5gJtJVhwtWRQWZ4rostoI7X7i27Rr_I6vg3usGfuJBeiqQFvhIrZHCZ26x_r1T4GbUnjWjbFZtM7Za1u1c0LE_UUAiNd1_S20I5GwGxxyQ3GmlkuecIP9Sbjjs-4v/w400-h199/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%205.09.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publishers from 66 countries congregated last week for the 9th Istanbul Publishing Fellowship, one of the premier networking and rights opportunities in the international book world. </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhc_Ptu7b8CBgokmnMvN9tQIFiUZ2li1r2WNtnKB5_KKqEc2L8PtLJFbKM9ZIsXVFq3r9mvQiyJ9IbcSVgYa31A_xzQv_bXAhI1fmFBwNMTbRfk5N8POYcx5hwCp2hdS4AL0w1SSqGTPifCu2OPIKSwIR79xUcA4TgcN-bB-V8qy7x_GDWzbmxi-Vb19iC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhc_Ptu7b8CBgokmnMvN9tQIFiUZ2li1r2WNtnKB5_KKqEc2L8PtLJFbKM9ZIsXVFq3r9mvQiyJ9IbcSVgYa31A_xzQv_bXAhI1fmFBwNMTbRfk5N8POYcx5hwCp2hdS4AL0w1SSqGTPifCu2OPIKSwIR79xUcA4TgcN-bB-V8qy7x_GDWzbmxi-Vb19iC=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I was privileged to be among the 258 foreign publishers and agents invited (and could lay claim to having travelled the furthest to get to Istanbul, the closest competitors having come from Brazil and Indonesia ...). </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIYHC1iH9Wcj542AzeeqWVABHdIlccuGkX-yOTi8kcbfr4LX2-GUyEffpZIb97oUiyCFKDO36zHcy9NSUjAw4_yYmP49s3nh41iI4WkCOtB7ZUmgve7aKaR7ic2J-xTVlTqY6glVyo0-E3xLJRAmP_uT-JYBolgnq4ezGyYhbSDcylTMWAjXiRbJG30SRd" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIYHC1iH9Wcj542AzeeqWVABHdIlccuGkX-yOTi8kcbfr4LX2-GUyEffpZIb97oUiyCFKDO36zHcy9NSUjAw4_yYmP49s3nh41iI4WkCOtB7ZUmgve7aKaR7ic2J-xTVlTqY6glVyo0-E3xLJRAmP_uT-JYBolgnq4ezGyYhbSDcylTMWAjXiRbJG30SRd=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">Oratia's rights table at the Rami Library</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Joining the visitors were 125 Turkish publishers and agents, affording a unique opportunity to talk books and rights in what is a buoyant market of 80 million people, and to network with many Middle Eastern, Central Asian and European colleagues<br /></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXd0Vxz055I-4_PyiMkB90apj-MgucfqFfrzOKQrukTYnygB-NVUf49Naqv_YBkoBh-3F82y0Z_Y_BRCf95_qQZBf2_ANEIQ78C3qoMYeN9BEw1cWQ6rStF2SIr-meVUv_GNoReHf5U7FqtujjPZ08xPToKC3dRE_TsWVIIqPH6uyiKe7l9QUE4X41k_Kw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXd0Vxz055I-4_PyiMkB90apj-MgucfqFfrzOKQrukTYnygB-NVUf49Naqv_YBkoBh-3F82y0Z_Y_BRCf95_qQZBf2_ANEIQ78C3qoMYeN9BEw1cWQ6rStF2SIr-meVUv_GNoReHf5U7FqtujjPZ08xPToKC3dRE_TsWVIIqPH6uyiKe7l9QUE4X41k_Kw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">At the entrance to the spectacular Rami Library complex </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>Held from 5 to 7 March in the historic Rami Library in Istanbul's Bayrampaşa district, the <a href="https://fellowship.istanbul/">fellowship</a> focused on one-to-one business meetings, alongside speaker sessions, a gala dinner and informal exchanges. </span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Following disruptions over recent years due to Covid-19 and the tragic earthquakes of 2023, this year's event marked a welcome return to business as usual. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3522" data-original-width="2637" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiy154ejDvlXaCDGGjVCm9JGufOqvdphe74u8-KdlsdSTLjI6M39UmEhXKCMuJM-wvu3yb5kZvSou6LFjReg7NfJJaFmI-CVk3x_MmcysuP7FoMMnH4UAOjejWdLJlIQ2u1jX2oCJirCgfh4zW6uqQ6RkzlZG3oEp77xrBFxO7FlouTirpnJNbyuMBfGIX_=w483-h640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="483" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With Turkish publisher Selahattin Arslan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mexico featured as the focus country this year, and it was a pleasure to catch up with Mexican colleagues including former IPA president Hugo Setzer and Editorial Planeta rights coordinator for Latin America, Carol Reyes.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkN74_G1v9OGH91gU6K-9Yj-YWPe58BETaB7ZRJd31kUvH9xK1W9gFRDESxlyJRrPqi0NbQpn28XkmDtBVw9wUmizwuTZBA5JUhd_0TDu9ibLg9RjxOU8Dsty83O51cJibXZbySUuZktUOUlznqHRZNPm0JjEVB7eIcqrOv2DdlWO6Bb24Nara3YDdPb3K" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkN74_G1v9OGH91gU6K-9Yj-YWPe58BETaB7ZRJd31kUvH9xK1W9gFRDESxlyJRrPqi0NbQpn28XkmDtBVw9wUmizwuTZBA5JUhd_0TDu9ibLg9RjxOU8Dsty83O51cJibXZbySUuZktUOUlznqHRZNPm0JjEVB7eIcqrOv2DdlWO6Bb24Nara3YDdPb3K=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I learned a great deal from meetings with publishers from countries as diverse as Azerbaijan, Egypt, Greece, Japan and Slovenia, and meetings with Turkish publishers confirmed their country's reputation for being welcoming and open to new ideas.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now to the pile of reading and follow-up that always ensues from such fertile exchanges.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRGUcUZ_-XKG_p4trumybhQHDCJjYuQrDjgrXzYOBw4Xm5WJHoY545J0GrlGi-albV8WQgOoezxQnjcmtF54UWEblVNUKIeIOdsaSYp6k9w9MT-87yZPTvCiS7uP8eiGNC2tRFWqXx7RV__kksvhhcdTdDgkkV_B2mhvKxaR4v9Ra2ntsOS0yZBzTbu-3w" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRGUcUZ_-XKG_p4trumybhQHDCJjYuQrDjgrXzYOBw4Xm5WJHoY545J0GrlGi-albV8WQgOoezxQnjcmtF54UWEblVNUKIeIOdsaSYp6k9w9MT-87yZPTvCiS7uP8eiGNC2tRFWqXx7RV__kksvhhcdTdDgkkV_B2mhvKxaR4v9Ra2ntsOS0yZBzTbu-3w=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">At the Gala Dinner with publishing friends from Türkiye, Greece and Slovenia</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I would hope that more publishers from Oceania can make the trip to Istanbul in future years, because the interest in our books is certainly keen — many of those I met are looking to bring new voices to their publishing lists, and have great curiosity about our corner of the globe. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="1080" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhlXMLCeWn0pF27FuGkYBqM6oL1h2BmXpYcHwDG9fRtL0nFRdy0o2lau7O9Q3T1qOCCrLmRlNaYVGZLtoaRVFmzqPneHPBDm1mMzDVMiGCOXCxzP8ZSI-vs7foThOWr1A1albifl-b7niI3XPgvBWonCDkrg42w5eNMX1XlKy1L1-EWypEq_OK7L9C6ePE=w640-h354" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fellows gathered on the event's last day</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">As a case in point, being in Istanbul happily coincided with publication by major publishing house Pegasus Yay</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ı</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">nlar</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ı</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> of four books from our bestselling New Bum! Series by Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsGDcQ4vYE8CVUtWK95jiMqgUURZcLcbZANqEG3L5a1QltbQk8TrOQDCSXVJeFGaCyXl58u_NYHzHyTC6yxmUWwUcptdsIFXTLyReQ0WHoTDq0SW88i2KEukYfLCNf5MqTqqEA5Nt7ie26vSrfpmS98FBlsU0PsyhLlclQJbO2RAQXIvDHlClxrVxwosgq" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsGDcQ4vYE8CVUtWK95jiMqgUURZcLcbZANqEG3L5a1QltbQk8TrOQDCSXVJeFGaCyXl58u_NYHzHyTC6yxmUWwUcptdsIFXTLyReQ0WHoTDq0SW88i2KEukYfLCNf5MqTqqEA5Nt7ie26vSrfpmS98FBlsU0PsyhLlclQJbO2RAQXIvDHlClxrVxwosgq=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was a delight to receive samples of these Turkish editions and celebrate with Nazlı Gurkas of Black Cat Agency, who brokered this rights deal. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">My sincere thanks to the Istanbul Publishing Fellowship team for this valuable experience. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Turkish Press and Publishers Copyright and Licensing Society organised the event, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">İstanbul'da tekrar görüşmek üzere!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>- Peter Dowling, in Istanbul</i></span></div></div></div></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-48864651233934406342024-03-05T07:00:00.056+13:002024-03-05T07:00:00.149+13:00Award-winning bilingual picture book now in new paperback edition<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn3tj9jN7NkJ3OYDfLwjdkwiJAJiupsYUkea6CNrLZOyLdXu5F8WzwBW6uT_0ijZV1lA4BdsDsxyT1AHZxtZp1szmdR06vVR7BAai_NL1psqlRUUCKeJfVJOdQs-ls8oPLEShuIfh2B3HDBWNVJxb38ocCiM3PpCbgK4Fp5mv0jmP_bGY7QLM6BdkPtbC/s621/Whakarongo%20ki%20o%CC%84%20Tu%CC%84puna%20PB%20CVR%20LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn3tj9jN7NkJ3OYDfLwjdkwiJAJiupsYUkea6CNrLZOyLdXu5F8WzwBW6uT_0ijZV1lA4BdsDsxyT1AHZxtZp1szmdR06vVR7BAai_NL1psqlRUUCKeJfVJOdQs-ls8oPLEShuIfh2B3HDBWNVJxb38ocCiM3PpCbgK4Fp5mv0jmP_bGY7QLM6BdkPtbC/w494-h640/Whakarongo%20ki%20o%CC%84%20Tu%CC%84puna%20PB%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="494" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Corporative; font-size: 16pt;">Whakarongo ki ō Tūpuna <br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Corporative; font-size: 16pt;">Listen to your Ancestors<br /></span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="background: red; font-family: Corporative;">BILINGUAL</span></b></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Corporative;">Darryn Joseph<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Corporative;">Illustrated by Munro Te Whata</span></b></h3><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Back in an attractive paperback edition is the award-winning book that helped launch Darryn Joseph as a leading author and promoter of children’s literature. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Darryn had penned a score of readers for Māori immersion education, before <i>Whakarongo ki ō Tūpuna / Listen to your Ancestors</i> came as his first book for the general market, in 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSz2WmRL_g2qaVYbmOlzskNSjmSYmoz0L3zbA015HpUmmT-pIBKfz2euSnRfsXAc0cA9PYwXry184C28vAdRzFFEscLQ6wgWJ8yqSAhfQTGxqltDlt1Sf88UoVgTxfj24yR_ESi0q3wQ_OmunL4i7AxZWikyv-iboHKWfOK3s1ZpQTDjwy9kkz3pfexJpf/s4961/Whakarongo%20Ki%20o%20Tupuna_TXT3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="4961" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSz2WmRL_g2qaVYbmOlzskNSjmSYmoz0L3zbA015HpUmmT-pIBKfz2euSnRfsXAc0cA9PYwXry184C28vAdRzFFEscLQ6wgWJ8yqSAhfQTGxqltDlt1Sf88UoVgTxfj24yR_ESi0q3wQ_OmunL4i7AxZWikyv-iboHKWfOK3s1ZpQTDjwy9kkz3pfexJpf/w640-h412/Whakarongo%20Ki%20o%20Tupuna_TXT3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That hardback book won the NZSA Heritage Book Award, Māori section in 2020, and is now available </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">in a lower-priced paperback. </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Set in a school and a rest home, Darryn’s story follows a teacher giving life lessons to her students based on the example of Māori gods and ancestors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As the story unfolds, the teacher ages and retires, and her granddaughter cares for her until her death. Her granddaughter also a teacher, then begins to pass on to her pupils lessons from the ancestors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIX5xRAX_NFZi1w02eMZ8nXnjDGcOqBzzS9UvrdmzvdJYrB1SVfebWGRzjARUvjSC1w4LmJoe_U1K7PxzDUAU_IdpseIMXteZuSx4PCHI2ivo8Q_FdrP8i8Mfxp2N2CdUAX5gNhY8_XDw1sfOfCXaDeo4AVlPDwHlP0lZKKLF5qHaq3XFY2qkHyh7y4HUS/s4961/Whakarongo%20Ki%20o%20Tupuna_TXT2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="4961" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIX5xRAX_NFZi1w02eMZ8nXnjDGcOqBzzS9UvrdmzvdJYrB1SVfebWGRzjARUvjSC1w4LmJoe_U1K7PxzDUAU_IdpseIMXteZuSx4PCHI2ivo8Q_FdrP8i8Mfxp2N2CdUAX5gNhY8_XDw1sfOfCXaDeo4AVlPDwHlP0lZKKLF5qHaq3XFY2qkHyh7y4HUS/w640-h412/Whakarongo%20Ki%20o%20Tupuna_TXT2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Beautifully illustrated by Munro Te Whata, the book dives deep into te Ao Māori, the connection to tūpuna and to the natural world, the concepts of aroha and manaakitanga.</span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwHK-_qSOIkntPBFb7RIc7wBDg-rCkqeGeBhyphenhyphenkgc8q0bl_v-zHAPAjeWbHynYs-sMt8D8SgIvHPOFUWhqK9R7e9NSDweI2olrGYM2NYz_tyqsT5YtnshNxiRBcsfkC4Eb7xu9YJwFUfLKpZqzVW-NDhJxVwAwfN5XQ9rdDZSzFrsgW_a5ZpFbNGWRHSFz/s4961/Whakarongo%20Ki%20o%20Tupuna_TXT1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="4961" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwHK-_qSOIkntPBFb7RIc7wBDg-rCkqeGeBhyphenhyphenkgc8q0bl_v-zHAPAjeWbHynYs-sMt8D8SgIvHPOFUWhqK9R7e9NSDweI2olrGYM2NYz_tyqsT5YtnshNxiRBcsfkC4Eb7xu9YJwFUfLKpZqzVW-NDhJxVwAwfN5XQ9rdDZSzFrsgW_a5ZpFbNGWRHSFz/w640-h412/Whakarongo%20Ki%20o%20Tupuna_TXT1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Darryn has gone on to a range of collaborations and translations with noted author-illustrator Donovan Bixley, as well as judging for the New Zealand Book Awards and being a trustee of the Storylines Children’s Literature Trust. </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The authors<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-S1SKTHwbB1oJaJLaY-PZiA2yuoqq44omArIoE9_LsUOqCCpNSbE8wwxaUErhQWNtLlLb5yJ_4aBzwPKJcw_4V8q_5fzbzHHxOKCoE9JJIBjKnDZyNEQEDwxChgbA6mATBmHKcP7CD-TY8PDHDT6bUHBbDnEOQYdrjpREI6rt0ClzBQxE9ILbgkbSg3R/s1280/Darryn%20Joseph%202023%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="863" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-S1SKTHwbB1oJaJLaY-PZiA2yuoqq44omArIoE9_LsUOqCCpNSbE8wwxaUErhQWNtLlLb5yJ_4aBzwPKJcw_4V8q_5fzbzHHxOKCoE9JJIBjKnDZyNEQEDwxChgbA6mATBmHKcP7CD-TY8PDHDT6bUHBbDnEOQYdrjpREI6rt0ClzBQxE9ILbgkbSg3R/w270-h400/Darryn%20Joseph%202023%20LR.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Darryn Joseph</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> (Ngāti Maniapoto) is an author and language consultant who was for over 20 years a senior lecturer in Māori language at Massey University, Palmerston North. He is the author or translator of some 30 books, mainly for Māori immersion education. <o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cTBfBnrARxbsNYKmC3L_wG2ODFLu540HcbZRobUjVSn4Tj2R93YSKI1V6sCZqLoWpf6u909gbmz1fwcYxNhHq98G2S7ehNRfYOvDN0k9VMs5jfUVLAHglb1DAoIRRU7KRtnErrMaItrTlVjRwmUzzdpjjeSw5CMSmVXVDuSwbRDuendrMhD_aJdbqFsK/s1280/Munro-Te-Whata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cTBfBnrARxbsNYKmC3L_wG2ODFLu540HcbZRobUjVSn4Tj2R93YSKI1V6sCZqLoWpf6u909gbmz1fwcYxNhHq98G2S7ehNRfYOvDN0k9VMs5jfUVLAHglb1DAoIRRU7KRtnErrMaItrTlVjRwmUzzdpjjeSw5CMSmVXVDuSwbRDuendrMhD_aJdbqFsK/s320/Munro-Te-Whata.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Munro Te Whata </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">(Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Niue)<b> </b>is an animator, artist and writer who has illustrated several books. He lives with this family in Auckland where he works in and teaches animation and illustration. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="border-color: windowtext currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; border-style: solid none none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.200001px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;">Publication: 5 March 2024 | ISBN: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 16px;">978-0-947506-67-4 </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 16px;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;">| RRP $22.99<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></div><div style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor windowtext; border-image: none; border-style: none none solid; border-width: medium medium 1pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paperback, 270 x 210 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour</span></span></b></p></div><br /><p></p></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-42599432834185064242024-03-02T07:52:00.000+13:002024-03-02T07:52:01.938+13:00Eighth of the New Bum! books continues 'runaway success' of the international series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbj4UQ0bPkHFdJEAEIpGejpp8S4Bkb3q1bJCMC2Bn9uJDwuCHHbOOt5GbaQu1SiHsbnsUGEd4XomX8zJYRto_aBNAgdAqQwA2knP91RREELIJ-wat61Z9aOto0_W5JSQl0pp47I4OnrQCIAfCtXOnoMHxjOe84iKwq86O1gpWW7dKuPKwbgcM1KmjVXKG/s652/My%20Dad's%20Runaway%20BUM!%20CVR%20LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="610" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbj4UQ0bPkHFdJEAEIpGejpp8S4Bkb3q1bJCMC2Bn9uJDwuCHHbOOt5GbaQu1SiHsbnsUGEd4XomX8zJYRto_aBNAgdAqQwA2knP91RREELIJ-wat61Z9aOto0_W5JSQl0pp47I4OnrQCIAfCtXOnoMHxjOe84iKwq86O1gpWW7dKuPKwbgcM1KmjVXKG/w598-h640/My%20Dad's%20Runaway%20BUM!%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="598" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Dad’s Runaway Bum!<br /></span></span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dawn McMillan<br /></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird</span></span></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">From the humble beginnings of a boy wondering why his bum has a crack, the 2012 book <i>I Need a New Bum! </i>has built a fan base of millions around the world, with six subsequent adventures published along with a number of bind-ups, sticker books and even a board game. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-AU">My Dad’s Runaway Bum </span></i><span lang="EN-AU">extends this hit series in another crazy escapade. Our hero. red-pants boy, is off on another bum-venture, but this time it’s not him that causes the trouble!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj73q3r4Cd1iuYZazMVPoHJTpV2sFgfDktlpov8Q5qJbMR7pIeS7WZFydzfJ9aShSyl-KNsZUhyphenhyphenwdI0y6FCJvW1UhQGn-FF1-XWoeY2288NoiEoLuhyphenhyphenGRN1ZQZuORY0OHi4XTd45n5IVu9z3xCmbMryR7jPQMgXdlY0Cz2Tcp2GeIvBrOAVT13Z9MRoO0A/s1218/pp%202-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1218" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj73q3r4Cd1iuYZazMVPoHJTpV2sFgfDktlpov8Q5qJbMR7pIeS7WZFydzfJ9aShSyl-KNsZUhyphenhyphenwdI0y6FCJvW1UhQGn-FF1-XWoeY2288NoiEoLuhyphenhyphenGRN1ZQZuORY0OHi4XTd45n5IVu9z3xCmbMryR7jPQMgXdlY0Cz2Tcp2GeIvBrOAVT13Z9MRoO0A/w640-h342/pp%202-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After eating too much cabbage and peas, Dad’s bum has had enough and blasts off in a cloud of smelly smoke. It takes off through the door, rolls ‘past joggers in tights, past bikers with lights’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But our hero and his bum-less Dad are hot on its tail, following its smelly trail. And soon, the police get in on the c(h)ase …</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXPwxeJ0pSKUmHFiGE44UvY9soxsBqwAkGIX-ioDHGA7sDf9GUdWIjUk1C4Al_su4yVsarbF9NpJ0Uts03NE-3l4YP2P53fvf0eF6iJ1SEQ-yYesc2-bvU5HbkhfCBCN3Gu4s9aEVcAIlgiL8fyuA8ZOaO_vD9uuC5SmUONHze4IukqwnowE5suefQSzi/s1218/pp%208-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1218" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXPwxeJ0pSKUmHFiGE44UvY9soxsBqwAkGIX-ioDHGA7sDf9GUdWIjUk1C4Al_su4yVsarbF9NpJ0Uts03NE-3l4YP2P53fvf0eF6iJ1SEQ-yYesc2-bvU5HbkhfCBCN3Gu4s9aEVcAIlgiL8fyuA8ZOaO_vD9uuC5SmUONHze4IukqwnowE5suefQSzi/w640-h342/pp%208-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Will Dad get his bum back or will he stay forever bum-less, with his backside locked up in jail?<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The hilarious rhymes of Dawn McMillan and comical drawings of Ross Kinnaird crack up readers once more in this wild bum-chase. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJR21nYs94GEiaCewr8E6iBqsKL87oyPXMFzCKr_Ik3cxG6G7wcNKdMJ97aeTA0yLYtc3m92_q84-EKgI0lECrx-2jzZJzOcXJQNw2uyhKcShni8vJPSnIBrxY_ebGGY1RlUWqUbLosgbmf2x9825KHuDARVSjVvhyphenhyphenJoPxetFTuVk4mqbvuFJB65Hc1xn/s1218/pp%2026-27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1218" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJR21nYs94GEiaCewr8E6iBqsKL87oyPXMFzCKr_Ik3cxG6G7wcNKdMJ97aeTA0yLYtc3m92_q84-EKgI0lECrx-2jzZJzOcXJQNw2uyhKcShni8vJPSnIBrxY_ebGGY1RlUWqUbLosgbmf2x9825KHuDARVSjVvhyphenhyphenJoPxetFTuVk4mqbvuFJB65Hc1xn/w640-h342/pp%2026-27.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><i style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a442a;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This eighth in the bestselling <i>New Bum!</i> series will be in bookstores from 5 March in New Zealand and Australia, with publication also in the US and Canada, the UK and Ireland.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The authors<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhCof4hSnn_4DBASkYMscuS2xRAbe1bH-G6_9Vnpo_MSP4wjdYCBgDQx1l9Izk6-XCCYqBjc1Ezzpgm3ynlOPHAG4yHiFIuoTXUbUOSTOJNBLRK0ri0rE0_19tV-3DgXCkyflYkdXeGQFNrvQtkuWxwjX7aTOODMG3XS6RvLdsAvZTjBXOspw44HpBDMo/s1280/Ross%20Kinnaird%202018_LR%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1029" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhCof4hSnn_4DBASkYMscuS2xRAbe1bH-G6_9Vnpo_MSP4wjdYCBgDQx1l9Izk6-XCCYqBjc1Ezzpgm3ynlOPHAG4yHiFIuoTXUbUOSTOJNBLRK0ri0rE0_19tV-3DgXCkyflYkdXeGQFNrvQtkuWxwjX7aTOODMG3XS6RvLdsAvZTjBXOspw44HpBDMo/s320/Ross%20Kinnaird%202018_LR%20(1).jpg" width="257" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"><b>Ross Kinnaird </b>is an illustrator and graphic designer whose books have been published in many countries, many of them in collaboration with Dawn. He lives close to the water on Auckland’s North Shore.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></span></p><div style="border-color: windowtext currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; border-style: solid none none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.200001px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;">Publication: 5 March 2024 | ISBN: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 16px;">978-1-99-004254-6</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 16px;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;">| RRP</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"> $21.00<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></div><div style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor windowtext; border-image: none; border-style: none none solid; border-width: medium medium 1pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paperback, 230 x 215 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour</span><span style="font-family: Corporative-Bold; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-69074027449595420412024-02-05T10:00:00.001+13:002024-02-05T10:33:27.536+13:00Bilingual picture book tells uplifting story of gender fluidity and the power of poi<p><i style="color: #444444;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/rere-atu-taku-poi/"></a></span></span></b></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0Hct-H2EA59XJd_l-Ph5S6Kmg5V7JyAYlvrDJn6NzR9Rn5aN4PgBdGPL6jbcFZZQCm1nufRGFWWYAxJOy-quBlrtk9eksBF7X3bpUiym_RIu_iVvitMLiIS3AnsUAun_VJL65sy5_JSsXnTWPlts_uZe5AenM3NiE4yd45gPg7Pw3GzHf3_5iUEcB3ff/s765/Rere%20Atu%20Taku%20Poi!%20CVR_LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="593" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0Hct-H2EA59XJd_l-Ph5S6Kmg5V7JyAYlvrDJn6NzR9Rn5aN4PgBdGPL6jbcFZZQCm1nufRGFWWYAxJOy-quBlrtk9eksBF7X3bpUiym_RIu_iVvitMLiIS3AnsUAun_VJL65sy5_JSsXnTWPlts_uZe5AenM3NiE4yd45gPg7Pw3GzHf3_5iUEcB3ff/w496-h640/Rere%20Atu%20Taku%20Poi!%20CVR_LR.jpg" width="496" /></a></span></span></b></i></div><i style="color: #444444;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />Rere Atu Taku Poi!/Let My Poi Fly!</span></span></b></i><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="Body" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><b>Tangaroa Paul</b></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><b>Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbs</b></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Debut author pens inspiring picture book based on their own journey to performing the poi</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB">Publishing this week as part Pride Month, <i>Rere Atu Taku Poi!/Let My Poi Fly! </i>is the story of a boy who learns that being different takes courage and makes us who we are.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NbHgNufuEh1ywgrLGFSf7oOpXdQsZglNbRynqhm64wXTtTyRkmO5ZH86ArrPPNHVtf0KmCtpefzqCAl9TG2MKxOoNRHuD4DEChxDXzh7QQBAw6GYPUdm-d2Ussfo5CRWsLvgsTdnEBVuwQMi120dJEZjPf7vOgXMixrU2VSCdcy-yqyUaTyIgzLf4jxj/s1280/pp%202-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1280" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NbHgNufuEh1ywgrLGFSf7oOpXdQsZglNbRynqhm64wXTtTyRkmO5ZH86ArrPPNHVtf0KmCtpefzqCAl9TG2MKxOoNRHuD4DEChxDXzh7QQBAw6GYPUdm-d2Ussfo5CRWsLvgsTdnEBVuwQMi120dJEZjPf7vOgXMixrU2VSCdcy-yqyUaTyIgzLf4jxj/w640-h412/pp%202-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU">Rangi loves doing haka but performing poi is his favourite — even though his classmates say this artform just for girls. When the lead poi performer falls sick before a school performance, Rangi has to take her place. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU">How will the other students and audience react –</span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><i><span lang="EN-AU">‘Surely a boy can’t lead the poi?’ </span></i><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">As Rangi steps on stage, the familiar movements of poi take him from scared and unsure to standing as his authentic self.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn-9thhJIrQKzIBJpZ9K3ykmd9M-vkDWxCRL90S8ugIkjEBaExnr6Htr65coWotTKemxn-b6Zi8vkOqQSsstHeHE4kjhYEXzjWxQv1q4Fy-ovS4WN87Kkf1kmHG_-9kfBCJwXnRtLJBAUWyXvg7riU86Wssk5RQcsszDPxmWuVk6WivAcRcapkxKY4-E0/s1190/pp%208-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1190" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn-9thhJIrQKzIBJpZ9K3ykmd9M-vkDWxCRL90S8ugIkjEBaExnr6Htr65coWotTKemxn-b6Zi8vkOqQSsstHeHE4kjhYEXzjWxQv1q4Fy-ovS4WN87Kkf1kmHG_-9kfBCJwXnRtLJBAUWyXvg7riU86Wssk5RQcsszDPxmWuVk6WivAcRcapkxKY4-E0/w640-h412/pp%208-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB">‘As a child I knew I was different, but I struggled to find answers. Kapa haka and poi were the only ways in which I felt the connection between my culture and my self</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: repeat white;">,’ Tangaroa says. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: repeat white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: repeat white;">‘This book, and Rangi’s journey of expressing who they are, is all about being bright, brave and <br />beautiful!’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: repeat white;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWORTXRgw_IelWfzA2G2h_UoegDC8f2QjkxDflwuWHVbDMErIPmhzZqfdlBdLLjHpWw9m_ybbUVkvnCyDFTfhiSMLVhcS2SC_aJr2wN-2NJENcDG8joAeFFMIx4_wp6457W1lH4Dg8Y8b-hDnKsh2wnqOFkNbtPYe6bdVC_X5vMfB-YusnCE2UpWPcY6J/s1280/pp%2016-17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1280" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWORTXRgw_IelWfzA2G2h_UoegDC8f2QjkxDflwuWHVbDMErIPmhzZqfdlBdLLjHpWw9m_ybbUVkvnCyDFTfhiSMLVhcS2SC_aJr2wN-2NJENcDG8joAeFFMIx4_wp6457W1lH4Dg8Y8b-hDnKsh2wnqOFkNbtPYe6bdVC_X5vMfB-YusnCE2UpWPcY6J/w640-h413/pp%2016-17.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB">Written in te reo Māori and English (te reo appears first on the pages), Tangaroa’s story is beautifully illustrated by Rebecca Gibbs. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB">Creative New Zealand generously supported publication of the book, which was created in collaboration with Auckland Libraries <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-AU">Ngā Pataka Kōrero o Tamaki Makaurau.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJF2RG0P31t9K1Vw0ReqcIGWVJBhLKOGl8D78xa699pSEnGBPAcBT7GRhc3wu6PNsM6xjEmIwGc9oWtikAMCh4IOgNqUj73P8dMBXfRsx7mpn19xhaltRv4s5MnwGp6LkgKvDwNTtZBWnjd9-2WayluOH_THocQO3pN7iuZ3J5fNxO27s-KbTY940j2JZ/s1280/pp%2030-31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1280" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJF2RG0P31t9K1Vw0ReqcIGWVJBhLKOGl8D78xa699pSEnGBPAcBT7GRhc3wu6PNsM6xjEmIwGc9oWtikAMCh4IOgNqUj73P8dMBXfRsx7mpn19xhaltRv4s5MnwGp6LkgKvDwNTtZBWnjd9-2WayluOH_THocQO3pN7iuZ3J5fNxO27s-KbTY940j2JZ/w640-h413/pp%2030-31.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><span lang="EN-GB">A teacher resource for the book is </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Rere-Atu-Taku-Poi-Teacher-Resource.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB">available on the Oratia website</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB">. And scanning the QR code on the back cover takes you to YouTube videos with Tangaroa reading the book in Māori and English, and a poi performance.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To see an interview with Tangaroa, click on this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq4l9dtdwzc">link</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The authors</span></span></b><p></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: georgia;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOlFSTaBZhvf5AiZ8a_h8oRh0GQaTwvlo5SaFKjJsLONRhFJmNzD0zMbefUy43-EvLd2kJzTS2_CC6UdUqjhqI-vE02wqyDgYvaOD0tCpcGe3Wj8VtQeT-6ZMEtt3z6XtGSCGR4rgjsDRb42H8G1CI9LmtE9Sc7kJ9v0g9qWfwXPcfAoUwWVPWyBpCQbY/s850/Tangaroa%20Paul%20LR.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="850" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOlFSTaBZhvf5AiZ8a_h8oRh0GQaTwvlo5SaFKjJsLONRhFJmNzD0zMbefUy43-EvLd2kJzTS2_CC6UdUqjhqI-vE02wqyDgYvaOD0tCpcGe3Wj8VtQeT-6ZMEtt3z6XtGSCGR4rgjsDRb42H8G1CI9LmtE9Sc7kJ9v0g9qWfwXPcfAoUwWVPWyBpCQbY/w400-h266/Tangaroa%20Paul%20LR.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Tangaroa Paul</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">(</span><span lang="EN-US">Te Whare Tawhito o Muriwhenua), a poi expert who identifies as gender-fluid, is a lecturer in te reo Māori at the Auckland University of Technology, where they have recently submitted a doctoral thesis in gender studies. <i>Rere Atu Taku Poi!</i> is Tangaroa’s first book.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTomaGYO81yTMTioQrSHhCbZw7P2Tz_3wEp3oLEzCzkie5xZn2gIs1kYsqWmWX7K9nXxM_3L51LChVsJ8b7wC30Jcgv6_FwpKW1tZ5MUGCkJOhBQdX1YiQEhGmMSY5X-TR1UYBS7e0bJVswXJU4pIXGdI9Ht9Nw8VPf9ndwtisU9rxb6bP6Jh-nXRprGo-/s600/Rebecca%20Gibbs%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTomaGYO81yTMTioQrSHhCbZw7P2Tz_3wEp3oLEzCzkie5xZn2gIs1kYsqWmWX7K9nXxM_3L51LChVsJ8b7wC30Jcgv6_FwpKW1tZ5MUGCkJOhBQdX1YiQEhGmMSY5X-TR1UYBS7e0bJVswXJU4pIXGdI9Ht9Nw8VPf9ndwtisU9rxb6bP6Jh-nXRprGo-/w400-h266/Rebecca%20Gibbs%20LR.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="mi-NZ">Rebecca Gibbs </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">(Rongowhakaata) has been </span><span lang="EN-US">a primary school teacher and gained a Bachelor of Design (VisCom) in 2015, since when she has worked in illustration and publishing. She lives in Christchurch.</span><span lang="mi-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publication: 8 February 2024 | ISBN: </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">978-1-99-004248-5</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> | RRP $22.99</span></span></span></b></p></div><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paperback, </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">270 x 210 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour</span></span></span></b></p></div></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-32570370765358758322024-01-30T07:30:00.002+13:002024-01-30T07:30:00.135+13:00Publishing with partners: Oratia keeps commissioned work to the fore<p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="mi-NZ">‘We couldn’t be more thrilled with the book we launched as a celebration of our 50th anniversary...</span></i><i><span lang="mi-NZ"> </span></i><i><span lang="mi-NZ">Thank you, Oratia Media — you are an amazing company to work with.’</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; text-indent: -18pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="mi-NZ">—<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="mi-NZ">Bruce Pilbrow, CEO, Spirit of Adventure Trust</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhJKAQo_DApZikUph1xLKpPUE2wH092q6NR1Djdm1-Wmj6IQ_XIdT0OEEpQzuPGen6Uy4xGy2d9C7sUxseO9xkVMFxXIOkKORFdOtU1UIh0Bl-g1GtzrN3Z_b4oU3UY2glDDjnyzZbLU_QFmNpLlfp0fpYDSXHdqKD-k7O3lCasKHDM3BUL39NvrF0NGk/s2048/338D8AEF-3F9E-4C80-953E-8A3281CD9268.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhJKAQo_DApZikUph1xLKpPUE2wH092q6NR1Djdm1-Wmj6IQ_XIdT0OEEpQzuPGen6Uy4xGy2d9C7sUxseO9xkVMFxXIOkKORFdOtU1UIh0Bl-g1GtzrN3Z_b4oU3UY2glDDjnyzZbLU_QFmNpLlfp0fpYDSXHdqKD-k7O3lCasKHDM3BUL39NvrF0NGk/w640-h640/338D8AEF-3F9E-4C80-953E-8A3281CD9268.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oratia Media started life in 2000 as a publishing services business, and along with our own books continues to partner with organisations to bring their stories to publication.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="Body" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="mi-NZ">Most recently, in November 2023 we published Roger McDonald’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>A Spirit Companion</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as a commission from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">The Spirit of Adventure Trust for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> its 50-year celebrations.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="mi-NZ">Roger’s superb stories of those who have sailed and supported<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>‘the Spirit’<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span lang="mi-NZ">spring from the page with their accompanying drawings by Sue Fisher</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>— telling of lives changed by youth voyages and love of the sea.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">‘We couldn’t be more thrilled with the book we launched as a celebration of our 50th anniversary,’ says Bruce Pilbrow, the Trust’s CEO.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">‘The result is truly world class. Thank you, Oratia Media — you are an amazing company to work with.’</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oratia loved working with the Spirit team, and thank Stephen Fisher and the Trust board for putting their confidence in us to take their book from a manuscript to printed book.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The result is a beautiful production that has crossed over into the retail market, with copies on display in bookstores across the country over the 2023–24 summer.</span></span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTRGnjCbqn7e2M2V_76xbbe1ymavQh8dW3698qC_035twQOImUfLAqxXiq9cokCqjeLeBtkP2bShmqTmP8qMVaJANoMugWnVlBHso-l2iasu-VoxbtX1U1Uc8MKorq0gmUItgoGFbXp0IW8cuiZXkP8veTkdZn-JhbNgba6uGPNzKrFWyRus1kqsPcRpB/s4032/2C57230A-42CF-48F7-940B-A9C6A3E52427.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTRGnjCbqn7e2M2V_76xbbe1ymavQh8dW3698qC_035twQOImUfLAqxXiq9cokCqjeLeBtkP2bShmqTmP8qMVaJANoMugWnVlBHso-l2iasu-VoxbtX1U1Uc8MKorq0gmUItgoGFbXp0IW8cuiZXkP8veTkdZn-JhbNgba6uGPNzKrFWyRus1kqsPcRpB/w480-h640/2C57230A-42CF-48F7-940B-A9C6A3E52427.heic" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Other commissioned publications Oratia managed last year were the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society’s print and ebook<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Making a Stand</i>, and the Samoan-English picture book<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>O Leilani ma lona Fale’oloa/Leilani’s Shop<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>for Auckland Libraries.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clients for whom we have produced quality books over the years include companies like Civic Assurance and Goodman Fielder, charities (The Tindall Foundation, the Order of St John), community groups and government agencies such as the New Zealand Geographic Board.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oratia’s services range from writing, editing, proofreading and design through to print management and ebook conversion, all to the highest standards.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="mi-NZ">For more about our commission and partner publishing services, check out </span><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/services/"><span lang="mi-NZ">https://www.oratia.co.nz/services/</span></a><span lang="mi-NZ"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or email<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:info@oratia.co.nz"><span lang="mi-NZ">info@oratia.co.nz</span></a><span lang="mi-NZ">.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-8N1g1F09ddXl1_kL1b32uK0xTrKVbchzsmQQSKwsw9Zo-O3f-sxZZciQGEfhLRn9YzL69eLmbsNmFzu-u3FYD2VvlapWWHmeZb5aGSiF9jH6TVczU9G_2wBQCGFEsLgUldTWYCy8JGqwbIK50P1nSYprMKaCKEQcv4ATAkd5w9Cp6Nm1g7kDEaBfDOT/s4032/2024-01-16%2018.25.52.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-8N1g1F09ddXl1_kL1b32uK0xTrKVbchzsmQQSKwsw9Zo-O3f-sxZZciQGEfhLRn9YzL69eLmbsNmFzu-u3FYD2VvlapWWHmeZb5aGSiF9jH6TVczU9G_2wBQCGFEsLgUldTWYCy8JGqwbIK50P1nSYprMKaCKEQcv4ATAkd5w9Cp6Nm1g7kDEaBfDOT/w640-h480/2024-01-16%2018.25.52.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Based on the theme 'Bringing the world to Tamil, taking Tamil to the world', CIBF 2024 tapped the rich literary history of Tamil, a classical language with a history stretching back thousands of years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chennai is also home to a host of large and small publishers producing books in Tamil and other southern Indian languages, as well as English.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRc04g-Vzc8SxblHhElFDAJqHPrUNmaAWnNBE4dPov4_jaRy77aNgBniEkjo2XalGA8x2UD5LYK9KgSs5Fd3qkip4wax0Bpsrqn0Hux3jaMO15c8M1GI2s1pWbiTvMW7vDqn5Yla9ZlezPeoYSN0sxHD3kRCYnVa4FC5yRwbnGwEnmsip6EKhLKbXTE2Kg/s4032/2024-01-16%2017.17.52.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipViZ_deZzUK3BZKjE9XHdxyQaWdY3b0WqRiIJ_WTi4-ONL7V8jiGryxHW6MkqhoXW5B8xEWf6sHNrI28KiuKORgXcBrf0qdUyFjkyJQRDCEjhTxomfPAYyA24QgAGNtnBwBybfZkKp8-O2BFVPdHs_FJe6ZeupfYTO05IbJnn99KD8oT6cCOWA-Eg3ruv/w640-h480/2024-01-16%2009.48.29.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hOBioa9oBrKphMl1aPBdDD-WauOVwwhTiEbCkVkGE__q45xUrn0nAVjN7u_LkTC7LsZpkcFXrPYK3gIGxEWZeHRe0R4XSvKaH2ROuUaNOi6JYjyadfrxSiNYx-UCwvfnlNWOqhGqrj2BgSOtyh_NKWxD-zAyoXQI4ymNxhl3Llhcnm2rRg_rFCIEbZkz/s4032/2024-01-16%2010.16.13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">On Wednesday I was part of a panel discussion on translation, moderated by Dejan Trajkoski (Prozart Media, North Macedonia) with Milena Ascione (BooksAgent, France), Sulaiman Adebowale (Amalion, Senegal) and Rajeev Dhar Joshi (Kathalaya, Nepal).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvws5eUMZ2FKDzO9JLR_dqrvsNMiTzKrHyeJ-wXWXWwY6_H9Pb4tRtS5ltMvB2c5fsWlPtMK8jvVgtOaBVXQ0LODT3g7JmCSMQAIxp-mYTa7D26lSY5hGDvp8gSQ6NHPkdbPOjPV1OsqWhUSDR2VWScsPgvdyQdbW6EZwiHRxAqXBKp94RUwkcOIHz8Mvb/s5120/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-18%20at%2019.49.24.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="5120" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvws5eUMZ2FKDzO9JLR_dqrvsNMiTzKrHyeJ-wXWXWwY6_H9Pb4tRtS5ltMvB2c5fsWlPtMK8jvVgtOaBVXQ0LODT3g7JmCSMQAIxp-mYTa7D26lSY5hGDvp8gSQ6NHPkdbPOjPV1OsqWhUSDR2VWScsPgvdyQdbW6EZwiHRxAqXBKp94RUwkcOIHz8Mvb/w640-h480/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-18%20at%2019.49.24.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The 2024 CIBF fellows<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">A huge vote of thanks to the fellowship organisers Senthil Nathan and Ilangoven Chinnusamy, who put a massive amount of voluntary work into getting the fellows to Chennai from around the world and making this a memorable experience. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCPZEuN5QSTwk-FS8YSIG9hsU0j1OmBn4a346TsQNChVzRuLwoq-OM1HvZCTEBJPgOODK54JBPMX_oZDpfj0vYyR1gJl3VrEEjyJ8LNoWmW24GoonmaxBXH-RLhg-t2i60ps6LHQyxnwLg_TCO3bJg9WUeu5NJ1kczZHi0WeYQnw1wfZBx0XJeIEx-Zbd/s1280/2024-01-17%2009.43.42.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="913" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCPZEuN5QSTwk-FS8YSIG9hsU0j1OmBn4a346TsQNChVzRuLwoq-OM1HvZCTEBJPgOODK54JBPMX_oZDpfj0vYyR1gJl3VrEEjyJ8LNoWmW24GoonmaxBXH-RLhg-t2i60ps6LHQyxnwLg_TCO3bJg9WUeu5NJ1kczZHi0WeYQnw1wfZBx0XJeIEx-Zbd/w456-h640/2024-01-17%2009.43.42.jpeg" width="456" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With CIBF fellowship organiser Senthil Nathan<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>I look forward to following up on the many contacts made, and to helping bring Tamil books to New Zealand and New Zealand books to Tamil.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxmQAxy3TvL22hjkLAc-w0Dl35sT8StO_FJent2lXNE_SibBkC_ebk5XqmxVjifvoNxCOD9s1o_nTkCiG5zUw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Indian national anthem sung at the closing ceremony on Thursday</div></span><br /></div></div><div><i>— Peter Dowling, Publisher, Oratia Books</i></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-10137964613169656022023-12-11T12:01:00.001+13:002023-12-11T18:02:15.311+13:00Ko Tenga o Waikuta<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrlPtfLlreqdsMMH3nfkyNUEy1yvxyPSWUtlMVb_JHNnifdf7LR0VbleuJGmzTJsCaT4L5RwJChM3B8atXGc5zKZnILmj8vJS9CZUxpRD3RHGW0x-7ROhwUdCR4Q3HkBoHXTsnBq1SVIXmUndSkB6DW9Gqb56Nr9QPHbCzNOvkQK_qLkiz06yc1IL65WX/s1280/2023-12-07%2018.13.43.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrlPtfLlreqdsMMH3nfkyNUEy1yvxyPSWUtlMVb_JHNnifdf7LR0VbleuJGmzTJsCaT4L5RwJChM3B8atXGc5zKZnILmj8vJS9CZUxpRD3RHGW0x-7ROhwUdCR4Q3HkBoHXTsnBq1SVIXmUndSkB6DW9Gqb56Nr9QPHbCzNOvkQK_qLkiz06yc1IL65WX/w480-h640/2023-12-07%2018.13.43.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here’s a welcome addition to the ranks of children’s books in te reo Māori, produced by the whānau of frequent Oratia contributor and translator Kanapu Rangitauira. </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: left;">Ko Tenga o Waikuta is a full Māori translation of the book Tenga of Waikuta (1992), written by the late educationalist Kelvin Smyth with photos the renowned Ans Westra, who passed away this year. </div></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: left;">Ko Tenga o Waikuta presents a visual diary of a day in the life of Tenga Rangitauira, a seven-year-old Māori boy from Rotorua — describing his family, kura, and friends, as well as cultural activities including tangihanga (funeral ceremony) and the famous love story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. </div></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: left;">To get your copies (priced at $20, plus $9 freight), contact <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"><a href="mailto:tengaowaikuta@gmail.com">tengaowaikuta@gmail.com</a> </span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMotGSms8WtmAPPejmzDHe0NWxSQ2CSqJSULLOubJipklcn2OVVfcYXxM0iYGgPpfZea4keLtZJ6aOeeaspp1EEbFunNOZ_doAjszcdNtIixpUNAmJPiv3j72OhxaaflOnE7gLjNXBcwNNxFfS5dPfVYlQjffdzfU0dK1kukRB5IKtn3fwLjzjpGPfnnoO/s904/Screenshot%20Ko%20Tenga%20o%20Waikuta.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="647" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMotGSms8WtmAPPejmzDHe0NWxSQ2CSqJSULLOubJipklcn2OVVfcYXxM0iYGgPpfZea4keLtZJ6aOeeaspp1EEbFunNOZ_doAjszcdNtIixpUNAmJPiv3j72OhxaaflOnE7gLjNXBcwNNxFfS5dPfVYlQjffdzfU0dK1kukRB5IKtn3fwLjzjpGPfnnoO/w458-h640/Screenshot%20Ko%20Tenga%20o%20Waikuta.png" width="458" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Alessandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12616072198034545392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-1111605214051546342023-11-14T07:00:00.008+13:002023-11-14T07:00:00.160+13:00Fifty years of the Spirit of Adventure captured through the eyes of those who sailed<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uXsh37GN9oVsAfkFkyLUiPT3_-K06jiN3YbftDe-y5j2YXeYY96705r0Q8rtqh7GK0JOIG5rRIridyLRjlNAVuN2a7wIalOAz8fgxqbrZ3zaU6VNIkbFl3tlBOCFk9GuRSiKN75CZne8wbGptq_weRRzxuflIlDameLff1g3E2JjD_1VR52_xF-liGll/s2668/A%20Spirit%20Companion%20CVR%20LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="2074" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uXsh37GN9oVsAfkFkyLUiPT3_-K06jiN3YbftDe-y5j2YXeYY96705r0Q8rtqh7GK0JOIG5rRIridyLRjlNAVuN2a7wIalOAz8fgxqbrZ3zaU6VNIkbFl3tlBOCFk9GuRSiKN75CZne8wbGptq_weRRzxuflIlDameLff1g3E2JjD_1VR52_xF-liGll/w498-h640/A%20Spirit%20Companion%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><p></p><h2><b style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/a-spirit-companion-celebrating-the-first-50-years-of-the-spirit-of-adventure-trust/">A Spirit Companion</a></i></b></h2><h3><b><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">Celebrating the first 50 years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust</span></i></b></h3><h3><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span><b>Roger McDonald</b></span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sweeping stories of the sea and personal growth from those who have sailed the iconic <i>Spirit of Adventure</i></span></span></b></span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">‘All a trainee needed to feel — could not help feeling — was that their feet were on the decks of something pretty big, and change was happening all around them just by the motion that happened when the wind blew.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bKn_cp-8PTeNG6woxKTey5i2Mfd2NsJReIbN7ndY2GOfkrFpitTAd9qJx4nCiHSF9BWWJ9KDGva4IlYE6BJixmJEhMjRHQWHb10IYYo-8fDQ7nHfWFEQH-gEIMe3HvHknNwty5RdHIVJwQ3tXc-BT4QmSJ3kIU35hBwqze0QpCuaHi_JwzrC6m0LiDqg/s963/pp%2028-29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="963" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bKn_cp-8PTeNG6woxKTey5i2Mfd2NsJReIbN7ndY2GOfkrFpitTAd9qJx4nCiHSF9BWWJ9KDGva4IlYE6BJixmJEhMjRHQWHb10IYYo-8fDQ7nHfWFEQH-gEIMe3HvHknNwty5RdHIVJwQ3tXc-BT4QmSJ3kIU35hBwqze0QpCuaHi_JwzrC6m0LiDqg/w640-h414/pp%2028-29.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">In <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/a-spirit-companion-celebrating-the-first-50-years-of-the-spirit-of-adventure-trust/">A Spirit Companion</a></i>, distinguished writer Roger McDonald relays stories from some of the tens of thousands whose lives have been touched by ‘the Spirit’. Through their eyes we share the unique experiences fostered over 50 years aboard <i>Spirit of Adventure</i> and <i>Spirit of New Zealand Te Waka Herenga Tangata ō Aotearoa</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The voices speak in these pages — teenagers who had never sailed and were now atop a mast; Lou Fisher, who set up the Spirit of Adventure Trust, and son Stephen who has guided it for 46 years; crew and captains who piloted the Spirit ships; volunteers who give back, many after completing their own ten-day training voyage. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEir2ljRuaOfM-m0HG2cBhyphenhyphenHZRuBnVshyphenhyphenrB47-gp8VHmftf9_xBxTGtUIHCKhsYDRkhtAU1cS_4yP0og7G6FjNMmvr8h1o-eVkmGHvuyv0F8-TilQhmFaSXCvUK9ITvuVRYod5508vAMHtD-f_wequXdcBKk1JIludEFNRw4WBJOuASuE6xTTrB3Pww2vY/s963/pp%20110-111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="963" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEir2ljRuaOfM-m0HG2cBhyphenhyphenHZRuBnVshyphenhyphenrB47-gp8VHmftf9_xBxTGtUIHCKhsYDRkhtAU1cS_4yP0og7G6FjNMmvr8h1o-eVkmGHvuyv0F8-TilQhmFaSXCvUK9ITvuVRYod5508vAMHtD-f_wequXdcBKk1JIludEFNRw4WBJOuASuE6xTTrB3Pww2vY/w640-h414/pp%20110-111.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>As Roger writes, his book embraces ‘</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">a mix of past and present episodes, about seventy in total, based on recorded interviews, a few dips into the archive, and a dash of sailing experience. It’s not a history. It’s reportage. It’s not chronological …’</i><p></p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbCtINERgAEqDldwoN7N0Nrmo4M1fu8VJaiDUjspjzL0rN-MIgu2glxJryo2UIIov4sIs5EQfqT13dRNuwqf5rJdsFjdu8h6QRK1d0JAqxKY6ILgihPPAaPdCWVK5SuEm6dACWibKEQYxsVSIC896k6myjz31sPNQ0j1LjvQ6RTfjVsH91t8sLqqKEOZf/s963/pp%20184-185.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="963" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbCtINERgAEqDldwoN7N0Nrmo4M1fu8VJaiDUjspjzL0rN-MIgu2glxJryo2UIIov4sIs5EQfqT13dRNuwqf5rJdsFjdu8h6QRK1d0JAqxKY6ILgihPPAaPdCWVK5SuEm6dACWibKEQYxsVSIC896k6myjz31sPNQ0j1LjvQ6RTfjVsH91t8sLqqKEOZf/w640-h414/pp%20184-185.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">This highly original volume, illustrated with line drawings, forms part of the 50-year celebrations of the Spirit of Adventure Trust in November and December this year. </span><p></p></div><div><p></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjAEBCjMI1tQ1Nmj-XRZ8UMDiMRVWmGb1gSb5hC3y5bM2zdNcHCbGPE5ZeaaPOQKIdoa5ML6wjEkBjf-uP1m57BOHMB3K9QxOH_rHuEfrsY_jEB7YfaDDp6NUlF3f7zIJj5yRGRKpIJLx1A0jzlut5oU1tiuJhuJ4ahyphenhyphentZSDPIbOyPJjqE4c5WMJ2OUYb/s963/pp%20222-223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="963" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjAEBCjMI1tQ1Nmj-XRZ8UMDiMRVWmGb1gSb5hC3y5bM2zdNcHCbGPE5ZeaaPOQKIdoa5ML6wjEkBjf-uP1m57BOHMB3K9QxOH_rHuEfrsY_jEB7YfaDDp6NUlF3f7zIJj5yRGRKpIJLx1A0jzlut5oU1tiuJhuJ4ahyphenhyphentZSDPIbOyPJjqE4c5WMJ2OUYb/w640-h414/pp%20222-223.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The author</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QEg8gXPjg6vXWNqJMiEDkgJpI-YtOsKQO5zbH2dh2i9bO34tf_L1jhk1bsI4HauMZCoyk5Zs49YnMsboVLbxLMv3wRSJ_v_6lKevkKmQYkRfKUc03Ta-qtNveAw1NVTFu6hhxdLGibSnZCOu9gJiL5pVEI5pO6c-l0U3kkYn8xsSEFiIJ0rGiNcoBOUf/s1280/Roger%20McDonald%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QEg8gXPjg6vXWNqJMiEDkgJpI-YtOsKQO5zbH2dh2i9bO34tf_L1jhk1bsI4HauMZCoyk5Zs49YnMsboVLbxLMv3wRSJ_v_6lKevkKmQYkRfKUc03Ta-qtNveAw1NVTFu6hhxdLGibSnZCOu9gJiL5pVEI5pO6c-l0U3kkYn8xsSEFiIJ0rGiNcoBOUf/w300-h400/Roger%20McDonald%20LR.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Roger McDonald </span></b><span lang="EN-US">is an acclaimed Australian novelist and non-fiction writer. Among his ten novels are <i>The Ballad of Desmond Kale</i>, winner of the Miles Franklin Award, <i>Mr Darwin’s Shooter </i>and<i> A Sea-Chase</i>. Linked to the Spirit of Adventure Trust by family, Roger divides his time between Waiheke Island and rural New South Wales, and is a keen sailor.</span></span><b style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Corporative; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></span></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span><b><span>Publication: </span></b></span></span><b><span><span style="text-align: left;">14 November 2023</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">|</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">ISBN: 978-1-99-0042 | RRP $60.00</span></span></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> Hard</span></span><span style="text-align: left;">back, 220 x 170 mm portrait, 344 pages, 2 colour</span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></b></p><a name='more'></a></div></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-79813695442462198642023-11-12T10:00:00.010+13:002023-11-12T10:00:00.148+13:00Telling the story of migration in latest addition to The NZ Series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJqNoaqpWX-Ggq4YMsw5KDLJHUfR3D2ni-Frygntnkmk7G3aGB5sSfmxqWd370rCTri_CyyPD0C7ICxYWBQokPzH-WrXbj-7NDKVqm766a192ChZaPvDUvU929gMZGX_MOcueZTMy_saoXqh9bY8VLBInVaCEf5T_7a9M_rhtI4i1LaVyfj72Eam7nsRV/s1890/NZ%20Migration%20CVR%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="1257" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJqNoaqpWX-Ggq4YMsw5KDLJHUfR3D2ni-Frygntnkmk7G3aGB5sSfmxqWd370rCTri_CyyPD0C7ICxYWBQokPzH-WrXbj-7NDKVqm766a192ChZaPvDUvU929gMZGX_MOcueZTMy_saoXqh9bY8VLBInVaCEf5T_7a9M_rhtI4i1LaVyfj72Eam7nsRV/w426-h640/NZ%20Migration%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><p></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #444444;"><i><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/new-zealand-migration/">New Zealand Migration</a></span></span></b></i></span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="Body" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Philippa Werry</span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">New book in NZ Series explores the history of our diverse </span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU">migrant nation, from the first settlers to the latest arrivals</span></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRt3mje_JyLUIOwWbN_Y9U5C41ZziSvDsKKUyqbd9J5A44XXAM4ouhlv592vxyta9-ENFiEYfW_6CbdTZPieRBAP3FM4VkAc8YCUGaKJZWLb7-bVPZ2CKi-YCSjo1sObrE3wHuTTsquNqzpwenW97_T5DJSOlr4RoKfOiC32XTpS167-Gzp0yPqcewyM-/s194/NZ%20Series%20logo%20Migration.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="194" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRt3mje_JyLUIOwWbN_Y9U5C41ZziSvDsKKUyqbd9J5A44XXAM4ouhlv592vxyta9-ENFiEYfW_6CbdTZPieRBAP3FM4VkAc8YCUGaKJZWLb7-bVPZ2CKi-YCSjo1sObrE3wHuTTsquNqzpwenW97_T5DJSOlr4RoKfOiC32XTpS167-Gzp0yPqcewyM-/s1600/NZ%20Series%20logo%20Migration.jpg" width="194" /></a></span></b></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Despite all New Zealanders being either migrants or descendants of migrants, until now there has been no single book on the topic.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCW0tzJalYtkYkkIM_ZMnfx9fnLJvT7zcK9aH-6Whh5yjozskVGG3DD6gZkeW0W_kcsn7CqTvXSvPLSA3pLYw1AuXZL7xwqXJJpUzJpgo_Tj8yZptQb4EM9bJTjHMU8Fr38RvcBmHd8cNLHXUP-LFVbZgMyd5DYd-3b3uWYHAxopixbPpJeLzwtkja4FrY/s1608/pp.10%E2%80%9311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="1608" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCW0tzJalYtkYkkIM_ZMnfx9fnLJvT7zcK9aH-6Whh5yjozskVGG3DD6gZkeW0W_kcsn7CqTvXSvPLSA3pLYw1AuXZL7xwqXJJpUzJpgo_Tj8yZptQb4EM9bJTjHMU8Fr38RvcBmHd8cNLHXUP-LFVbZgMyd5DYd-3b3uWYHAxopixbPpJeLzwtkja4FrY/w640-h482/pp.10%E2%80%9311.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/new-zealand-migration/">New Zealand Migration</a></span></i><span lang="EN-AU"> fills that gap for general readers, while also aligning with the new history curriculum. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPYxnv0mPIy8hXQn9Pp_dG46L5CKVzdLDFvDdsYssGZeqczg4r86BE_ICganRLZWFTLozcG7VWwpp1jRLV6QODW4wG7A6cpAE4H1UfzavnbC8rvtVB95VTO80f_fXCzQ-4Ca5h2kSY57XgYLtVAM4kl9pMZbEAHr7AHAyuplvmMdGoXTjKoDMXtCnqU2T/s907/pp%2034-35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="907" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPYxnv0mPIy8hXQn9Pp_dG46L5CKVzdLDFvDdsYssGZeqczg4r86BE_ICganRLZWFTLozcG7VWwpp1jRLV6QODW4wG7A6cpAE4H1UfzavnbC8rvtVB95VTO80f_fXCzQ-4Ca5h2kSY57XgYLtVAM4kl9pMZbEAHr7AHAyuplvmMdGoXTjKoDMXtCnqU2T/w640-h480/pp%2034-35.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">In concise chapters, Philippa Werry explores topics ranging from the first Polynesian navigators to European colonisers, Chinese immigrants during the gold rush to ten-pound Poms, Pacific Island communities to the impact of Covid-19 on immigration. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Providing readers with a glimpse into the lives of migrants, the book is richly illustrated with fact boxes and images from the archives of libraries and museums, as well as local photographers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbEF0drmNP8W_jSShaByYpnfg5e435pfRb1aIadQ26I9krZflEUfq4ycp-Kwqi9Fmyqm04mEJfKnSRUff_KLEXUCkSfYi2hrTO7TY7vJkhqxDjZGMOsmRhck1UYMGKwL1u-RXQeeJNt1W0loaUtMeTjO-AuzWAtzdkas5-0ABWFR6RxM6JnQNbnLuEWc7/s907/pp%2054-55.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="907" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbEF0drmNP8W_jSShaByYpnfg5e435pfRb1aIadQ26I9krZflEUfq4ycp-Kwqi9Fmyqm04mEJfKnSRUff_KLEXUCkSfYi2hrTO7TY7vJkhqxDjZGMOsmRhck1UYMGKwL1u-RXQeeJNt1W0loaUtMeTjO-AuzWAtzdkas5-0ABWFR6RxM6JnQNbnLuEWc7/w640-h480/pp%2054-55.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where did migrants come from and what brought them here? What challenges did they face on their way and once they settled in New Zealand? This book answers all these questions and more. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU">‘I hope <i>New Zealand Migration</i> will contribute to greater understanding of our shared past, present and future,’ Philippa says. </span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOOnQiI8-P2f4DpUUIxmWbdh2U8RfxkvYfaWKkL3Kfh-oZLbTlAbuwwbH-NlGMeD9g4F4i0LdQGh10EFWDK5wEAI3NfhAWs8Qw7JtIuWXh6etvyENEGZr3b3rTtkz-6JQCk157FDkPR06mgtu_IqBEJGKQf8R9iwzwJnqkra6NAnFa7xI3l2ZVcTcSi1p/s907/pp%2074-75.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="907" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOOnQiI8-P2f4DpUUIxmWbdh2U8RfxkvYfaWKkL3Kfh-oZLbTlAbuwwbH-NlGMeD9g4F4i0LdQGh10EFWDK5wEAI3NfhAWs8Qw7JtIuWXh6etvyENEGZr3b3rTtkz-6JQCk157FDkPR06mgtu_IqBEJGKQf8R9iwzwJnqkra6NAnFa7xI3l2ZVcTcSi1p/w640-h480/pp%2074-75.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="ColorfulList-Accent11" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU">This is the seventh</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;"> book in The NZ Series, which simply introduces a range of themes for general and school readers. </span></span></p><p class="ColorfulList-Accent11" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="ColorfulList-Accent11" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Teacher resources for the series are available on the Oratia website, and the resource of <i>New Zealand Migration</i> will be available for the start of the school year in late January 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1EzMaetiFDP0S4RL1lF1SzIjr8UJvbvrcjQWUVlcSfadKpe0do93dqq-iHAx9oJ2dC5_puJbWQusG_ZRXA6q8DSiWBcKq-zOMlXCvOvbYvWRRtZhbNKy3QEM3uTzODJMOyg1N-0qaItc6IEDt5AH93nPFf7gTgYKiR5c-JLkVradJ6FZ66h75jMIY4NpV/s907/pp%2094-95.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="907" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1EzMaetiFDP0S4RL1lF1SzIjr8UJvbvrcjQWUVlcSfadKpe0do93dqq-iHAx9oJ2dC5_puJbWQusG_ZRXA6q8DSiWBcKq-zOMlXCvOvbYvWRRtZhbNKy3QEM3uTzODJMOyg1N-0qaItc6IEDt5AH93nPFf7gTgYKiR5c-JLkVradJ6FZ66h75jMIY4NpV/w640-h480/pp%2094-95.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">The author</span></span></b><p></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: georgia;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7v6FH4KlpV5NGFWXr6ho92W9WUlODzrSPmp8mYPiXRQYkIuMyZiAELJIFes9p4DAy4reDMbpUZuiJoFWURGCjyBTKg7ilzjNPdCg1Wvb5BJw4cU1M1Giq7_j2BmyerDnwpXpwOG2r5JJQ9Uco03-fzvV4VfYdBlybmhaRt921qibZP0dcdcJIQgcCKS3A/s541/Philippa%20Werry%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="541" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7v6FH4KlpV5NGFWXr6ho92W9WUlODzrSPmp8mYPiXRQYkIuMyZiAELJIFes9p4DAy4reDMbpUZuiJoFWURGCjyBTKg7ilzjNPdCg1Wvb5BJw4cU1M1Giq7_j2BmyerDnwpXpwOG2r5JJQ9Uco03-fzvV4VfYdBlybmhaRt921qibZP0dcdcJIQgcCKS3A/w400-h355/Philippa%20Werry%20LR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Philippa Werry </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">has won various awards for her fiction and non-fiction books, most recently scooping the Young Adult Fiction Award at the 2023 NZCYA Awards for her novel <i>Iris and Me</i>. She is well known for books on New Zealand history, and Oratia published her picture book <i>The Water Bottle </i>in 2022<i>. </i>She lives in Wellington (<a href="http://philippawerry.co.nz">philippawerry.co.nz</a>). </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></span></p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publication: 14 November 2023 | ISBN: </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">978-1-99-004239-3</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> | RRP $29.99</span></span></span></b></p></div><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paperback, </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">240 x 160 mm portrait, 100 pages, colour</span></span></span></b></p></div><p></p></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-46398296511196413642023-10-17T06:46:00.000+13:002023-10-17T06:46:32.966+13:00Classic of New Zealand and Pacific writing returns in new edition<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvhXwCPeUc1xXBeRpv0TaVaqf0qrmEAsjOPUlzXbrMbzx_di31o_bss8zhCTk1nNLywuKesf6nP4KaHz5lWp50ukpvFf_702O7ZbUgt0z4QJCPj2F5ToJSobiUZDOdIkIOlcJ7Vw7hynyTeW6kKmsVFDtfQy8_mHwpB2dkfRejbBI4yC_no4GYB6a0oQ1/s2480/Vikings%20of%20the%20Sunrise%20CVR_LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="1635" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvhXwCPeUc1xXBeRpv0TaVaqf0qrmEAsjOPUlzXbrMbzx_di31o_bss8zhCTk1nNLywuKesf6nP4KaHz5lWp50ukpvFf_702O7ZbUgt0z4QJCPj2F5ToJSobiUZDOdIkIOlcJ7Vw7hynyTeW6kKmsVFDtfQy8_mHwpB2dkfRejbBI4yC_no4GYB6a0oQ1/w422-h640/Vikings%20of%20the%20Sunrise%20CVR_LR.jpg" width="422" /></a></div></b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/vikings-of-the-sunrise/">Vikings of the Sunrise</a></i></b></h2><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck)<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Foreword by Paora Tapsell</b></span></span></h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU">One of the greatest accounts ever of Pacific settlement </span>returns to print this week, with a new foreword, in our New Zealand Classics series.</span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Truly <span lang="EN-AU">a masterpiece of Pacific studies, <i>Vikings of the Sunrise</i> marks an attempt by the great Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck) to convey to a general reader ‘the settlement of Polynesia by a stone-age people who deserve to rank among the world’s great navigators.’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVW3yluHsHGPrr1qwLNDIFmq_ktt8Yu0gbQPUrnPOUG3jJ5jqIQvn5zo0pmnMymCtRURzxLF77RNW5RV90ThMHFS-sgI-oJHWBsPUkEaqUpiHbZ00i8KsH9o0nlMWSaZEHMNI-QaZ1Ljj1EmL5G4fyZ78TqgbXDbmWOz1fxRcxZGABX3Yccl7edN7CMdR/s793/pp%2044-45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="793" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVW3yluHsHGPrr1qwLNDIFmq_ktt8Yu0gbQPUrnPOUG3jJ5jqIQvn5zo0pmnMymCtRURzxLF77RNW5RV90ThMHFS-sgI-oJHWBsPUkEaqUpiHbZ00i8KsH9o0nlMWSaZEHMNI-QaZ1Ljj1EmL5G4fyZ78TqgbXDbmWOz1fxRcxZGABX3Yccl7edN7CMdR/w640-h480/pp%2044-45.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU">By every measure, this attempt succeeds —</span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU">for the knowledge it conveys, its interweaving of legend and modern anthropology, its deep personal engagement, and the majesty of its prose. </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And it is also that rare thing, a study of Polynesia by a Polynesian, as anthropologist Paora (Paul) Tapsell notes in his new foreword: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">As a first-hand description of the Pacific of the late 1920s and early 1930s, it is essential reading, a popular work yet one compiled by a highly trained academic and sophisticated writer. </span></i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOab1Er3x9Zr-vTH09akgITq-4JDjerktCIXU6nPlxlxAytw3pQxLFTEoHgladcwUdEnUn0lORO2Nc-cY7a3MRkwf99kAG4nBLt7MBAOy0AQRtK2-GT48YVOgYkKQpMSH0M2amSRXltlbNq-ExKONzFQ4kPmPayekHT2wn-UVE2nig45NhBCXVQKU_pD9/s793/pp%2088-89.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="793" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOab1Er3x9Zr-vTH09akgITq-4JDjerktCIXU6nPlxlxAytw3pQxLFTEoHgladcwUdEnUn0lORO2Nc-cY7a3MRkwf99kAG4nBLt7MBAOy0AQRtK2-GT48YVOgYkKQpMSH0M2amSRXltlbNq-ExKONzFQ4kPmPayekHT2wn-UVE2nig45NhBCXVQKU_pD9/w640-h480/pp%2088-89.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The book ranges across the Pacific Ocean, considering the voyagers’ origins, their ships and motives for seeking new lands. </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomEKoQzCM3vtytybrTcRydP7Go8eUxIzfdcyfUqvgd9732svcP6ws3A2Su8ukf1z6QrE4eehWTI1zJqyX2Tbj3JZ3y_LSFs_Hi-jSg8oyziW9624g6QS9Ejfz_RvWgoSS-SV7Hx5YoYpdUOkWWjGGdiFgnPPOn1-N3nQtebZYkJt5KLruuRc2YdmCc-0t/s793/Imagesec1%20spread%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="793" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomEKoQzCM3vtytybrTcRydP7Go8eUxIzfdcyfUqvgd9732svcP6ws3A2Su8ukf1z6QrE4eehWTI1zJqyX2Tbj3JZ3y_LSFs_Hi-jSg8oyziW9624g6QS9Ejfz_RvWgoSS-SV7Hx5YoYpdUOkWWjGGdiFgnPPOn1-N3nQtebZYkJt5KLruuRc2YdmCc-0t/w640-h480/Imagesec1%20spread%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It evaluates different routes, retells myths of migration including the Māui series, recounts the author’s visits to far-flung islands and atolls, and overall establishes the ‘vikings’ of the Pacific among the greatest-ever ocean navigators. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLLpjKzt0OcmLohab_e_Sw7sDzzuQCGg5mjLtNhdm0Ad8-TJ6HtlW60YVQTqs9eVp5ytgaxy5w6x1dEW_y7re_UnxfZAhRfwCKUI5vf_ZoBffS2tnBhyuy7q-tI8dgOcmEnbO0nQecuKRZJOqNjpcE2rgxrO6byraMiMZgHfCQ3rfWYNa34sfjYZqlAbY/s793/Imagesec2%20spread%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="793" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLLpjKzt0OcmLohab_e_Sw7sDzzuQCGg5mjLtNhdm0Ad8-TJ6HtlW60YVQTqs9eVp5ytgaxy5w6x1dEW_y7re_UnxfZAhRfwCKUI5vf_ZoBffS2tnBhyuy7q-tI8dgOcmEnbO0nQecuKRZJOqNjpcE2rgxrO6byraMiMZgHfCQ3rfWYNa34sfjYZqlAbY/w640-h480/Imagesec2%20spread%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">First published in the US in 1938 (and 1958 in New Zealand), <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/vikings-of-the-sunrise/">Vikings of the Sunrise</a></i> is reproduced with photos and maps compiled by the author, as part of Oratia’s New Zealand Classics series. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The author</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpMq3p9bqAddGbZHRBHKkIHlEB8eGFeLQL2NCPrQUopLBtWTfa9dkG1DoaOacJysESQFPMT8F1Ur-5q0yEPqkwOzWYiFsC2KeUy7i1rZciHeRurEL55Hd_BGcB2AmBsR8EVwUGOMc4y_Mok7ku27750JT_KHqQWRPdppLrtvDn7WP561Hb9WaKRt7oKZD/s1379/Te%20Rangi%20Hi%CC%84roa%20LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="1004" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpMq3p9bqAddGbZHRBHKkIHlEB8eGFeLQL2NCPrQUopLBtWTfa9dkG1DoaOacJysESQFPMT8F1Ur-5q0yEPqkwOzWYiFsC2KeUy7i1rZciHeRurEL55Hd_BGcB2AmBsR8EVwUGOMc4y_Mok7ku27750JT_KHqQWRPdppLrtvDn7WP561Hb9WaKRt7oKZD/s320/Te%20Rangi%20Hi%CC%84roa%20LR.jpg" width="233" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck</span></b><span lang="EN-AU">; Ngāti Mutunga, 1877–1951)</span></span><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> led a busy and distinguished life — variously as an MP, leader of the Young Māori party, doctor, medical officer for Māori health, anthropologist and director of the Bishop Museum, Hawai’i. He was knighted in 1946 for services to science and literature. Recognised as one of this country’s greatest sons, his best-known books are <i>Vikings of the Sunrise</i> and </span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Coming of the Maori.</span><span style="font-family: Corporative; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></span></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span><b><span>Publication: </span></b></span></span><b><span><span style="text-align: left;">18 October 2023</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">|</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">ISBN: 978-1-99-004249-2 | RRP $49.99</span></span></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> Paper</span></span><span style="text-align: left;">back, 210 x 140 mm portrait, 392 pages, b&w with photo sections </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></b></p><a name='more'></a><br /><p></p></div></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-60557062117278773342023-10-11T22:14:00.001+13:002023-10-13T22:20:05.594+13:00New children’s book empowers visually impaired character and celebrates diversity <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPO1GEElqLs4HEc9dEEiYmTRhK1Gnbp8YFzUfZvw6EI8LBev5rKf7VXUB4Ue9J-kFI2aKk75CYTqysGP7UBTxT62mETp3BnzhA2wZuoIf9SJTCb4hqxKgGozQpnW5QyAbaEO_jBYKCETWA_WYm0tujb1oEgbxTEFifQWMbg0czOo393Cfo5n5tFpnyhaeR/s2700/Lucky%20Me%20CVR%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="2700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPO1GEElqLs4HEc9dEEiYmTRhK1Gnbp8YFzUfZvw6EI8LBev5rKf7VXUB4Ue9J-kFI2aKk75CYTqysGP7UBTxT62mETp3BnzhA2wZuoIf9SJTCb4hqxKgGozQpnW5QyAbaEO_jBYKCETWA_WYm0tujb1oEgbxTEFifQWMbg0czOo393Cfo5n5tFpnyhaeR/w640-h640/Lucky%20Me%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Lucky Me <br /></i></b></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Lawrence Schimel <br /></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Illustrated by Juan Camilo Mayorga </b></span></span></h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publishing for World Sight Day and Blind Low Vision Week, <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/lucky-me/" target="_blank">Lucky Me</a> </i>tells the story of a boy who feels very lucky to have a brother
like Mateo — who is visually impaired.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuiE33YS9uGr8KrfLb21mmp5NQSqz8Gq56b-IaXUl9EV5sFH1kofZArqYtmxvhI6KILp3obNZa3XpES88N9-mHalpvpNsTHjuja2tmxSZYhj8y-FMkXL7pA43PacQeC55BpKx_3AaxD6o30b2MuGVBlOnEXwAnn1hlzhrUwNLfoTsyARAYCe03Plg_siV/s2592/Lucky%20Me%20spread%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuiE33YS9uGr8KrfLb21mmp5NQSqz8Gq56b-IaXUl9EV5sFH1kofZArqYtmxvhI6KILp3obNZa3XpES88N9-mHalpvpNsTHjuja2tmxSZYhj8y-FMkXL7pA43PacQeC55BpKx_3AaxD6o30b2MuGVBlOnEXwAnn1hlzhrUwNLfoTsyARAYCe03Plg_siV/w640-h320/Lucky%20Me%20spread%207.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bruno thinks his friend Sanjay is lucky: he has a pet iguana and his
own room. Mateo is lucky too: he has a dog who helps him get
around and he can read with his fingers in the dark.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bruno doesn’t have his own room and he doesn’t have a pet. But he
soon realises that he’s very lucky too, for his own special reasons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKtu4Qdb9sxRrrP0qPvREbBTZdkBVKsK9ZCJ3-IFJvQfE7rkJkIXnwoRQkgb9H80k9rfyuSzfXnxfHCYm_rMlyuVYhXf_u7lzxCDXiJ2ip2eT-y9mqkRqp9-rot9hOBtU6l8TM4lSYd7uE_31v1YTTR3LTudma_E_YrODvXGesVfrTj_6W8l_Rb51yAVs/s2592/Lucky%20Me%20spread%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKtu4Qdb9sxRrrP0qPvREbBTZdkBVKsK9ZCJ3-IFJvQfE7rkJkIXnwoRQkgb9H80k9rfyuSzfXnxfHCYm_rMlyuVYhXf_u7lzxCDXiJ2ip2eT-y9mqkRqp9-rot9hOBtU6l8TM4lSYd7uE_31v1YTTR3LTudma_E_YrODvXGesVfrTj_6W8l_Rb51yAVs/w640-h320/Lucky%20Me%20spread%209.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Lucky Me</i> tells a thoughtful story about the different abilities and
strengths that make us unique. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A disability means that Bruno’s
brother does some things differently, but it does not hold him back.
On the contrary – he can do amazing things that others can’t!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEniRe2l2VfVhyobCeaUHy8phqHn2rwbhamAqgsvenNiN3RGy1HVJ_2_Yi8y3ja-mETi4Xkhq4iE92oNpCAQNRWabk3DtMoGwUi7dx7vIzT5hhG6e12SFcpFObeNduEeSbyZb2FkmK_CYVD8hwfDM2Cw6IBh4JhXg742H8WDwWAI8a93cbSaraCflIGG0x/s2592/Lucky%20Me%20spread%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEniRe2l2VfVhyobCeaUHy8phqHn2rwbhamAqgsvenNiN3RGy1HVJ_2_Yi8y3ja-mETi4Xkhq4iE92oNpCAQNRWabk3DtMoGwUi7dx7vIzT5hhG6e12SFcpFObeNduEeSbyZb2FkmK_CYVD8hwfDM2Cw6IBh4JhXg742H8WDwWAI8a93cbSaraCflIGG0x/w640-h320/Lucky%20Me%20spread%2013.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the end, Bruno shows we all have something to feel lucky about. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Written by Lawrence Schimel, the award-winning author of </span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/bedtime-not-playtime/" target="_blank">Bedtime, Not Playtime!</a></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/early-one-morning/" target="_blank">Early One Morning</a></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, the story is beautifully
illustrated by Juan Camilo Mayorga.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYXZ11Hn8xX9g-MlxVuBEVEbRZCONxWPFdS5CUsZZUdqgXSfVFnjk6ShXZrxwqwY5kBq0o4zZ5Ju3BEj5PMWwGJkz9Owv58iGcgqxbnrivvydLmwgWOXVj7CkIw9poaHn6jQLZiTInzXZ_2diSL2CFTmpgsayRjnbJrX7tuH1sT_PEWpPHtHG6Fu9JvOUM/s2592/Lucky%20Me%20spread%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYXZ11Hn8xX9g-MlxVuBEVEbRZCONxWPFdS5CUsZZUdqgXSfVFnjk6ShXZrxwqwY5kBq0o4zZ5Ju3BEj5PMWwGJkz9Owv58iGcgqxbnrivvydLmwgWOXVj7CkIw9poaHn6jQLZiTInzXZ_2diSL2CFTmpgsayRjnbJrX7tuH1sT_PEWpPHtHG6Fu9JvOUM/w640-h320/Lucky%20Me%20spread%2015.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/lucky-me/" target="_blank"><i>Lucky Me</i></a> was first published by the outstanding independent publisher Rey Naranjo in Colombia. </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oratia is pleased to publish this English edition in association with Orca Books, Canada, as part of our Five Oceans collection,
bringing important international books to Aotearoa.</span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The author</span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPJhtVbBY6EFkY8HHP3rX0I95chPwLJn1o1VgaSy07nlCksFcCVx8_iVNyYKyh59DMduqcW0cT5yK7sSutux01T0Fo3of_EdUKbAVF95BgXnu5J7vCY4Gdx1ln78UALbrCDTz1ckQBKM7STrDWRZpVsmGfGvz2QSq_FI35xzUHfhhls8x6J8dBiTMZYtO/s1280/Lawrence-Schimel-LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="963" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPJhtVbBY6EFkY8HHP3rX0I95chPwLJn1o1VgaSy07nlCksFcCVx8_iVNyYKyh59DMduqcW0cT5yK7sSutux01T0Fo3of_EdUKbAVF95BgXnu5J7vCY4Gdx1ln78UALbrCDTz1ckQBKM7STrDWRZpVsmGfGvz2QSq_FI35xzUHfhhls8x6J8dBiTMZYtO/s320/Lawrence-Schimel-LR.jpg" width="241" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Lawrence Schimel</b> is an American author and translator who writes in
English and Spanish and has published over 120 books in a wide range of
genres. He lives in Madrid, Spain, where he founded the Spanish chapter
of the Society of Children’s Book Writers.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The illustrator</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XsyljdTZOB-sx-gegWZL-JzjK5DQ1yRVP-0b2TDK0MdK_-KrarospnI4exqFKFmnVDJWExIJ1dErAiwktfJn_93x8aK1fM5ZkikAd_xr4G6RMjLkkAHFqE7gwpHnHfxz7tOiwmIzMzgEpB41GQ_gaf_gfGI0mGUrS3ogocilmjYhLntZixsmZiVRScc7/s523/Juan-Camilo-Mayorga-bw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="427" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XsyljdTZOB-sx-gegWZL-JzjK5DQ1yRVP-0b2TDK0MdK_-KrarospnI4exqFKFmnVDJWExIJ1dErAiwktfJn_93x8aK1fM5ZkikAd_xr4G6RMjLkkAHFqE7gwpHnHfxz7tOiwmIzMzgEpB41GQ_gaf_gfGI0mGUrS3ogocilmjYhLntZixsmZiVRScc7/s320/Juan-Camilo-Mayorga-bw.jpg" width="261" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Juan Camilo Mayorga</b> is a graphic designer and illustrator with a special
interest in children's books. He lives near Bogotá, Colombia, and his works
have been published locally and internationally. </span></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span><b><span>Publication: </span></b></span></span><b><span><span style="text-align: left;">12 October 2023</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">|</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">ISBN: 978-1-99-004250-8 | RRP $25.99</span></span></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Hardback, 229 x 229 mm square, 32 pages, colour </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></b></p><a name='more'></a><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><br /></p></div><p></p></div>Alessandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12616072198034545392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-92095236488411274352023-09-29T07:00:00.002+13:002023-10-13T22:32:54.683+13:00Seasonal fun awaits with the latest New Bum books<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtr451-CXsgT8DB0j9z23tb1BjgQgCL4nm0oMXdMF0LvYjoILXlu48m0QmfdcTdQ7nQVycgURNhl1189THwMlIxOsfzRV-dJVPW9aGathTRD2W_H49ajOC_jp_SUC6y3eYZkechIT1KaUCIBfccxy_dI8a26vNfZT_KFAnTadyLET3p-2X-0u9j-WoKb_/s2717/My%20Bum%20is%20so%20Christmassy%20CVR_LR.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2717" data-original-width="2528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtr451-CXsgT8DB0j9z23tb1BjgQgCL4nm0oMXdMF0LvYjoILXlu48m0QmfdcTdQ7nQVycgURNhl1189THwMlIxOsfzRV-dJVPW9aGathTRD2W_H49ajOC_jp_SUC6y3eYZkechIT1KaUCIBfccxy_dI8a26vNfZT_KFAnTadyLET3p-2X-0u9j-WoKb_/s320/My%20Bum%20is%20so%20Christmassy%20CVR_LR.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ljnXJD-9UfQbFSaxymiv27eMm_0qQX4gf_C4L3PCF4blMs1djs8rV0nf8ygnQw7O8Z5aiTPIpxN_dsaSqCKie4WGAG5E1W7go3K2NNJstipCHLaOn0Mkn5Ex0u5o4sHoUGT8QHlZYLiBLE32UnnhtgvGXP7N2RPzi79oYLZgfiDMt9EYNNkfKZxs8oWO/s2722/My%20Bum%20Is%20SO%20SPOOKY!%20CVR%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2722" data-original-width="2519" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ljnXJD-9UfQbFSaxymiv27eMm_0qQX4gf_C4L3PCF4blMs1djs8rV0nf8ygnQw7O8Z5aiTPIpxN_dsaSqCKie4WGAG5E1W7go3K2NNJstipCHLaOn0Mkn5Ex0u5o4sHoUGT8QHlZYLiBLE32UnnhtgvGXP7N2RPzi79oYLZgfiDMt9EYNNkfKZxs8oWO/w296-h320/My%20Bum%20Is%20SO%20SPOOKY!%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="296" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/my-bum-is-so-spooky/">My Bum is SO SPOOKY!</a></i> and <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/my-bum-is-so-christmassy/">My Bum is SO CHRISTMASSY!</a></i></b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Dawn McMillan</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With trick or treating and Christmas shopping just around the corner, the hero of the New Bum! books is going all seasonal!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And when bestselling team Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird get in on the act, fun takes over from Halloween frights and being polite to the rellies over Christmas lunch. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZuhSlRLvLxmmmpBdeLOltnF1ecDVZNpqrWDEHZMnKh1k6V4e8RSpdGkNFcIC8Pbh1ZUoSXkcNzhuqFSXka5SBhCaJ1a_Lwfjnh6grhWC2p54ImZIM8i_gXRDa-XN658JXtx_iDV-r3LnVqGIwwXIaHu0zcyYXvw67ao_pSZlyF7Tt81P4dD2e9zaJ4AL/s640/My%20Bum%20is%20SO%20SPOOKY!%20TXT%20page%209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="640" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZuhSlRLvLxmmmpBdeLOltnF1ecDVZNpqrWDEHZMnKh1k6V4e8RSpdGkNFcIC8Pbh1ZUoSXkcNzhuqFSXka5SBhCaJ1a_Lwfjnh6grhWC2p54ImZIM8i_gXRDa-XN658JXtx_iDV-r3LnVqGIwwXIaHu0zcyYXvw67ao_pSZlyF7Tt81P4dD2e9zaJ4AL/w640-h344/My%20Bum%20is%20SO%20SPOOKY!%20TXT%20page%209.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In <i>My Bum is SO SPOOKY!</i>, a special pumpkin uniform gives Red Pants Boy what it takes to scare some lollies out of the neighbours. Then he and his vampire-costumed cousins round off the night with a ghostly surprise (no spoiler!). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXq4Qz3KCkPoqt6CsUF-oowAuO68CcYqJGRDxIdfUDCpCXjnr4fkaadOqhJheYinY_TLEoSZhup9hvFFM2CT5Ot4Zo45Fsf3rNr9OXUK12KjP0RtBrFFoVd8WKqFVBEVSyAEeWqfCzbhjJ1vCKG-uTWtvddG7dFV58ZbXmyyn_cVzghTADMxwzkaC0A3N/s640/My%20Bum%20is%20SO%20SPOOKY!%20TXT%20page%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="640" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXq4Qz3KCkPoqt6CsUF-oowAuO68CcYqJGRDxIdfUDCpCXjnr4fkaadOqhJheYinY_TLEoSZhup9hvFFM2CT5Ot4Zo45Fsf3rNr9OXUK12KjP0RtBrFFoVd8WKqFVBEVSyAEeWqfCzbhjJ1vCKG-uTWtvddG7dFV58ZbXmyyn_cVzghTADMxwzkaC0A3N/w640-h344/My%20Bum%20is%20SO%20SPOOKY!%20TXT%20page%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile something isn’t right at Christmas. Our boy’s bum is too plain, and he imagines all the ways he could decorate it — with Christmas stockings, a tree, or snowflakes that glow in the night? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsRTjHksKIlixV00yptDv8yLwS9mHZqFjg1HKoWCAWtRc7Y7V_Ys4eopaG_JHn8WV2qVTUxMClg9dlVgXEbmN-LG1-pHyNpbE1BEEbUgkWfDpJBbjQFphzJnifz_IB7JToZrhAVtgCKGYAVWFhoWD71oyw7frerib_R6RZr1Cm252FmZcjIeueu1-LrQK/s1069/My%20Bum%20is%20so%20Christmassy!%20spread%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1069" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsRTjHksKIlixV00yptDv8yLwS9mHZqFjg1HKoWCAWtRc7Y7V_Ys4eopaG_JHn8WV2qVTUxMClg9dlVgXEbmN-LG1-pHyNpbE1BEEbUgkWfDpJBbjQFphzJnifz_IB7JToZrhAVtgCKGYAVWFhoWD71oyw7frerib_R6RZr1Cm252FmZcjIeueu1-LrQK/w640-h344/My%20Bum%20is%20so%20Christmassy!%20spread%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then he thinks again. Is having a decorated bum the most important thing at Christmas time? Santa may just have the answer in <i>My Bum is SO CHRISTMASSY!</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">These seasonal specials hit the bookstores simultaneously in New Zealand, Australia, the US and the UK from this Monday 2 October. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhuolIU9MyI8B1m_mwaMFwIA4KXagYa9fgeuG9c3OKVKE2VqouuQlUgCIwhfJcIPWujOQl2tlQzU4kCHBHBttbp6xtX9oXtwkadrhwYRC7dCITATjML-uDZ7GtRbSOrJDSC2sLi0sF9XbXjJj_bC08jZnMEcBiIZqSW-A7fH-7Fwj8Cw8voC5-3PMpTKG/s2136/My%20Bum%20is%20so%20Christmassy!%20spread%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="2136" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhuolIU9MyI8B1m_mwaMFwIA4KXagYa9fgeuG9c3OKVKE2VqouuQlUgCIwhfJcIPWujOQl2tlQzU4kCHBHBttbp6xtX9oXtwkadrhwYRC7dCITATjML-uDZ7GtRbSOrJDSC2sLi0sF9XbXjJj_bC08jZnMEcBiIZqSW-A7fH-7Fwj8Cw8voC5-3PMpTKG/w640-h340/My%20Bum%20is%20so%20Christmassy!%20spread%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And in New Zealand they are available <i>only </i>via booksellers, as demand has exceeded our print runs already so there are none left at our distributors. Happy Halloween everyone!</span></p><div><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The author</span></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIcRWB0tkGOAoqd-WFCgEd62ok1spNYxEH_XJ08y_JhInQdFcOONml3H3donva4iVpL4MxBIsqHPmgLea0Uf3y1JW25j8z2u2U8oRCSe5Z9bBO7QECKvPwffOYoA6R7ypR0PjqSDWVXg8Tq6NsCpmtiV4MUldzogYssIqcB9v5H3vvFdTCQuSPOBVXfAJ/s1280/Dawn%20McMillan%202022.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIcRWB0tkGOAoqd-WFCgEd62ok1spNYxEH_XJ08y_JhInQdFcOONml3H3donva4iVpL4MxBIsqHPmgLea0Uf3y1JW25j8z2u2U8oRCSe5Z9bBO7QECKvPwffOYoA6R7ypR0PjqSDWVXg8Tq6NsCpmtiV4MUldzogYssIqcB9v5H3vvFdTCQuSPOBVXfAJ/w400-h300/Dawn%20McMillan%202022.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Dawn McMillan </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">is the much-loved author of numerous children’s books including the previous books in the <i>New Bum! </i>series, <i>Doctor Grundy’s Undies </i>and the latest in her nature series, <i>There’s a Moa in the Moonlight.</i></span><i> </i>She lives in Waiomu, north of Thames. </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The illustrator</span></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBc9k72pb0U6GjUxLmdo3gdpk9Nd2MGxlkiESX38yi4omDwX3Kf9nbrxVaGjx-MLL7Hs2WlO-vsLUc3xxYRxM2BvUA066_t4AlXs_EQ5VaQXVVpcsaweXifdgQWYUZTTp5Weoft8KDgGkSjmA0Xj9krYSKc33az1nSxE4DIuOtO8a_OsjUw_TGIi3jiWp/s1280/Ross%20Kinnaird%202018_LR%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1029" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBc9k72pb0U6GjUxLmdo3gdpk9Nd2MGxlkiESX38yi4omDwX3Kf9nbrxVaGjx-MLL7Hs2WlO-vsLUc3xxYRxM2BvUA066_t4AlXs_EQ5VaQXVVpcsaweXifdgQWYUZTTp5Weoft8KDgGkSjmA0Xj9krYSKc33az1nSxE4DIuOtO8a_OsjUw_TGIi3jiWp/w321-h400/Ross%20Kinnaird%202018_LR%20(1).jpg" width="321" /></a></div></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Ross Kinnaird </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">is an illustrator and designer whose books have been published around the world, many of them in collaboration with Dawn. He lives close to the water on Auckland’s North Shore. </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publication: 2 October 2023 | </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">RRP $19.99</span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">ISBN: (Spooky) 978-1-99-004243-0 (Christmassy) </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">978-1-99-004227-0</span></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; 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font-size: 14px;">on The Project NZ. </span></div>Alessandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12616072198034545392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-57789886914921347642023-09-10T08:04:00.001+12:002023-09-10T08:54:28.018+12:00Kei te reo Māori inaianei te paetukutuku o Oratia – Oratia web pages now in te reo Māori<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMATYaFB18lnjhIUnhwhBJBECyWulCnS21VRcP4GS3ajObhBCk0EjIKXaS9zYg_DzRSGDDcUdnTTrJ3sjVxPUMHfuzGwCZJCNUJmz4h78CwwBZ8KqZXAd7RMUkmE8HmgwSCgsEewOD_kgvaLzGNQDPXH0AuxnKdKbrw355jKZkqMIOwLF7op4Ir3KyyVm/s2790/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-09%20at%208.28.55%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="2790" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMATYaFB18lnjhIUnhwhBJBECyWulCnS21VRcP4GS3ajObhBCk0EjIKXaS9zYg_DzRSGDDcUdnTTrJ3sjVxPUMHfuzGwCZJCNUJmz4h78CwwBZ8KqZXAd7RMUkmE8HmgwSCgsEewOD_kgvaLzGNQDPXH0AuxnKdKbrw355jKZkqMIOwLF7op4Ir3KyyVm/w640-h310/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-09%20at%208.28.55%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />I te kainamutanga o Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, e harikoa ana a Oratia Media ki te tuku i tā mātou paetukutuku i te reo Māori me te reo Ingarihi hoki.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;">With Māori Language Week about to start, Oratia Media is pleased to make our website available in te reo Māori as well as English. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span lang="mi-NZ">Mā te pāwhiri i ngā pātene reo Ingarihi, reo Māori rānei i te pito mauī whakarunga o ngā whārangi matua o </span><a href="http://www.oratia.co.nz/"><span lang="mi-NZ">www.oratia.co.nz</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="mi-NZ" style="text-decoration: none;">, </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="mi-NZ" style="text-decoration: none;">e taea ai e ngā manuhiri te tīpako i te reo e hiahiatia ana.</span></span><span lang="mi-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mā te whai paetukutuku reorua e whakaatu i tō mātou manawanuitanga ki te whanaketanga me te whakamahinga o te reo Māori i ia rā i ia rā, ā, he whakamihi anō hoki i ngā reo whaimana o Aotearoa. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Having a bilingual website reflects our commitment to the development and use of te reo Māori everyday, and recognises the official languages of Aotearoa New Zealand. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWYfgS15bHbGaHahAdw-ynKy4x0XzPKg_2GVHBbKUoeetYHK_i1-el-H7rmNJYHv0xAsNxEAm5i57s94osPLZnQvfBJe0WEC0l5tef8jhimS2Et1KVlYY_sfn6wY11q3ERw-h7Dp1SjNxFRDvyyOfMm81xYVcTAe8lYsQ7H6sSwjIYQa-ZPMukDC-eXhL/s1588/B4B7184F-FAA9-46D0-A5CD-89A189C4C873.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWYfgS15bHbGaHahAdw-ynKy4x0XzPKg_2GVHBbKUoeetYHK_i1-el-H7rmNJYHv0xAsNxEAm5i57s94osPLZnQvfBJe0WEC0l5tef8jhimS2Et1KVlYY_sfn6wY11q3ERw-h7Dp1SjNxFRDvyyOfMm81xYVcTAe8lYsQ7H6sSwjIYQa-ZPMukDC-eXhL/w334-h640/B4B7184F-FAA9-46D0-A5CD-89A189C4C873.jpeg" width="334" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">E mihi ana ki te kaiwhakawhiti reo rēhita, a Kanapu Rangitauira, i āna whakamāoritanga tino pai rawa atu. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Our thanks to registered translator and regular contributor, Kanapu Rangitauira, for his excellent translation. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4KP88N8fD0xBfhGHmm3YElU2ut3yIwQRTXO469gLL89aJUO8Cuh085c2pt95dRIaC9gPnFb8FXUj7_r1LRC43p2iIrAwzh5mJVuH5pNLjBoS9WOaftteCibwtBj3HgqjPPwTONT537fTpjRJAzsMFvWbE2xqHF-5FrQ4Mu7J_Ukd64PyHC3ywkjTebxl/s2168/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-09%20at%208.45.47%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2168" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4KP88N8fD0xBfhGHmm3YElU2ut3yIwQRTXO469gLL89aJUO8Cuh085c2pt95dRIaC9gPnFb8FXUj7_r1LRC43p2iIrAwzh5mJVuH5pNLjBoS9WOaftteCibwtBj3HgqjPPwTONT537fTpjRJAzsMFvWbE2xqHF-5FrQ4Mu7J_Ukd64PyHC3ywkjTebxl/w640-h364/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-09%20at%208.45.47%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Ka mahi tonu a Oratia Books kia nui haere ai tā mātou rārangi pukapuka reo Māori, reorua hoki, pērā i ngā whakaputanga o tēnei marama: <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-reo-kapekape-maori-wit-and-humour/">Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour</a></i>, nā Hona Black, me <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-pukapuka-ka-kore-e-panuihia/">Te Pukapuka ka Kore e Pānuihia</a></i>, nā Tim Tipene rāua ko Nicoletta Benella, ā, nā Kanapu i whakamāori. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Oratia Books will continue to increase our list of Māori language resources and bilingual books, as evidenced by this month’s publications:<a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-reo-kapekape-maori-wit-and-humour/"> <i>Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour</i></a>, by Hona Black, and <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/the-book-that-wouldnt-read/">The Book that Wouldn’t Read</a>/<a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-pukapuka-ka-kore-e-panuihia/">Te Pukapuka ka kore e Pānuihia</a></i>, by Tim Tipene and Nicoletta Benella, translated by Kanapu. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="color: #e06666; 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font-size: medium;">Kia kaha te reo Māori!</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-33638731311995667052023-08-31T18:00:00.103+12:002023-08-31T18:00:00.148+12:00Leading author pens innovative book to inspire reluctant readers in English and te reo Māori<div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQVs8eZhU8q-7eKr6CYBM7_hdxxPo_rOO5p8wmnSf5ToyxtGtuplzCm-fHuVk5kfCbZoxJvYgk3spDFcFL9Gb7RpXmb4PKgusx3VyCv4ZjndxuwBDs7qZMrdAHT43O5Ok7qvkfj-8Fc5NF6JdLvBUzb3cBRHHQjvTWVr9QBJIxC4MvMOY5zUvP-xEViGf/s3189/ENG_TheBookThatWouldntRead_CVR_LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2466" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQVs8eZhU8q-7eKr6CYBM7_hdxxPo_rOO5p8wmnSf5ToyxtGtuplzCm-fHuVk5kfCbZoxJvYgk3spDFcFL9Gb7RpXmb4PKgusx3VyCv4ZjndxuwBDs7qZMrdAHT43O5Ok7qvkfj-8Fc5NF6JdLvBUzb3cBRHHQjvTWVr9QBJIxC4MvMOY5zUvP-xEViGf/w494-h640/ENG_TheBookThatWouldntRead_CVR_LR.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/the-book-that-wouldnt-read/">The Book that Wouldn't Read</a> / <a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-pukapuka-ka-kore-e-panuihia/">Te Pukapuka ka Kore e Pānuihia</a></i></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Tim Tipene</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Illustrated by Nicoletta Benella</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Translated by Kanapu Rangitauira</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Setting out to attract the sort of reluctant reader he used to be, author and youth counsellor Tim Tipene happened upon a neat idea: a book that takes over and effectively reads itself!</span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LJ8Hx_CxQHXxjvqUGhzKl20hw-JVCNW5jL-3BurxhV1v6SgBUNneZ6kRcqCsgp-3_OMObHppSc-O3fTwoeITZsPpkrsrkOKx8EWjHNH4upIdhvfz0X57UVqSoYnb3vNB4Lk7YUllsIG8Eg2dABu8kILMLpa9BgradVGQ_Q0CcVyqnolDsoIJRPw282Th/s3189/MAORI_TheBookThatWouldntRead_CVR_LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2475" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LJ8Hx_CxQHXxjvqUGhzKl20hw-JVCNW5jL-3BurxhV1v6SgBUNneZ6kRcqCsgp-3_OMObHppSc-O3fTwoeITZsPpkrsrkOKx8EWjHNH4upIdhvfz0X57UVqSoYnb3vNB4Lk7YUllsIG8Eg2dABu8kILMLpa9BgradVGQ_Q0CcVyqnolDsoIJRPw282Th/w310-h400/MAORI_TheBookThatWouldntRead_CVR_LR.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In <i>The Book that Wouldn’t Read — </i>and the Māori edition <i>Te Pukapuka ka Kore e Pānuihia </i>— a boy who doesn’t like reading just has to investigate when he finds that book on the library shelf.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd19BMPBtOq6EeGBmQyl36JiI4MLEzy6ApDMj7Ui0o05p2uMpIaZjbaFgdGRqxmuaIJI74JEm4l2x7Wy5Hpja5If9HK6Q3az3Kap4SyqDbjTwAtqnHYAkH_88vM08ANDCVWkuHaP2ahHjewIOtY_i6O323eZDB0BoWyNISXUwNEYYEUh345iXNXFLrzOyI/s1190/pp%2012-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1190" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd19BMPBtOq6EeGBmQyl36JiI4MLEzy6ApDMj7Ui0o05p2uMpIaZjbaFgdGRqxmuaIJI74JEm4l2x7Wy5Hpja5If9HK6Q3az3Kap4SyqDbjTwAtqnHYAkH_88vM08ANDCVWkuHaP2ahHjewIOtY_i6O323eZDB0BoWyNISXUwNEYYEUh345iXNXFLrzOyI/w640-h410/pp%2012-13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sentences move around the page, words change colour and disappear, and crazy fonts and characters get him jumping around, even burping (despite being hushed by teacher and classmates).</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkX8EYsNdo-ASDPVgQYRp7rSyUYZJ0s8s9bFbBk402FKeFrYorqv4mLdpGORk2wfFyshklQpDZ197R8nOvwshrDg94ULLGbJn7xGR69SNxXIRAUW3gvIEbygdhuuRlzZEe3dXDm-pyMngdse3eOlouYJms11JjUsV-aSqmaTu29Bk0HBtMuYnstu12ggP/s1190/pp%2022-23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1190" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkX8EYsNdo-ASDPVgQYRp7rSyUYZJ0s8s9bFbBk402FKeFrYorqv4mLdpGORk2wfFyshklQpDZ197R8nOvwshrDg94ULLGbJn7xGR69SNxXIRAUW3gvIEbygdhuuRlzZEe3dXDm-pyMngdse3eOlouYJms11JjUsV-aSqmaTu29Bk0HBtMuYnstu12ggP/w640-h410/pp%2022-23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Illustrator Nicoletta Benella opens up the worlds that come alive when you get into a book, with layout designed to appeal to reluctant or dyslexic readers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_w8ZZFCfVjgva685NDKnCvR-vLrbMb5NWctB_bw3n-t_J4ZY6eTd68Bl1jcOorRy6yKkxsV55gOIGRPcBof0V5jSj_5IL7wtk31JXyuc0h3Z3krB65FOHS56pOEAFbUTNdRuxYpJiVamo-1GPvHVusES2LmDqBqnfO0mPSdzM6KqlaaAoiJGkoKmwI44i/s1190/pp%2031-31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1190" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_w8ZZFCfVjgva685NDKnCvR-vLrbMb5NWctB_bw3n-t_J4ZY6eTd68Bl1jcOorRy6yKkxsV55gOIGRPcBof0V5jSj_5IL7wtk31JXyuc0h3Z3krB65FOHS56pOEAFbUTNdRuxYpJiVamo-1GPvHVusES2LmDqBqnfO0mPSdzM6KqlaaAoiJGkoKmwI44i/w640-h410/pp%2031-31.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publishing in English (hardback) and Māori (paperback) editions ahead of Māori Language Week, this is a book just waiting to be read! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A <a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Book-that-wouldnt-Read-TR.pdf">teacher resource</a> is available on the Oratia website.</span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The author</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuYglSXHjEsEV2kRB2vRfe_pg_Dk3rNI4IR0gp1qSpya3XvZwFNJ_5t5TMbZWnST007l7H197g0vRbzPceldYt8B5J7eLKaniD-ekEZ6lVzZQ3lQXmjTnkmZmh0jxIGlVswzgPxrg9t1861sLiQsqsQ1TsFpWtRZ0ayg2lgsWzs-GtDg6u8TMSZPI7iiH/s718/Tim%20Tipene%20June%202023%20portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="527" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuYglSXHjEsEV2kRB2vRfe_pg_Dk3rNI4IR0gp1qSpya3XvZwFNJ_5t5TMbZWnST007l7H197g0vRbzPceldYt8B5J7eLKaniD-ekEZ6lVzZQ3lQXmjTnkmZmh0jxIGlVswzgPxrg9t1861sLiQsqsQ1TsFpWtRZ0ayg2lgsWzs-GtDg6u8TMSZPI7iiH/s320/Tim%20Tipene%20June%202023%20portrait.jpg" width="235" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Tim Tipene </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">(Ngāti Kurī, Ngāti Whātua) is a pioneering youth counsellor and the award-winning author of over 18 children’s books, including <i>Kura Toa Warrior School</i> and <i>Rona Moon</i>. Tim lives in Rānui, West Auckland. See </span></span><a href="https://www.timtipene.com/"><span style="font-family: georgia;">https://www.timtipene.com/</span></a></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The illustrator</span></span></b></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"></span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnhI2pafd9xWS_hJ82U4_Dik05uZZhXzGoZ022eOQ8oIAdy_KaWzzMjVyiM79TKgyUr4X1i3vddLWK6YGDcP8RkTbi8niHy9i0iHM3AYcDfcOQ_GtmTQjifpb8tDZvkP0mHxJ_rCVq6CgG2fT5-w2Kr40lGRJUCwu-L7D_cOLfcOVLsi7OHQXv9hkcNVE/s1039/Nicoletta%20Benella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnhI2pafd9xWS_hJ82U4_Dik05uZZhXzGoZ022eOQ8oIAdy_KaWzzMjVyiM79TKgyUr4X1i3vddLWK6YGDcP8RkTbi8niHy9i0iHM3AYcDfcOQ_GtmTQjifpb8tDZvkP0mHxJ_rCVq6CgG2fT5-w2Kr40lGRJUCwu-L7D_cOLfcOVLsi7OHQXv9hkcNVE/s320/Nicoletta%20Benella.jpg" width="246" /></a></span></b></span></span></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Nicoletta Benella </span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-weight: 400;">is an illustrator, graphic designer and artisan originally from north-eastern Italy, where she worked as a designer for the fashion house Benetton. She lives with her family in Hatfields Beach, Auckland. </span></span></span></b></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The translator</span></span></b></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"></span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY-iCxh8iswxGVlsS8LAJtzndtRsb4yzvKv8sP9t_SxBkmeCDFtuKLP0HcmbtI-JUyE48j4hhDz9zq1IM9Rspz52G5Re8gAdhGIuDjfVwTENKudq_TBjsgPGB3LLzbcIfsN5nF_93TqNOFmiXPb1pMems4pora1424sn9GvnvgFScQ9W-iari74jkQc6C/s1280/Kanapu%20Rangitauira%202%20cropped%20LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1164" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY-iCxh8iswxGVlsS8LAJtzndtRsb4yzvKv8sP9t_SxBkmeCDFtuKLP0HcmbtI-JUyE48j4hhDz9zq1IM9Rspz52G5Re8gAdhGIuDjfVwTENKudq_TBjsgPGB3LLzbcIfsN5nF_93TqNOFmiXPb1pMems4pora1424sn9GvnvgFScQ9W-iari74jkQc6C/s320/Kanapu%20Rangitauira%202%20cropped%20LR.jpg" width="291" /></a></span></b></span></span></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Kanapu Rangitauira</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> (Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou, Te Whakatōhea) is a registered translator and teacher of te reo M</span><span lang="mi-NZ">āori </span><span lang="EN-AU">who has translated a number of works for Oratia Books, He lives with his family in Rotoiti, Rotorua. </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Corporative; font-size: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publication: 1 September 2023 </span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ISBNs: 978-1-99-004231-7 (English) </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">978-1-99-004247-8 (Māori) </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">RRP $25.99 (English) hardback, $22.99 (Māori) paperback</span></span></b></p></div><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">270 x 210 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour</span></span></b></p></div></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-19398574711553944632023-08-27T01:03:00.005+12:002023-08-27T02:06:31.017+12:00Bilingual book brings to life the humour of te reo Māori<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFPYnpxMccVO0Ey9dczL-4VcLLO4WIH2gPyiODX0qy-rKkrVcG9vfnDmJ511wX96d6kyi8EExW8VzwhPi5AcymnIYLoXbB3yvMvEBkJungh_Z_e42MJrVYdKSe88dUTv-6mmAEpBvSOmYSUWgJKiHHsKpAlMtDoAczWY0ADCCdg5gEd6SNBgBxcXFEJyQ/s2480/Te%20Reo%20Kapekape%20CVR_LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="1746" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFPYnpxMccVO0Ey9dczL-4VcLLO4WIH2gPyiODX0qy-rKkrVcG9vfnDmJ511wX96d6kyi8EExW8VzwhPi5AcymnIYLoXbB3yvMvEBkJungh_Z_e42MJrVYdKSe88dUTv-6mmAEpBvSOmYSUWgJKiHHsKpAlMtDoAczWY0ADCCdg5gEd6SNBgBxcXFEJyQ/w448-h640/Te%20Reo%20Kapekape%20CVR_LR.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-reo-kapekape-maori-wit-and-humour/">Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour</a></i></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Hona Black</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publishing on 1 September, a new book by scholar Hona Black lifts the curtain on all the humour, wit, innuendo and play that distinguishes everyday te reo Māori.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-AU">Te Reo Kapekape</span></i><span lang="EN-AU"> (literally, ‘the language of poking fun’) will make readers cry with laughter, engage in lively banter, and perhaps blush a little.</span> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuOGct4sUtA5SbCyv8HRLXqM7DxwLnh6Bch2-DB8t4-OKpFNo_rO0gCgXZfaLa0lalm3Oz3zpXeDGpMra35vmPl5EwrwPftBX6LKhxmVds87bIvXTRMsMAzsmqMqriAp_q8eMH11nfZyZ6ajB-uiRf3-m87WIfg0MiICGU5NgD1PwaCCkEIZcdzoOL6Sc/s839/pp%2024-25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="839" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuOGct4sUtA5SbCyv8HRLXqM7DxwLnh6Bch2-DB8t4-OKpFNo_rO0gCgXZfaLa0lalm3Oz3zpXeDGpMra35vmPl5EwrwPftBX6LKhxmVds87bIvXTRMsMAzsmqMqriAp_q8eMH11nfZyZ6ajB-uiRf3-m87WIfg0MiICGU5NgD1PwaCCkEIZcdzoOL6Sc/w640-h454/pp%2024-25.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">From calling a silly person a ‘roro hipi / sheep’s brain’, to telling them to get stuffed or suggesting they live amongst the dinosaurs (‘Ētahi mokoweri!’), this book has a witty saying or comeback for any situation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Using a cast of characters and dramatised dialogue, Hona explains more than 130 phrases and gives examples and suggestions for use – whether to tease, crack a joke or just add some spice to the language. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_szSGdHF6-yW9dVcXtroyCW5-3q0PMPh0jaYC1gSEzLHuwji9DMvdJ3qVKUb1fLJ7qIcOhfO7v7GiRfHoa6ESaZmyIT8nqty5t5mJxsg-P3jr4vJDI8lTV1nt-2dSoYW-mJOV3HfHra62TavLA-x0FHuhh2-L96AIC5VPsuEHDlzzp1jTGY-2Ojmtz0v/s640/pp%20110-111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="640" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_szSGdHF6-yW9dVcXtroyCW5-3q0PMPh0jaYC1gSEzLHuwji9DMvdJ3qVKUb1fLJ7qIcOhfO7v7GiRfHoa6ESaZmyIT8nqty5t5mJxsg-P3jr4vJDI8lTV1nt-2dSoYW-mJOV3HfHra62TavLA-x0FHuhh2-L96AIC5VPsuEHDlzzp1jTGY-2Ojmtz0v/w640-h454/pp%20110-111.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The text is printed in te reo on the left-hand pages and English on the right, making it accessible to language learners, fluent speakers or general readers interested in Māori culture and language. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU">With this new publication, Hona aims to </span><span lang="EN-AU">‘</span><span lang="EN-AU">reposition te reo kapekape as a language of every day again, in the hope that it is heard and that Māori can once again laugh through their own language.’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijg2AMOXE9yBYq3WrcaF5IhFOrHgUREHLwQ02J2S5YDe0jnvaoGMrfPc_vV9Ym8dIhqzutOX3mBytgNEfTy33YC_BsvIeQMM0ScOPeiw1nizo5sEFinFwlN2T89H7f_dajBXVkQx0MLERmNGeDyW1gOcgwgx77AmPUW9OZEs6fIH01QYBoKHqsPMQPDplv/s839/pp%20234-235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="839" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijg2AMOXE9yBYq3WrcaF5IhFOrHgUREHLwQ02J2S5YDe0jnvaoGMrfPc_vV9Ym8dIhqzutOX3mBytgNEfTy33YC_BsvIeQMM0ScOPeiw1nizo5sEFinFwlN2T89H7f_dajBXVkQx0MLERmNGeDyW1gOcgwgx77AmPUW9OZEs6fIH01QYBoKHqsPMQPDplv/w640-h454/pp%20234-235.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-reo-kapekape-maori-wit-and-humour/" target="_blank">Te Reo Kapekape</a></span></i><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-reo-kapekape-maori-wit-and-humour/" target="_blank"> </a>extends Oratia's language reference series, which includes Hona's first book,<i> <a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/he-iti-te-kupu-maori-metaphors-and-similes/" target="_blank">He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes</a>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publishing in time for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-reo-kapekape-maori-wit-and-humour/" target="_blank">Te Reo Kapekape</a></i> offers plenty of ideas to have fun and spice up your language, while supporting the revitalisation of te reo Māori.</span></span></p><div><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The author</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7C9p66Q7BNR2_1jcBSjsJ8omqC0PW8gBOyUh3x7pS9qPGIWIQyD5LdBZAerExiQwPX8C7WeAuRJ_kT8dozh0ZJDdfZJtbsOMdJMDUQG-wGQ3p1kMzLG98PL2PgbLmQcWW6S-WEe3Cjzv286Zzb9fvaejKaY5rcfAwXc0JnQ9W_uod1kgENc3pM-dFkjv/s1280/Hona%20Black%202023%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7C9p66Q7BNR2_1jcBSjsJ8omqC0PW8gBOyUh3x7pS9qPGIWIQyD5LdBZAerExiQwPX8C7WeAuRJ_kT8dozh0ZJDdfZJtbsOMdJMDUQG-wGQ3p1kMzLG98PL2PgbLmQcWW6S-WEe3Cjzv286Zzb9fvaejKaY5rcfAwXc0JnQ9W_uod1kgENc3pM-dFkjv/w265-h400/Hona%20Black%202023%20LR.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hona Black </span></span></b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Tūhoe, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) lectures on teaching for Māori medium schools at Te Pūtahi a Toi: School of Māori Knowledge at Massey University, Palmerston North. He has worked as the Senior Māori Adviser on Massey’s Wellington campus, and been Head of Te Reo Māori at Hato Pāora College in Feilding. Hona lives in Porirua with his partner and their baby son.</span><span style="font-family: Corporative; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Corporative; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publication: 1 September 2023 | ISBN: 978-1-99-004237-9 | RRP $39.99<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paperback, 210 x 148 mm portrait, 308 pages, b&w</span></span></b></p></div></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-39812482803228712222023-08-04T03:09:00.007+12:002023-08-26T22:38:32.180+12:00Setting the record straight on extraordinary New Zealand Wars mass abduction <p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzVCnZegHX2jpRceKPIDIpIHj6V5MGu9X8FxvHwVxaTET85RlmwBwypjwsPrX4vTtmpSmHSvk0nSSuVCN_TQRxxyx6H-osCkBx2yTzb1uR7WZ-bDgsi_aTIKebPnLF-OEpFiQvG1orhaEQb94ezO_s2fv42PaiY-iWoSCRxBxLoiDuy2iYRXK6fuSLqh3/s640/Te%20Kooti's%20Last%20Foray%20CVR%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="425" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzVCnZegHX2jpRceKPIDIpIHj6V5MGu9X8FxvHwVxaTET85RlmwBwypjwsPrX4vTtmpSmHSvk0nSSuVCN_TQRxxyx6H-osCkBx2yTzb1uR7WZ-bDgsi_aTIKebPnLF-OEpFiQvG1orhaEQb94ezO_s2fv42PaiY-iWoSCRxBxLoiDuy2iYRXK6fuSLqh3/w424-h640/Te%20Kooti's%20Last%20Foray%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="424" /></a></i></div><p><i><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/te-kootis-last-foray/">Te Kooti's Last Foray</a></span></b></i></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">The extraordinary story of Te Kooti’s 1870 abduction of two Whakatōhea communities into the Waioeka Gorge and how Whanganui’s pursuit won the day but never the credit</span></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Ron Crosby</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>The evidence in support of the conclusions drawn is compelling. This book is well worth the read.’ </i></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">— <span lang="EN-AU">Justice Sir (T</span><span lang="mi-NZ">ā) Joe Williams, from the Foreword</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Previous histories of the New Zealand Wars have either overlooked the events that are retold in <i>Te Kooti’s Last Foray</i>, or have got them wrong by relying on questionable accounts by Lieutenant Thomas Porter. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSm1U-gF9F1-Sd-hf1qMnoOpVGHVMbRkmZBBMBWsvwzK5SLEeebIGXYKpce1k0fehsSwRwJz_bBje39AuoO6AccFI6r6di3yLrOvEi6tVELr4xQ_STFk39G3kUm2ieeb5KoocaOYY37ECv-kHqSP5KGvXUoujrz-peLWJ7bl1YBSrIydW6MTCtYY5ug-8/s752/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-23%20at%204.47.52%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="664" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSm1U-gF9F1-Sd-hf1qMnoOpVGHVMbRkmZBBMBWsvwzK5SLEeebIGXYKpce1k0fehsSwRwJz_bBje39AuoO6AccFI6r6di3yLrOvEi6tVELr4xQ_STFk39G3kUm2ieeb5KoocaOYY37ECv-kHqSP5KGvXUoujrz-peLWJ7bl1YBSrIydW6MTCtYY5ug-8/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-23%20at%204.47.52%20PM.png" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Te Kooti<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The key facts are these: in March 1870, on the run from government forces and seeking to challenge their authority, Māori leader Te Kooti and his followers abducted 218 Whakatōhea people from Ōmarumutu and Ōpape, near Ōpōtiki in the Bay of Plenty — marching them back into Te Urewera and constructing a pā called Waipuna.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegXoduvN67cIEubxrBw4wOvz1xmDI7Zq1A51qS5WuwRMSFnC25sag8DjrZgZ7Y9VSjjOOmj0y6JMCFlBSYIeUudspY6KLzFgWeKFuHHX5N1MHUBzomhGPdkxtKGy1110-o1c75yMtkCduuCAOC5Q-GkoAww9WO25O2XJxtNOqrSo6rfuxsoXRhCYuU8IL/s907/Te%20Kooti%20spread%2063.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="907" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegXoduvN67cIEubxrBw4wOvz1xmDI7Zq1A51qS5WuwRMSFnC25sag8DjrZgZ7Y9VSjjOOmj0y6JMCFlBSYIeUudspY6KLzFgWeKFuHHX5N1MHUBzomhGPdkxtKGy1110-o1c75yMtkCduuCAOC5Q-GkoAww9WO25O2XJxtNOqrSo6rfuxsoXRhCYuU8IL/w400-h300/Te%20Kooti%20spread%2063.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU">The government forces tracking Te Kooti — mostly Whanganui forces under the command of </span>Major Kēpa Te Rangihiwinui and <span lang="EN-AU">Ngāti Porou led by Major Ropata Wahawaha </span>— headed into Te Urewera in pursuit. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After formidable feats of marching and scouting, Whanganui took Waipuna pā and secured the release of all the captives on 24 March, although Te Kooti was able to escape.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMSXsHGTMDd5kEvym9wcLeeZcgCqR2vaUS7p-ckDGvgpQQKvr0gcqTVSWUHljAKy6zMr5RyKzTzGRV5nBtYSiiBNSeqEjrgNXM40igZHrR6NLfMWpwAM1t3QHOBhJClE3qc7S1spHrZr2swc561iyWpkac-rYBXx1dCviSpGXoCMPzLXUCPcesClB-Maw/s907/Te%20Kooti%20spread%2076.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="907" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMSXsHGTMDd5kEvym9wcLeeZcgCqR2vaUS7p-ckDGvgpQQKvr0gcqTVSWUHljAKy6zMr5RyKzTzGRV5nBtYSiiBNSeqEjrgNXM40igZHrR6NLfMWpwAM1t3QHOBhJClE3qc7S1spHrZr2swc561iyWpkac-rYBXx1dCviSpGXoCMPzLXUCPcesClB-Maw/w400-h300/Te%20Kooti%20spread%2076.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Accounts by Porter, who fought with Wahawaha, formed the primary source for later historians — and he gave credit for the successful outcome to Ngāti Porou. </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_d6rW_YEaSgzUGEIratPZPExwdcRz3fnj0M2rHE7O-nlVT5yd9kX6sRSm17m7op3FitNmKPpuuwJQOdNLlXDrm6LFql9wUtt1rvDxAraJnHgCgfKXI_JVm72yRjlYz0hD1Q_YpD5SFEawGIANL5xKgh3skD_fqpo700rWGneya31rszTey1uNPmrmWcx/s1006/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-22%20at%203.37.27%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="772" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_d6rW_YEaSgzUGEIratPZPExwdcRz3fnj0M2rHE7O-nlVT5yd9kX6sRSm17m7op3FitNmKPpuuwJQOdNLlXDrm6LFql9wUtt1rvDxAraJnHgCgfKXI_JVm72yRjlYz0hD1Q_YpD5SFEawGIANL5xKgh3skD_fqpo700rWGneya31rszTey1uNPmrmWcx/w306-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-22%20at%203.37.27%20PM.png" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samuel Austin, whose diaries cast new light on the 1870 events</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The recent emergence of diaries written by another Pākehā soldier, Samuel Austin, who served with Whanganui, have revealed the inaccuracy of Porter’s account, and informed Ron Crosby’s painstaking fieldwork.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">T<span lang="EN-AU">his is a book based on walking the ground, not solely on written records. Over many years Ron Crosby has tramped the Urewera forests to retrace the steps of Te Kooti and his pursuers. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXm2nCdC8CBtZ8GsA9ZGHqWrgljvdGp7hhua6W6TRigYqM4OVo3BOa-Pn0oP8JzT-_cCSVq-AB_eTgEjN5mB1YN-3XzWAExQ9ZcbVDQWbGaSMpJPn1pbDPWZwkcfWhNVDHX_i0LvDt5EcOjes0Dfxdbc9p0mq6KiVmhLRrlE68DK2UrCbcrLjgHjBB_Zc/s724/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-22%20at%203.30.17%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="724" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXm2nCdC8CBtZ8GsA9ZGHqWrgljvdGp7hhua6W6TRigYqM4OVo3BOa-Pn0oP8JzT-_cCSVq-AB_eTgEjN5mB1YN-3XzWAExQ9ZcbVDQWbGaSMpJPn1pbDPWZwkcfWhNVDHX_i0LvDt5EcOjes0Dfxdbc9p0mq6KiVmhLRrlE68DK2UrCbcrLjgHjBB_Zc/w400-h368/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-22%20at%203.30.17%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU">That legwork deeply informs <i>Te Kooti’s Last Foray</i>, and enables pinpoint location of where events took place —</span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU">including Waipuna pā, a site largely forgotten for 150 years. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPSvVywF9quFwOnlPtVbqvMPYNlwQRvB8gExQqGZzfh9tATX2AaUhQ_dsfMuvgPvU4CRbUgLrHcfl14NJBEl6G8cPtJnAyGoeTZyUJ9VP1oJDn6AIoA4QKka9LAgKC_JA8rLKq1dcLIYJUNmn-gjp-M9Ujadx17M7F1dPMj3K3RBlCDzrClUUhf-u2JGb/s907/Te%20Kooti%20spread%2099.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="907" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPSvVywF9quFwOnlPtVbqvMPYNlwQRvB8gExQqGZzfh9tATX2AaUhQ_dsfMuvgPvU4CRbUgLrHcfl14NJBEl6G8cPtJnAyGoeTZyUJ9VP1oJDn6AIoA4QKka9LAgKC_JA8rLKq1dcLIYJUNmn-gjp-M9Ujadx17M7F1dPMj3K3RBlCDzrClUUhf-u2JGb/w400-h300/Te%20Kooti%20spread%2099.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p>Annotated photos taken in the depths of Te Urewera, detailed maps, and sketches by artist Stu Spicer (who has accompanied Ron in the area) bring to life this gripping episode, which was to prove pivotal in Te Kooti’s move away from armed resistance and towards spiritual leadership.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The author</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jw4MqGmcivJ7S-EBlEJ03nBOGjSkUvf8UVZZTNnGqrFlqG5xm4vh92sKyzNG6Txx7sr1AZoEuQp4SlZjV89JLs_yRW6cYfPX_W3-XpeCk0moE8ziEq_O1VIFCevMWIRUsGDn8gABhg_GWldtxbTE269cIhdUIahp5RXm2y9HQcgTGSsiEYfdMYfh3h6c/s640/Ron%20Crosby%202%20portrait.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jw4MqGmcivJ7S-EBlEJ03nBOGjSkUvf8UVZZTNnGqrFlqG5xm4vh92sKyzNG6Txx7sr1AZoEuQp4SlZjV89JLs_yRW6cYfPX_W3-XpeCk0moE8ziEq_O1VIFCevMWIRUsGDn8gABhg_GWldtxbTE269cIhdUIahp5RXm2y9HQcgTGSsiEYfdMYfh3h6c/s320/Ron%20Crosby%202%20portrait.jpg" width="268" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span lang="EN-AU">Ron Crosby </span></b></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">burst onto the publishing scene in 1999 with his landmark <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/the-musket-wars/" target="_blank">The Musket Wars</a></i> (still in print through Oratia Books), and has followed that with a wide range of books, including <i>Gilbert Mair: Te Kooti’s Nemesis </i>(2004), <i>NZSAS: The First Fifty Years </i>(2009), <i>Kūpapa </i>(2015) and most recently <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/the-forgotten-wars/" target="_blank">The Forgotten Wars: Why the Musket Wars matter today</a> </i>(Oratia Books, 2020). Formerly a barrister, Ron was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2011. </span><span lang="EN-AU">His interest in te ao Mā</span><span lang="EN-AU">ori is constantly reinforced by his whā</span><span lang="EN-AU">nau relationships, his wife Margy being of Te Rarawa and Te Aupoū</span><span lang="EN-AU">ri descent. </span><span lang="EN-AU">They live in Blenheim (see </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.roncrosby.co.nz/" style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-AU">www.roncrosby.co.nz</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU">).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publication: 8 August 2023 | ISBN: 978-1-99-004234-8 | RRP $49.99<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paperback, 240 x 160 mm portrait, 280 pages, b&w with 16 pages colour<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><br /></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-44782023314267149742023-07-03T14:00:00.007+12:002023-07-03T14:00:00.135+12:00Fun picture book bridges the generations with tall tales and true in English and Māori<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdx4op5J0GrkX4ZvXimKGeB2-OAZpksL1e30SINcSQWp2hPxJNobb2nafK22tPGukpR68kFeO4dwltxHmW1D_HQBA5N_zWxtpNsqyKYW_8lyzI7mr7pYIAmzysTUWlsP7qH6bcsZcbP0IWFQD1HUTRxmM7z6Jr5LpblYcVriwuhY_-S7dmEhfT70TcUzy/s2717/You%20Don't%20Know%20How%20Lucky%20You%20Are!%20CVR%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2717" data-original-width="2537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdx4op5J0GrkX4ZvXimKGeB2-OAZpksL1e30SINcSQWp2hPxJNobb2nafK22tPGukpR68kFeO4dwltxHmW1D_HQBA5N_zWxtpNsqyKYW_8lyzI7mr7pYIAmzysTUWlsP7qH6bcsZcbP0IWFQD1HUTRxmM7z6Jr5LpblYcVriwuhY_-S7dmEhfT70TcUzy/w596-h640/You%20Don't%20Know%20How%20Lucky%20You%20Are!%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="596" /></a></p><p></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/you-dont-know-how-lucky-you-are-me-i-mohio-koe-ki-to-waimarietanga">You Don't Know How Lucky You Are – Me i Mōhio Koe ki tō Waimarietanga</a></span></b></i></p><p></p><p><b><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/kia-hou-taku-tou/"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: georgia;"></span></a></i></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Belinda O'Keefe</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In this beguiling picture book, Christchurch author Belinda O’Keefe joins bestselling illustrator Ross Kinnaird for a tale that connects young readers with the experience of their grandparents’ generation. </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoSGyHndJY1_0lcd42sJLorI2Ux7HgHA7T3I0CihErIKUwj_usDAsrmw5G8q7oPa960ArZuIpPT9ktaG3IEZluU02tP6biF5jZIu_ihWeaf9K4fKqR8_s9w-7ZuTHgznl1EXCMFgbJ6_Y8w8cBQpmrZyw90T_qbKn2LLnasURwBgizGgxsjqO4yyf0Zdg/s640/YDKHLYA%20spread%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="640" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoSGyHndJY1_0lcd42sJLorI2Ux7HgHA7T3I0CihErIKUwj_usDAsrmw5G8q7oPa960ArZuIpPT9ktaG3IEZluU02tP6biF5jZIu_ihWeaf9K4fKqR8_s9w-7ZuTHgznl1EXCMFgbJ6_Y8w8cBQpmrZyw90T_qbKn2LLnasURwBgizGgxsjqO4yyf0Zdg/w640-h340/YDKHLYA%20spread%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Accident-prone Izzy is consoled and then distracted by Great-uncle Arthur’s tales of the trials he encountered when he was a boy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When Izzy moans about unloading the dishwasher, her Pākehā great-uncle says, ‘You don’t know how lucky you are!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvUTCSntVBMM2Tlu2WhYT_3d4UAyb4e29amUnGpcCQQnKlB4l6qeDayfX3BdTSoE8gGvGtGph_LmpkikLJj44GUi4LTLYo-ZaMillvlRarBopAUdAS9OSiZ2V-9XF0iyAJBPeZB3ZAiiNfnrtMKIMucZ10Yo0pU32jkGYsqoG6DPNOU451RxUDuFRiS_4/s640/YDKHLYA%20spread%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="640" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvUTCSntVBMM2Tlu2WhYT_3d4UAyb4e29amUnGpcCQQnKlB4l6qeDayfX3BdTSoE8gGvGtGph_LmpkikLJj44GUi4LTLYo-ZaMillvlRarBopAUdAS9OSiZ2V-9XF0iyAJBPeZB3ZAiiNfnrtMKIMucZ10Yo0pU32jkGYsqoG6DPNOU451RxUDuFRiS_4/w640-h340/YDKHLYA%20spread%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />He’s always done something worse — having to hand-wash stacks of dishes, or dodging arrows in a battle. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As the stories get wilder — like taking three days to finish a meal of tough food — his great-niece starts to wonder if Arthur may be exaggerating a little …<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbqgxQCEohfw_z_r405umV7S4bx6al_VpxRxdGopjCnboFX3BKlPCWE1M1FVafvEK0tXfeN5IL-QztoWliu2AMF5gqECtEVLtBrEuftJjFzFtLHTOFPUVqT7ZdJiT7oNjrLaEPT8D9LIhQJGm98fS-Jr0ddPdONYWUlYnAWUdC3UkfGGBv-kEXYLns08Kb/s640/YDKHLYA%20spread%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="640" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbqgxQCEohfw_z_r405umV7S4bx6al_VpxRxdGopjCnboFX3BKlPCWE1M1FVafvEK0tXfeN5IL-QztoWliu2AMF5gqECtEVLtBrEuftJjFzFtLHTOFPUVqT7ZdJiT7oNjrLaEPT8D9LIhQJGm98fS-Jr0ddPdONYWUlYnAWUdC3UkfGGBv-kEXYLns08Kb/w640-h340/YDKHLYA%20spread%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU">Lovingly translated into te reo Māori by Te Ama-Rere-Tai Rangihuna, <i>You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are!/Me i Mōhio Koe ki tō Waimarie-tanga! </i> promises to give its readers as much fun and bonding as the characters it features. </span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIZIpUpRYVF7UirHHP1MuyfrQJYVYRUcWuaKTYnR_-dnbCSUA28nPCjtlfcPtT7K6B31pxnkdkwSisKRFzkQDDqhnjJ2iJssvjcpMNoDUngWZ_jnvMVlgB5c0-ErYhOfsq-lz7sfaePxW0G9oDLMcIYuAVw_DfulIDdC6ufal-NzvX85yNDygxkTjo5eO/s640/YDKHLYA%20spread%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="640" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIZIpUpRYVF7UirHHP1MuyfrQJYVYRUcWuaKTYnR_-dnbCSUA28nPCjtlfcPtT7K6B31pxnkdkwSisKRFzkQDDqhnjJ2iJssvjcpMNoDUngWZ_jnvMVlgB5c0-ErYhOfsq-lz7sfaePxW0G9oDLMcIYuAVw_DfulIDdC6ufal-NzvX85yNDygxkTjo5eO/w640-h340/YDKHLYA%20spread%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The author</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmGRj2NFomQEz_1lWjnQdrOQwQnxvWb4Ea8571lN5xLJfa_speeJZvPWbpdAdCeo2h0o91No66Dq8RF2IzyxZgIwbvYlWA4zOeppyd9KcW68vL_KbJEbmlG8q6uapkCJ-sHxKknvl97GR2hsg2H_xX92nVxC_9OsK7bj3f6wyfe-0so-RAX1dsyVMohMC/s600/Belinda%20O'Keefe%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmGRj2NFomQEz_1lWjnQdrOQwQnxvWb4Ea8571lN5xLJfa_speeJZvPWbpdAdCeo2h0o91No66Dq8RF2IzyxZgIwbvYlWA4zOeppyd9KcW68vL_KbJEbmlG8q6uapkCJ-sHxKknvl97GR2hsg2H_xX92nVxC_9OsK7bj3f6wyfe-0so-RAX1dsyVMohMC/s320/Belinda%20O'Keefe%20LR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span lang="EN-AU">Belinda O'Keefe</span></b></span><span lang="EN-AU"> is</span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU">an editor and writer who lives in Christchurch with her family. She based this book on the funny stories that her dad told her while growing up. Belinda is a dedicated writer for children, and her other books include<i> Journey through the Cat Door</i> (2022) and <i>Partners in Slime</i> (2021). </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The illustrator </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudIbpZgptJ6hIXYYSem52Q27LlpODYJLsh-WczrQ22UyysVCHSIHfb7gX9pw8BVlst4VP8-2rYyuvbnmuY7QyuGz3E8MKLeZkdgYdcx7EibeIQ4DyShS0tCJn9qxRlyHS06vJp7-oWSXmmv_oH_QrRtEMRcqF2YwxGlH596NVLmWM8-xCzf52ig-ehtt3/s1280/Ross%20Kinnaird%202018_LR%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1029" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudIbpZgptJ6hIXYYSem52Q27LlpODYJLsh-WczrQ22UyysVCHSIHfb7gX9pw8BVlst4VP8-2rYyuvbnmuY7QyuGz3E8MKLeZkdgYdcx7EibeIQ4DyShS0tCJn9qxRlyHS06vJp7-oWSXmmv_oH_QrRtEMRcqF2YwxGlH596NVLmWM8-xCzf52ig-ehtt3/s320/Ross%20Kinnaird%202018_LR%20(1).jpg" width="257" /></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;">Ross Kinnaird </span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;">is an illustrator and graphic designer whose books have been published in many countries, and include the international bestsellers of the <i>I Need a New Bum!</i> series. He lives close to the water on Auckland’s North Shore. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="border: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The translator </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknbKcw43xvrFObCA26OcnM9IgJD6eMVVe6ySXDTpz-8lMGCTM2EgakIbsBA7s1vqzCOS32fBt9u8t4jMzuwD2L12xMG_Yplhy7__kckI7n3TaHg6PwF51F1RXfgIsivVEvSfB_O_VpW7yfT1E_b-eg1yxJLob6r_VPDkDLfn9ZAEW7JN5OrfgZ4ZOXS7M/s307/Te%20Ama-Rere-Tai%20Rangihuna%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="307" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknbKcw43xvrFObCA26OcnM9IgJD6eMVVe6ySXDTpz-8lMGCTM2EgakIbsBA7s1vqzCOS32fBt9u8t4jMzuwD2L12xMG_Yplhy7__kckI7n3TaHg6PwF51F1RXfgIsivVEvSfB_O_VpW7yfT1E_b-eg1yxJLob6r_VPDkDLfn9ZAEW7JN5OrfgZ4ZOXS7M/s1600/Te%20Ama-Rere-Tai%20Rangihuna%20LR.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Te Ama-Rere-Tai Rangihuna </b>(Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu)<b> </b>is a registered Māori translator and cultural advisor who lives in Wellington. A mother of two young children, she is a keen translator of books and shows for young people.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publication: 5 July 2023 | ISBN: 978-1-99-004236-2 | RRP $21.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paperback, 230 x 215 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-76367126043022415862023-05-30T08:00:00.004+12:002023-05-30T08:00:00.143+12:00Debut picture book by Waikato author helps kids feel okay about diverse families <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSnb5j3pQPZlR6b01POL0_e1uOZStyV5X2T6qdZbet5_vtg9y_GgJ2u1XeowNqP8vPOrVyYZrGe5ujh7q_gBqpeUjQ3WQOxO3qa20Ji9kEGGDWoHrY3qiFm93sVKz2XNBpybkvWyYCk2zfzUxpwF4K4fON6mvafMNp0_mY45Rk4BauR4UPUy7wi9HdQ/s3189/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2470" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSnb5j3pQPZlR6b01POL0_e1uOZStyV5X2T6qdZbet5_vtg9y_GgJ2u1XeowNqP8vPOrVyYZrGe5ujh7q_gBqpeUjQ3WQOxO3qa20Ji9kEGGDWoHrY3qiFm93sVKz2XNBpybkvWyYCk2zfzUxpwF4K4fON6mvafMNp0_mY45Rk4BauR4UPUy7wi9HdQ/w496-h640/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20LR.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/toku-whanau-rerehua-my-beautiful-family/"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tōku Whānau Rerehua – My Beautiful Family</span></b></a></i></p><p></p><p><b><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/kia-hou-taku-tou/"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: georgia;"></span></a></i></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rauhina Cooper</span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White</span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publishing in time for the annual Schools Pride Week, <i>Tōku Whānau Rerehua </i>tells of a young girl’s experience learning that all families come in all types, and all can be beautiful. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pil9YtLREswoCwTfwDFvRnhhfcBu9zhmuNdnWBRrAkqhdw77y3hVVWCxSw43RZEsQsjz44mlOkDvXoPtTPYkcEjBLKbkD-eFCIcPmxrsZyRTWWCY2m18RF-os27IZCzz-aRbO8T5BSOUJyE7feVOuvq6BOwJEO6m4TlouPWZJ6CrnBg9f1ZDxI7zcA/s1190/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20spread%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1190" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pil9YtLREswoCwTfwDFvRnhhfcBu9zhmuNdnWBRrAkqhdw77y3hVVWCxSw43RZEsQsjz44mlOkDvXoPtTPYkcEjBLKbkD-eFCIcPmxrsZyRTWWCY2m18RF-os27IZCzz-aRbO8T5BSOUJyE7feVOuvq6BOwJEO6m4TlouPWZJ6CrnBg9f1ZDxI7zcA/w640-h410/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20spread%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p>‘<i>How was school today, Huia,’ her mum asked. ‘It was okay … but our news topic is our family.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Huia feels too shy to talk to her classmates because she has two mums. What will her friends think? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5RGmnzXBax8DKI85fkPal5Vx8BzcRdgsh49sHDT88_v8PinMcm2eAWOc-rEGyB1Lu3rPF9tpelnnXYBqnJKJjaTQ8i1POD4v1olAD1W0BpUYFLcE_sZi6oo73c9PKB91oL2_I4hyX5sF9byIQuGbLDCA-UvkpRTWIWfEpJ7a7E_yd-plgplRcDSaWA/s1190/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20spread%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1190" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5RGmnzXBax8DKI85fkPal5Vx8BzcRdgsh49sHDT88_v8PinMcm2eAWOc-rEGyB1Lu3rPF9tpelnnXYBqnJKJjaTQ8i1POD4v1olAD1W0BpUYFLcE_sZi6oo73c9PKB91oL2_I4hyX5sF9byIQuGbLDCA-UvkpRTWIWfEpJ7a7E_yd-plgplRcDSaWA/w640-h410/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20spread%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p>Over the next days, she learns that some whānau have a step-parent or one parent, and some children are adopted. So when it’s her turn to show her family photo, she doesn’t have to be shy.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-GB">“I want to show </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">tamariki that there is no such thing as a ‘normal’ family structure and that whānau is whānau,” first-time author Rauhina Cooper says. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pmCynSRsoCbwEIax3dqaGtVy6jQ0XUIxlBwgSzgFgMET_lwOKyCo02FuNZptE7VmsWEe_d3JyTsYtdcZH2cz9RucrXCfP1d_ICLTwMFGgEm2Epdl_s-PvxhaWh4mSaYU-92ODVKXda8b5wd8pESeMOH5F1RvG6nxW1mMTuA-U6TVDFry9hzHd22jNg/s1190/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20spread%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1190" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pmCynSRsoCbwEIax3dqaGtVy6jQ0XUIxlBwgSzgFgMET_lwOKyCo02FuNZptE7VmsWEe_d3JyTsYtdcZH2cz9RucrXCfP1d_ICLTwMFGgEm2Epdl_s-PvxhaWh4mSaYU-92ODVKXda8b5wd8pESeMOH5F1RvG6nxW1mMTuA-U6TVDFry9hzHd22jNg/w640-h410/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20spread%2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“I’ve not yet seen a picture book that discusses this topic and thought there was a need for respecting our varied and diverse families.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NH1nd3FxhCOGkWfGIFnLF6pQB91dOwExtnb9_re9lZtfl1fNSh-ZirOxLYev6cMkwJiz_wxBKCqeRYe8wF49XYIQZ2WLsj3E1nfR65q0mK4Pi8mu_26bfGEvt4RHl6NbOwjJoXRX6GwEESAknjcCWePGoccibasR_9LDOhhRemhSGt8OYjXFYAjuMw/s1190/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20spread%2016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1190" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NH1nd3FxhCOGkWfGIFnLF6pQB91dOwExtnb9_re9lZtfl1fNSh-ZirOxLYev6cMkwJiz_wxBKCqeRYe8wF49XYIQZ2WLsj3E1nfR65q0mK4Pi8mu_26bfGEvt4RHl6NbOwjJoXRX6GwEESAknjcCWePGoccibasR_9LDOhhRemhSGt8OYjXFYAjuMw/w640-h410/To%CC%84ku%20Wha%CC%84nau%20Rerehua%20spread%2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Written in te reo Māori and translated into English (te reo appears first on the pages), Rauhina’s story is beautifully illustrated by award-winning illustrator Isobel Joy Te Aho-White. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The author</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hjWdBaxL_9fRR_3wR-Qfknq68L4uoL0kRhJHkqVNB-t1tzSOwx5NyCCe7ArVMZNL8hHPBS3PSGue-QTBC_JVQnw9oT8EhIDh4222zprzoDBLRJb3JnOczmpxJEELTB_jafL-IF_zsgWPYEaQ807Y1Zdkc77tQwI61ehf1wgy3-g-uPwoERMUM_UfKQ/s776/Rauhina%20Cooper%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="567" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hjWdBaxL_9fRR_3wR-Qfknq68L4uoL0kRhJHkqVNB-t1tzSOwx5NyCCe7ArVMZNL8hHPBS3PSGue-QTBC_JVQnw9oT8EhIDh4222zprzoDBLRJb3JnOczmpxJEELTB_jafL-IF_zsgWPYEaQ807Y1Zdkc77tQwI61ehf1wgy3-g-uPwoERMUM_UfKQ/w293-h400/Rauhina%20Cooper%20LR.jpg" width="293" /></a></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Rauhina Cooper</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> (Ng</span><span lang="mi-NZ">āti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu) is a teacher and facilitator in kura supporting teachers in te reo Māori. She is passionate about the survival and use of te reo Māori. Rauhina lives in Ōhaupō. She was inspired to write the book by her own ‘blended’ whānau. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The illustrator </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IA7vpSfxofRXEPWMfwzh0sP37M-AaiG04HHVTVpevMu8lF6657avFtlWiP5G2Scep5bz7Oy9FNOdws-v067tr5_ubBwTLW4nK8ABXszdRBIslv6xmdjA3mFqV5GVTe5iRq5NaFFeUVf_tz0Df8BBdyE4tuayFNnM8LK89-05v8uHhmJFZG9u8go5sw/s442/Isobel%20Joy%20Te%20Aho-White%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="308" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IA7vpSfxofRXEPWMfwzh0sP37M-AaiG04HHVTVpevMu8lF6657avFtlWiP5G2Scep5bz7Oy9FNOdws-v067tr5_ubBwTLW4nK8ABXszdRBIslv6xmdjA3mFqV5GVTe5iRq5NaFFeUVf_tz0Df8BBdyE4tuayFNnM8LK89-05v8uHhmJFZG9u8go5sw/w279-h400/Isobel%20Joy%20Te%20Aho-White%20LR.jpg" width="279" /></a></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Isobel Joy Te Aho-White </span></span></b><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Ngāti Kahungunu, Kai Tahu, UK, Denmark)<b> </b>is an award-winning book illustrator. She is passionate about whānau, whakapapa and tikanga Māori. Izzy lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington. </span><span style="font-family: Corporative; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publication: 2 June 2023 | ISBN: 978-1-99-004238-6 | RRP $22.99<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paperback, 270 x 210 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-77670900807692467612023-05-22T07:30:00.081+12:002023-06-27T09:42:09.300+12:00Oratia Books Catalogue 2023 — now in booklet form to fit a growing list of books ...<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666;">The Oratia Books Catalogue 2023 is out now in print and digital form. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfjx17OfDgH7TOYiRguHhY2QyPhkoPpLZCMkj-sB1-7ZrncIUEY7UYneuJ4nNLLgEYSyQ1DNlxNZSa5h9o-bxP1srZwL8-x-WvFp2BbMI7foTdSb3h_TfmGFnvwSr_DHkXhTCpeQuLv6xxHq_chQlrUPcb7DW8G6seXEoXbHf6LaiMG0Gfi2VzMbnkA/s2480/Oratia%20Books%20Catalogue%202023%20CVR%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="1754" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfjx17OfDgH7TOYiRguHhY2QyPhkoPpLZCMkj-sB1-7ZrncIUEY7UYneuJ4nNLLgEYSyQ1DNlxNZSa5h9o-bxP1srZwL8-x-WvFp2BbMI7foTdSb3h_TfmGFnvwSr_DHkXhTCpeQuLv6xxHq_chQlrUPcb7DW8G6seXEoXbHf6LaiMG0Gfi2VzMbnkA/w450-h640/Oratia%20Books%20Catalogue%202023%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="450" /></a><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The new-look catalogue is 32 pages in length, offering the scope to showcase the 16 new books we are publishing this year, along with over 100 backlist titles.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: georgia;">This year brings a more diverse range of books than ever, from an ever-more diverse inhouse team — as noted in the catalogue introduction that follows with screenshots of relevant pages.</span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: georgia;">Thanks to Cheryl Smith for the catalogue design and content, and Simon and team at Haysom Print for the fine print job. </span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-198066320534661958" itemprop="description articleBody" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 682.022px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #666666;">Click<b> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wKKI599QQyN5h24XZxPxyqfb6iS7CyCB/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> </b></span><span style="color: #666666;">to view or download the PDF, or to request a print copy please email </span><a href="mailto:info@oratia.co.nz" style="color: #666666;">info@oratia.co.nz</a></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-198066320534661958" itemprop="description articleBody" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 682.022px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-198066320534661958" itemprop="description articleBody" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 682.022px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Haere mai, welcome and benvenuti to the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wKKI599QQyN5h24XZxPxyqfb6iS7CyCB/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Oratia Books Catalogue 2023</a>. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After six years our foldout catalogue format gives way to a booklet, largely because there was no longer space to present our growing list of books adequately. This format offers a more detailed look at both new and existing titles; to learn more visit <a href="http://www.oratia.co.nz">www.oratia.co.nz</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For our publishing and our people also, 2023 represents development. In 2021 Oratia committed to a diversity, equity and inclusion policy that aims to have our books and our workplace embody different ethnicities and languages, sexual orientations and genders, cultures and abilities. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We have an expanding multicultural, multilingual team. Hirini Tane (Ngāti Kawa, Ngāti Rahiri) is now guiding our Māori publishing as Kaiārahi/Counsellor, and Ella Fischer (originally from Austria) has joined as a part-time Assistant Editor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFOtQP1jpMbSQJFKs2dOaM0sCByR5rV-NWP8iYkF5G18DxX4umRFdHeyK2BwwxeixVA_LgBevR-uwGz8lP5_9pkyXHalPMxe2cRGyiy6KBFvYkWLe_POfopTEOwiTX6abpSJuY8GCydRwYgIlI9Iq879nv4nAqTEqOqRsEqD3kiuDCZsfhZP81suBvg/s1044/The%20NZ%20Series.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="742" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFOtQP1jpMbSQJFKs2dOaM0sCByR5rV-NWP8iYkF5G18DxX4umRFdHeyK2BwwxeixVA_LgBevR-uwGz8lP5_9pkyXHalPMxe2cRGyiy6KBFvYkWLe_POfopTEOwiTX6abpSJuY8GCydRwYgIlI9Iq879nv4nAqTEqOqRsEqD3kiuDCZsfhZP81suBvg/w453-h640/The%20NZ%20Series.png" width="453" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You can see this in our new titles: from the bilingual Moana Oceania Series books (in Cook Islands Māori, Samoan and English) to Philippa Werry’s survey of migration in the latest New Zealand Series title. Ron Crosby and Paul Moon challenge received histories in their substantial books, respectively on an overlooked but pivotal episode in the New Zealand Wars, and Auckland in the twentieth century. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Te reo Māori me ōna tikanga is fundamental to Oratia. This year’s pukapuka Māori celebrate the language of humour in <i>Te Reo Kapekape,</i> take Robyn Kahukiwa’s stunning <i>Ngā Atua: Māori Gods</i> into a bilingual paperback, and bring back to print Te Rangi Hīroa’s masterpiece <i>Vikings of the Sunrise</i> in the New Zealand Classics series. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggmmUEzPpPMCaNI7otsCibwmJ7nKVKpWKjg8O9MKOu7HgqG6GGQZTSsMHjXxE5Fk8SRsn63MFIWBdhdDJhT9SN55S4bHdIa9h8xUk0-LXyPOWPmKTFW8LPgB83D6wutQDO5IUuzotz2TfKzwImnR_kSMHvbMzcHEZXWl0IasWxTZXJa36pQ-9erIGuA/s1050/TRK%20and%20TWR.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggmmUEzPpPMCaNI7otsCibwmJ7nKVKpWKjg8O9MKOu7HgqG6GGQZTSsMHjXxE5Fk8SRsn63MFIWBdhdDJhT9SN55S4bHdIa9h8xUk0-LXyPOWPmKTFW8LPgB83D6wutQDO5IUuzotz2TfKzwImnR_kSMHvbMzcHEZXWl0IasWxTZXJa36pQ-9erIGuA/w454-h640/TRK%20and%20TWR.png" width="454" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We now bring our selected books from overseas authors under the new Five Oceans (Moana e Rima) umbrella. Not incidentally, this year’s addition, <i>Lucky Me</i>, addresses disability — extending the diversity of local titles <i>Toku Whānau Rerehua/My Beautiful Family </i>(written in te reo Māori about rainbow families) and <i>The Book that Wouldn’t Read/Te Pukapuka Ka Kore E Pānuihia </i>(separate English and te reo editions, reluctant readers).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Not to take things too seriously, the New Bum! phenomenon rocks on globally! There are no less than three new titles from super-duo Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird, all publishing simultaneously in New Zealand, Australia, the US and the UK. Ross also teams up with Belinda O’Keefe for <i>You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are</i>, a bilingual romp inspired by Monty Python! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTBgMP7b7AiHpfALeY3KtDLUaWN2AYaTYBMuFazSeMcbJPRbaZzYKNKB4vW6uTXUTQpQlduxS7Nnb_HTnaYgJ7M7HsPWhd6aV0vmzVt3-oclrwFYvdUBwdvBmk2EIN6mRA9SCJPEmg8dZPAD9nXrp5FwOwHCJF3NTCmZCsdxEoPRYgSn4E2vkV8R1CA/s1050/Bum!%20new%20titles.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="740" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTBgMP7b7AiHpfALeY3KtDLUaWN2AYaTYBMuFazSeMcbJPRbaZzYKNKB4vW6uTXUTQpQlduxS7Nnb_HTnaYgJ7M7HsPWhd6aV0vmzVt3-oclrwFYvdUBwdvBmk2EIN6mRA9SCJPEmg8dZPAD9nXrp5FwOwHCJF3NTCmZCsdxEoPRYgSn4E2vkV8R1CA/w450-h640/Bum!%20new%20titles.png" width="450" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">From a small publishing house in the Oratia valley, we seek to open for you a wide window onto New Zealand and the world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Thank you for reading. </span></span></p></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-68237913591833801132023-05-15T15:26:00.002+12:002023-05-16T12:48:34.753+12:00Robyn Kahukiwa's Ngā Atua – Māori Gods returns in bilingual paperback<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebzs6jhkKLeLt74ijeQkna0M2-o5ZoFm1cEWnVBDdHYS0MEeFcOSSwebU_WU7c4Qun782gdKaGrk7Iu654UmhTFx1i7SoC-csvV_NApc4l8uaVogi61rlH5pcttw7LFyktckO_G5JX58dPUtbDkPU1BbNkUxRCM8xtRrM7Gj1yPSEoeK0r8RbyFERdg/s3189/Nga%20Atua_Bilingual_CVR_LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2461" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebzs6jhkKLeLt74ijeQkna0M2-o5ZoFm1cEWnVBDdHYS0MEeFcOSSwebU_WU7c4Qun782gdKaGrk7Iu654UmhTFx1i7SoC-csvV_NApc4l8uaVogi61rlH5pcttw7LFyktckO_G5JX58dPUtbDkPU1BbNkUxRCM8xtRrM7Gj1yPSEoeK0r8RbyFERdg/w494-h640/Nga%20Atua_Bilingual_CVR_LR.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><p></p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/nga-atua-maori-gods-bilingual/">Ngā Atua – Māori Gods</a></b></span></i><p></p><p><b><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/kia-hou-taku-tou/"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: georgia;"></span></a></i></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Written and illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa</span></span></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Translated by Kiwa Hammond</b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bilingual paperback relaunches Robyn Kahukiwa's classic introduction to Māori gods</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A new paperback edition brings Robyn Kahukiwa’s beloved <i>Ngā Atua – Māori Gods</i> into te reo Māori thanks to a fine translation by Kiwa Hammond. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Robyn dedicates her book to her mokopuna so they can learn of ‘the supernatural beings who are important to the Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand’. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the hands of an internationally renowned artist, Robyn Kahukiwa brings to brilliant life the pantheon of Māori deities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Simple text, in te reo Māori and English, explains the arena of life for which each god is responsible: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hine Moana is a powerful being, She looks after the sea with Tangaroa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He mana hoki tō Hine Moana e tiaki ana i te moana i te taha o Tangaroa. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then there is Mahuika, who has the power of fire; Tāwhiri-mātea who controls the weather, wise Muri-ranga-whenua, warrior god Tūmatauenga and many others.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This new paperback version (ISBN 978-1-99-004242-3) replaces the popular hardback edition in English (published by Oratia Books in 2017). </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The author</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUHLQDaUS5QJHDxj8YsBCCcH-CiuT1z1hOwMJyd2EPHz7bqheorfWaRdvAtd3ES8n1RhdIIpcTKrgEhtJl-6-cKjl3NGi9Tgjy04VpS4EfOKEUuPDdXBbU1oIjLRNmbd1LR3bG1Qocrz2gRLtEP4BBBA2DsoLPLHbLwCdSemjj9Ye1TCTD5dAIJoOWw/s340/Robyn-Kahukiwa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="251" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUHLQDaUS5QJHDxj8YsBCCcH-CiuT1z1hOwMJyd2EPHz7bqheorfWaRdvAtd3ES8n1RhdIIpcTKrgEhtJl-6-cKjl3NGi9Tgjy04VpS4EfOKEUuPDdXBbU1oIjLRNmbd1LR3bG1Qocrz2gRLtEP4BBBA2DsoLPLHbLwCdSemjj9Ye1TCTD5dAIJoOWw/w295-h400/Robyn-Kahukiwa.jpg" width="295" /></a></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span><br /></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span>Robyn Kahukiwa</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">(Ngāti</span><b><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti) is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most important artists. Her paintings have been exhibited worldwide and are held in galleries, museums and private collections. Robyn has written and illustrated numerous children’s picture books, garnered awards and herself been the subject of books including <i>The Art of Robyn Kahukiwa</i> (Reed, 2005). </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The translator </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfRnxrFz9ve1Eu3m39nwcy7OrmFAKmgtA3xNzW-vwhBHjXsExYfWp1cHNEMqB0GB-tGuCKN6ox6ke-WBw8Mu0xyNjEy_Se4gt1ZuWcEKG-q9re_ftTUvqRyRmeGnJdaesor_qxbu5vFmNKRHzGSGwpuaDssNH8dgOQeSTuBL3C1q2UccnJMGGjMD7lw/s700/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-15%20at%209.09.40%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfRnxrFz9ve1Eu3m39nwcy7OrmFAKmgtA3xNzW-vwhBHjXsExYfWp1cHNEMqB0GB-tGuCKN6ox6ke-WBw8Mu0xyNjEy_Se4gt1ZuWcEKG-q9re_ftTUvqRyRmeGnJdaesor_qxbu5vFmNKRHzGSGwpuaDssNH8dgOQeSTuBL3C1q2UccnJMGGjMD7lw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-15%20at%209.09.40%20AM.png" width="271" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Kiwa Hammond</b> (</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(122, 122, 122); letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ngāti Kahungunu o Te Wairoa, Ngāti Ruapani, Rongowhakaata, Moriori, English, Irish, Scottish) </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">is a noted writer, educationalist and registered translator of te reo Māori who lives in Wairoa. He is co-director of AATEA Solutions</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 22, 23); color: #111617;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and a passionate advocate for language regeneration. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publication: 17 May 2023 | ISBN: 978-1-99-004242-3 | RRP $22.99<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paperback, 270 x 210 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-46010066557896855782023-04-20T10:00:00.004+12:002023-05-03T12:02:14.620+12:00New team members add te Ao Māori and international perspectives to Oratia Books<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Everyone at Oratia Books is pleased to welcome two outstanding new members to our multicultural team. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Hirini Tane</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> (Ng</span><span lang="mi-NZ">āti Kawa, Ngāti Rāhiri) joins on a part-time basis as Kaiārahi/Counsellor — to guide our work in Māori publishing, including te reo, tikanga and matauranga. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="mi-NZ">Hirini’s whakapapa is to the marae of Oromahoe in the Bay of Islands </span><span style="background-color: white;">where he grew up before attending the universities of Auckland and Otago.</span><span lang="mi-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZ71qxn83hFMiteqcApoESl7iOuCRgL7kGtPIJusYa1QJsQp2EEfOHmQnkKNtTN49wAQ0FWaEtj2Lmd9KNVTEg_Udo5_oh-5JJJMkVsSdJrPsmtktsb3Ee4Y72VmJIQgIKio34RAi8gKsK8qFlhjucTXZ5lo5SPm7dJF2cZtvKLhcsDiKB-NBgPWBVw/s752/Hirini%20Tane%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="581" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZ71qxn83hFMiteqcApoESl7iOuCRgL7kGtPIJusYa1QJsQp2EEfOHmQnkKNtTN49wAQ0FWaEtj2Lmd9KNVTEg_Udo5_oh-5JJJMkVsSdJrPsmtktsb3Ee4Y72VmJIQgIKio34RAi8gKsK8qFlhjucTXZ5lo5SPm7dJF2cZtvKLhcsDiKB-NBgPWBVw/w494-h640/Hirini%20Tane%20LR.jpg" width="494" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hirini Tane</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He holds a doctorate in Māori Studies from the University of Otago Te Whare Wānanga o Otākou, and has ongoing research interests in relationships of people, land and water.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Based in Ōtepoti/Dunedin, he is a principal of independent Māori research organisation Takarangi Research, and kaiwhakahaere/manager of the Māori Maps social enterprise. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A fluent speaker of te reo Māori, Hirini will offer editorial support for our growing list of books in te reo and bilingual editions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hirini and Oratia's publisher Peter Dowling have worked together for many years on the <a href="http://www.maorimaps.com">Māori Maps</a> kaupapa, where Peter was kaihautū/executive director until recently.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="mi-NZ">Ella Fischer</span></b><span lang="mi-NZ"> is building on her publishing career by taking the role of Assistant Editor on a freelance basis. Ella is assisting us with a range of editorial and marketing tasks. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Originally from Tulln, Austria, Ella graduated with distinction in Comparative Literature from the University of Vienna before working in France and lecturing at Queen Mary University of London. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEloUwmxTiTfdT8wUSB71plxuxQ5j4-oTq11UsJeDTVnXq6N8AtfoZwoG5LnGrwQT7NYvI_L4OgmJNgBdcI9qfu_sRwvk-N5WJtM21BGPcpDTj33sutRZrP80RZIE5x5rydmc6pobNqsCgnKivRlEw_pM6dzWFPSP5CTjB10A8dck1gnWQ-JgInvHkSg/s1280/Ella%20Fischer%20cropped%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1280" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEloUwmxTiTfdT8wUSB71plxuxQ5j4-oTq11UsJeDTVnXq6N8AtfoZwoG5LnGrwQT7NYvI_L4OgmJNgBdcI9qfu_sRwvk-N5WJtM21BGPcpDTj33sutRZrP80RZIE5x5rydmc6pobNqsCgnKivRlEw_pM6dzWFPSP5CTjB10A8dck1gnWQ-JgInvHkSg/w640-h410/Ella%20Fischer%20cropped%20LR.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ella Fischer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In Aotearoa she has worked as a language teacher, writer and marketing/communications advisor, mostly in Auckland, and is currently the Publishing Partnerships Specialist at Auckland Council Libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ella is fluent in German and English, with intermediate proficiency in te reo Māori, French and Latin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“He tino harikoa mātou ki te pōwhiri atu ki a Hirini rāua ko Ella i roto i te roopu Oratia,” said Peter Dowling. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Hirini’s guidance and knowledge will help ensure our books respect and properly represent Māori communities and develop new authors.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Ella brings an impressive suite of communication and marketing skills to Oratia, along with great energy and international vision.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hirini and Ella are fulfilling Oratia duties around their other commitments and, like all our crew, working from home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="mi-NZ"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">For further information, contact Peter Dowling, peter@oratia.co.nz </span></span></i></p>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-22138625873215680302023-04-04T20:00:00.003+12:002023-04-04T20:00:00.198+12:00Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story out now<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1axH4_Qnd73VXKAXMRKcg1bh5DdX1sp0d6HPPD2VDaZ5tlmtFvZFQmFfkUY8BFaAOqu2D3rSgswEOd6QPsBYTngWNFxaVU4Jrvy0wq8GeKyTW2XVII93V3yhcdPJJJyVwAW25AkMrJto9z2cfnCXiHOr83aeY-ZoSpAjSCI7_NfHcmwyZI9psV1hPEg/s1417/Auckland%20-%20The%20Twentieth-Century%20Story%20CVR%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="946" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1axH4_Qnd73VXKAXMRKcg1bh5DdX1sp0d6HPPD2VDaZ5tlmtFvZFQmFfkUY8BFaAOqu2D3rSgswEOd6QPsBYTngWNFxaVU4Jrvy0wq8GeKyTW2XVII93V3yhcdPJJJyVwAW25AkMrJto9z2cfnCXiHOr83aeY-ZoSpAjSCI7_NfHcmwyZI9psV1hPEg/w428-h640/Auckland%20-%20The%20Twentieth-Century%20Story%20CVR%20LR.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> <b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><i>Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story</i></span></span></b></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Paul Moon</span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A bold and original account of what grew Auckland to become our biggest city last century and how that reflects on all of Aotearoa</span></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">’Auckland is ambiguously a part of New Zealand yet apart from it — a relationship that has generated both vibrancy and, on occasion, tension.'</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The relationship of New Zealand’s largest city to the rest of the country is just one of the tensions that Professor Paul Moon teases out in this bold new history of Auckland in the twentieth century.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAlg0bMj_DL0I-xiMjCCnss_9g5siqe--Ck10zpdg6fF_LqVtgebw6PrQgMfRgHNNyNm0_ysu2w9hhOcnuO66UvXfbiKK7jD5sHEm1vqV9X9kldawc5eVB5jSXpZV9_p87oHIzNMtaMi9GlkbSHxUj5v4o2dq0aLMTCi1sGYv3CONyvKROoQMP26IiA/s1057/Auckland_coverA3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1057" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAlg0bMj_DL0I-xiMjCCnss_9g5siqe--Ck10zpdg6fF_LqVtgebw6PrQgMfRgHNNyNm0_ysu2w9hhOcnuO66UvXfbiKK7jD5sHEm1vqV9X9kldawc5eVB5jSXpZV9_p87oHIzNMtaMi9GlkbSHxUj5v4o2dq0aLMTCi1sGYv3CONyvKROoQMP26IiA/w640-h436/Auckland_coverA3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How different that relationship was in 1900, when Auckland was just one among equals across the four main centres. What followed over the next ten decades was a remarkable transformation — the result of dramatic changes in populations, cultures, beliefs, aspirations and senses of itself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnknhcjAhaOSk5g7OSQfU4wIZzflDkEvMIxZEYupeIrNQJ33e9JWC5ereUXYfYpyP66sKOQjhp4BBQlUKz4ekfYUbtzKeqVFPwCM8tjzAiDTrewcYKQckLc4QTdM0CsjofEudDuZI96-CnQHWcNPhaurKqklrdWEThRfMA_V-LYPpgu7k1ZdMh_ATuA/s1004/Auckland%20contents.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="774" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnknhcjAhaOSk5g7OSQfU4wIZzflDkEvMIxZEYupeIrNQJ33e9JWC5ereUXYfYpyP66sKOQjhp4BBQlUKz4ekfYUbtzKeqVFPwCM8tjzAiDTrewcYKQckLc4QTdM0CsjofEudDuZI96-CnQHWcNPhaurKqklrdWEThRfMA_V-LYPpgu7k1ZdMh_ATuA/w309-h400/Auckland%20contents.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-AU">Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story</span></i><span lang="EN-AU"> journeys through the mosaic of cultures and lifestyles, anxieties and hopes, disasters and triumphs, virtues and vices that led to this transformation. </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rather than a formal history or chronicle of events and personalities, this is an impressionistic approach, highlighting events because of what they say about the people and time.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY20sT15T9JqcPbSiIRKvgfO0fsBoyRXp4OdxTPvSgZmoVTsh7hYP5jaaA2dDdcT906_GnxOWDjqunkQ79Blnms5pxJBd8gg4x529RS_SiMMopY4g_D4BMwMmXf1Tqb2-76vKtuFej2ea75MvdHvtfPNn0u6F7vk1y74lCDXsma-lFuekh8K4xD_i1jw/s1600/Auckland%201960s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1600" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY20sT15T9JqcPbSiIRKvgfO0fsBoyRXp4OdxTPvSgZmoVTsh7hYP5jaaA2dDdcT906_GnxOWDjqunkQ79Blnms5pxJBd8gg4x529RS_SiMMopY4g_D4BMwMmXf1Tqb2-76vKtuFej2ea75MvdHvtfPNn0u6F7vk1y74lCDXsma-lFuekh8K4xD_i1jw/w640-h474/Auckland%201960s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Drawing on diaries, oral history, newspapers and other media, Moon illuminates themes including housing, the harbours, tangata whenua struggles, shopping culture, the immigrant experience and the pervading sense that Auckland sat at the edge of the world yet at its centre.</span><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGc12BZgBkY11HD0NGDEGDCUCGnM54jdPabZxC1fOVmriAGc5A125FBfTlXcg2thBIQRxKXCjpY2lRpAwshffteNoLrMvU6rE9lwMOM1OaqeKcO_ZaK3I-NMweIOvp30NKo7bW7NTB4d5OjJNSdBe1SORzfF7tS25BVTte1cQnkVCMZLipZEQzKqWCg/s1598/Auckland%20-%201990s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1598" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGc12BZgBkY11HD0NGDEGDCUCGnM54jdPabZxC1fOVmriAGc5A125FBfTlXcg2thBIQRxKXCjpY2lRpAwshffteNoLrMvU6rE9lwMOM1OaqeKcO_ZaK3I-NMweIOvp30NKo7bW7NTB4d5OjJNSdBe1SORzfF7tS25BVTte1cQnkVCMZLipZEQzKqWCg/w640-h476/Auckland%20-%201990s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This crisply written, engaging history will give readers everywhere a sense of a city that has felt triumph and failure but continues to develop and look to the future.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div><div><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">The Author</span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><b style="background-color: white;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPoFg0rED04evK7L0n7HJmeOTGFi8tfmFu5VQpLQvvfcvd5tCmVeSxlvV1x4LeqgjjXIMHauiptlLhEHKDNSDinHEOuNsf7vrYncNF9L1teu99e3zspzhiQxyJbWRn6ug0zQCN0fVzGlWnllFcbpMgQuJzk6ATvi4MeOO0QCXAnAxY2ysTwOjg2xUbw/s1280/Paul%20Moon%20LR%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPoFg0rED04evK7L0n7HJmeOTGFi8tfmFu5VQpLQvvfcvd5tCmVeSxlvV1x4LeqgjjXIMHauiptlLhEHKDNSDinHEOuNsf7vrYncNF9L1teu99e3zspzhiQxyJbWRn6ug0zQCN0fVzGlWnllFcbpMgQuJzk6ATvi4MeOO0QCXAnAxY2ysTwOjg2xUbw/w265-h400/Paul%20Moon%20LR%202.jpg" width="265" /></a></b></div><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: georgia;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Paul Moon </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">(ONZM) is a professor of history at the Auckland University of Technology and the author of more than 30 books of history and biography. He specialises in Māori history, the Treaty of Waitangi and early Crown rule in New Zealand. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Arts, he is a frequent commentator on television and radio. Paul lives with his wife and children in Hobsonville, Auckland.</span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: white;"></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span>Publication Date: 5 April 2023 | ISBN:</span><span> </span></span></b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b>978-1-99-004235-5</b></span></span><b style="color: #666666;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span> </span><span>| </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> RRP $45</span></span></b></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; color: #666666; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Paperback, 240 x 160 mm portrait, 360 pages, b&w</b></span></div></div></div></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-38444471419124729192023-03-04T14:09:00.005+13:002023-03-05T17:50:47.445+13:00Sharing Our Stories books back in print, with new Teacher Resources online<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sLHkKVXbwk2EAAOi7QpdMt0-9ARvqPxxnT3tMe-ln5eQEV1mOsiYms74kPV19OaktiC2tHcnZqgVHAadagZya_gAqK22JNu80goII9NVXV94-V8TCpXLqft3n3KpP0TuQJPSgw5FFuZyjlAW5PSnC0-XMekvQ00pdHoWEiIRCP9ITNyXHod4JJ-PxA/s806/The%20Tunnel%20in%20our%20Backyard%20cover%20LR.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sLHkKVXbwk2EAAOi7QpdMt0-9ARvqPxxnT3tMe-ln5eQEV1mOsiYms74kPV19OaktiC2tHcnZqgVHAadagZya_gAqK22JNu80goII9NVXV94-V8TCpXLqft3n3KpP0TuQJPSgw5FFuZyjlAW5PSnC0-XMekvQ00pdHoWEiIRCP9ITNyXHod4JJ-PxA/w468-h640/The%20Tunnel%20in%20our%20Backyard%20cover%20LR.jpeg" width="468" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The second and third books in Malcolm Paterson's Sharing Our Stories books are now back in print.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/the-tunnel-in-our-backyard/" target="_blank">The Tunnel in our Backyard</a></i> tells the story of heritage in the Mount Albert, Owairaka and Point Chevalier areas of Auckland. </span></p><p><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/the-taniwha-in-our-backyard/" target="_blank">The Taniwha in our Backyard</a></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> focuses on the southern Kaipara from Helensville to Muriwai. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQejn4_HCMJp_8Ft9cunQmMJuZ8NYfslP2UZHmx_xFrP4byxc49oNe5JY-Iqd3fBMxH8SEHav6uhSuNVOCoVOAZVqi4qnjxVhbYUqvle-xU5sdQQ_ahD39px2TYgEK_DkxQv4OD5OJh6nZ60kHojSFZG6Mzq9LzdBoLCPtb7uknbBf0tsITf6wC92tFw/s1677/The%20Taniwha%20in%20our%20Backyard%20cvr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="1226" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQejn4_HCMJp_8Ft9cunQmMJuZ8NYfslP2UZHmx_xFrP4byxc49oNe5JY-Iqd3fBMxH8SEHav6uhSuNVOCoVOAZVqi4qnjxVhbYUqvle-xU5sdQQ_ahD39px2TYgEK_DkxQv4OD5OJh6nZ60kHojSFZG6Mzq9LzdBoLCPtb7uknbBf0tsITf6wC92tFw/w468-h640/The%20Taniwha%20in%20our%20Backyard%20cvr.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p>The reprints join the latest in the series, <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/the-river-in-our-backyard-te-awa-e-patata-rawa-ana/" target="_blank">The River in our Backyard</a></i> (published in 2022) and the first, <i><a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/product/the-castle-in-our-backyard/" target="_blank">The Castle in our Backyard</a> (</i>2010). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsAfr0mKisputFbbYG8xGlzUWMCtSVPjb7b2qWIcpwFohO0Orq8knwah-WSh15MXAp7OKmE1YDWjXkduTqWkWVdd8J17Ck9YAzX_a1NmyIkvwh_odoO5pz-bThA-Zq3SyqmUsl4FueekYWeGi95-U8_IlGzpV4n5bmyt-JP9wpsJEu9Wj43aiN7Y3vg/s3354/The%20River%20in%20our%20Backyard%20CVR_LR.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3354" data-original-width="2453" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsAfr0mKisputFbbYG8xGlzUWMCtSVPjb7b2qWIcpwFohO0Orq8knwah-WSh15MXAp7OKmE1YDWjXkduTqWkWVdd8J17Ck9YAzX_a1NmyIkvwh_odoO5pz-bThA-Zq3SyqmUsl4FueekYWeGi95-U8_IlGzpV4n5bmyt-JP9wpsJEu9Wj43aiN7Y3vg/w468-h640/The%20River%20in%20our%20Backyard%20CVR_LR.jpeg" width="468" /></a></div><p></p><p>Sharing Our Stories began life as a project by the Future Auckland Leaders programme, aiming to show young readers the rich heritage that lives 'in our backyard'. </p><p><span style="background-color: white;">The stories follow cousins Tui and Jennifer and their whānau on adventures in various</span> locations around Auckland.</p></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Malcolm has developed Teacher Resources for both the reprinted books, which can be downloaded for free from the new, dedicated <a href="https://www.oratia.co.nz/teacher-resources/">page</a> on the Oratia Books website. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGqmJCE9X4wn7Yr45Zm9QEx7LVehNMt6ajz7BlcZdEWgvjhAmgaRahVpKrjNMTDl0OCTBMRcsxbsfHq7HMTNDYX1-ltkq6tiHXFzjsXDrwt_XBOo-bTKeHYViAhXymKYrVD01QK7X7IHS_7ZTTSZa7QZkcr_joMualUmUR4Uo8C3R3zb5pIK4iAY71A/s1252/Tunnel%20Teacher%20Resource.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGqmJCE9X4wn7Yr45Zm9QEx7LVehNMt6ajz7BlcZdEWgvjhAmgaRahVpKrjNMTDl0OCTBMRcsxbsfHq7HMTNDYX1-ltkq6tiHXFzjsXDrwt_XBOo-bTKeHYViAhXymKYrVD01QK7X7IHS_7ZTTSZa7QZkcr_joMualUmUR4Uo8C3R3zb5pIK4iAY71A/w450-h640/Tunnel%20Teacher%20Resource.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While the stories are situated in Auckland, the themes of environmental care, value of Māori and Pākehā histories, respect for other cultures and active recreation resonate wherever children might need persuasion to drop their devices and head into their backyards. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span>The Tunnel in our Backyard</span></span></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> | ISBN:</span><span> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span><b>978-0-947506-04-9</b></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;">The Taniwha in our Backyard</span></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span> | ISBN:</span><span> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span><b>978-0-947506-46-9</b></span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt; text-align: left;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;">RRP $22.99 P</span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;">aperback, 284 x 208 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour</b></div></div></div><p></p>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297197914775302252.post-49526598430808276852023-02-28T07:00:00.007+13:002023-02-28T14:07:37.561+13:00My Bum's on THE RUN! – fit, fast and funny new book in the Bum series publishes internationally<h1 style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: georgia;"><span lang="ES"><span><span><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fPPYDIEwrU2htuNpv0_M8J_sPbG9AHnsZchrMRJPo5oROhv_mRdR3cnHxafC_JyK-gX5rHxy1bthMiD0WN2rYRok412d6nhjjlta7FMP2yf1kgVMZjP58weOekV_HKzPc2qOuihwQX_-PcFx9ZGXR4eynjjQB1HDb7lDrLzgRI4-e5FCWA9uL7RRLQ/s709/My%20Bum's%20on%20the%20RUN!%20CVR_LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="676" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fPPYDIEwrU2htuNpv0_M8J_sPbG9AHnsZchrMRJPo5oROhv_mRdR3cnHxafC_JyK-gX5rHxy1bthMiD0WN2rYRok412d6nhjjlta7FMP2yf1kgVMZjP58weOekV_HKzPc2qOuihwQX_-PcFx9ZGXR4eynjjQB1HDb7lDrLzgRI4-e5FCWA9uL7RRLQ/w608-h640/My%20Bum's%20on%20the%20RUN!%20CVR_LR.jpg" width="608" /></a></div>My Bum's on THE RUN!<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></h1><div style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><b><span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Dawn McMillan<br /></span></span></b><b style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU"><img height="13" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/f4957866-27f0-4dcb-81b1-6b2b17e9c5cd" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_13" width="476" /></span><b><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"> New book in the laugh-out-loud ‘Bum Series’ of picture <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"> books by NZ author and illustrator in international release <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU"><img height="12" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/f4957866-27f0-4dcb-81b1-6b2b17e9c5cd" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_11" width="471" /></span><b><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><span lang="EN-AU" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div>Everyone would like to run faster, right? But some things just hold us back —</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;">like a bum that won’t keep pace</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"></span></span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU">In this newest book in the global bestselling New Bum series the hero of <i>I Need a New Bum! , I’ve Broken my Bum! </i> and <i>My Bum is SO NOISY! </i> finds a range of crack-up solutions to his slow-bum problem, in a new adventure for 2023. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SNwsGC06FQs29H5M9I5kB6k3w9arrv8-FhRCsVMOSRyYbo_U82Qkd788BUWZZ4Y4iCla0TRDtfjCdCzLLcDvfVoRI6pX9MoOhmufKbFY7leUj32tO2o2l-0qnLwaYcKb0iujuOe5HwAZW0YY_0M1iAhd1lIQUir7o-doVF4uscZWEyyje4EHaaQm8Q/s1442/My%20Bum's%20on%20the%20RUN!%20spread%201%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1442" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SNwsGC06FQs29H5M9I5kB6k3w9arrv8-FhRCsVMOSRyYbo_U82Qkd788BUWZZ4Y4iCla0TRDtfjCdCzLLcDvfVoRI6pX9MoOhmufKbFY7leUj32tO2o2l-0qnLwaYcKb0iujuOe5HwAZW0YY_0M1iAhd1lIQUir7o-doVF4uscZWEyyje4EHaaQm8Q/w640-h328/My%20Bum's%20on%20the%20RUN!%20spread%201%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU">The options go from attaching a kite and balloons or eating cabbage and peas for some wind power. But then he and his cousin figure out they need bum-strengthening exercises — some squats, kicks, steps and lunges.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU">And while he’s working out, a whole lot of other folk join him. After some training he’s off — on a cross-country race near home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrF27P0zWHVlrpxajSgejobIQJQZycmziMYUlyRfcJnFL_SxHgSaDQN-UJb87Q_JO9rZmnPUcpDkZYvZ9m4djpErVvTAyyMn4WBCFRxGK_EfDI7r9QrEGBTD8uC0xvv020AOMdXxbyOU4MRFmqArlH5nh3prf-zZpCd7-K7dr85PDOEQdnTnxU6COrw/s1442/My%20Bum's%20on%20the%20RUN!%20spread%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1442" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrF27P0zWHVlrpxajSgejobIQJQZycmziMYUlyRfcJnFL_SxHgSaDQN-UJb87Q_JO9rZmnPUcpDkZYvZ9m4djpErVvTAyyMn4WBCFRxGK_EfDI7r9QrEGBTD8uC0xvv020AOMdXxbyOU4MRFmqArlH5nh3prf-zZpCd7-K7dr85PDOEQdnTnxU6COrw/w640-h330/My%20Bum's%20on%20the%20RUN!%20spread%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU">Think our red pants boy is set up to win? There’ll be a twist at the end of this tale once his dog gets involved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16.8667px;">Fittingly for a book that features running in different locales around the world, <i>My Bum's on THE RUN! </i> will </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16.8667px;">publish in March 2023 simultaneously in New Zealand and Australia (Oratia), the US and Canada (Dover) and the UK and Ireland (Scholastic UK). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzbXCsVz6K8tzsiE4L-zrZ0OrznUBkvPmI-T1uqBe3aOYXULWApKi38U0lSpLpzFsmtfeBNcNGL_EefSD3-SAfRqRw0X9VM_3eo1jSNQJg0B4_OwNNWPTuyzXkh0itpOipJDr31mcyed6494m1b1F4QAaDKOBfIsGZfIRF5Oj4ys_ADVqY04wSuqzSA/s1440/My%20Bum's%20on%20the%20RUN!%20spread%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1440" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzbXCsVz6K8tzsiE4L-zrZ0OrznUBkvPmI-T1uqBe3aOYXULWApKi38U0lSpLpzFsmtfeBNcNGL_EefSD3-SAfRqRw0X9VM_3eo1jSNQJg0B4_OwNNWPTuyzXkh0itpOipJDr31mcyed6494m1b1F4QAaDKOBfIsGZfIRF5Oj4ys_ADVqY04wSuqzSA/w640-h330/My%20Bum's%20on%20the%20RUN!%20spread%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16.8667px;">Get ready for the fastest bum book yet!</span></p></span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: white;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #444444;">T</span><span style="color: #666666;">he authors</span></span></span></b></p></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTDUOooyNNbkcvg10qZO-p4mYH0gG_KAd7uMjJxitbvjeW_mK0mEH3zdpDfE5esooUSasNNct7Ck6IFAMSkYdISVHyZ7f0OwBNNw5H7TeAeE051RpJ12FLh9Cj0N3lB127vhlyzFJ7Ya9ajMfObO897MKJvdmqauejiiwIA495MQ9YVAW6InHOlxUNA/s574/Dawn%20McMillan%20signing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="494" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTDUOooyNNbkcvg10qZO-p4mYH0gG_KAd7uMjJxitbvjeW_mK0mEH3zdpDfE5esooUSasNNct7Ck6IFAMSkYdISVHyZ7f0OwBNNw5H7TeAeE051RpJ12FLh9Cj0N3lB127vhlyzFJ7Ya9ajMfObO897MKJvdmqauejiiwIA495MQ9YVAW6InHOlxUNA/s320/Dawn%20McMillan%20signing.jpg" width="275" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Dawn McMillan </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">is the much-loved author of numerous children’s books including the five previous books in the <i>New Bum! </i>series, <i>Doctor Grundy’s Undies </i>and the latest in her nature series, <i>There’s a Moa in the Moonlight. </i>She lives in Waiomu, north of Thames.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="EN-AU"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwyZoEh7a-jmW_NQ1hbr1SLzPwf40l_2XxYTURvgGm8YybmhT2z6vJoQSyB5ffvN0RE5pAW__yudZHQhRNTGTPWKsf9CpZY9Sp2I7E2JyQ9GlMNJGj5x7XZbALOylSFIzkvTDoTECz97UPrG76WNiaK4gfSR4XwShSnuW5t0baA6DzRS8Vu0kw-301g/s1280/Ross%20Kinnaird%202018_LR%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1029" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwyZoEh7a-jmW_NQ1hbr1SLzPwf40l_2XxYTURvgGm8YybmhT2z6vJoQSyB5ffvN0RE5pAW__yudZHQhRNTGTPWKsf9CpZY9Sp2I7E2JyQ9GlMNJGj5x7XZbALOylSFIzkvTDoTECz97UPrG76WNiaK4gfSR4XwShSnuW5t0baA6DzRS8Vu0kw-301g/s320/Ross%20Kinnaird%202018_LR%20(1).jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Ross Kinnaird </b>is an illustrator and designer whose books have been published around the world, many of them in collaboration with Dawn. He lives close to the water on Auckland’s North Shore.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 5pt 0cm 0cm;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span>Publication Date: 2 March 2023 | ISBN:</span><span> </span></span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span><b>978-1-99-004241-6</b></span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 16px;"><span><span> </span><span>| </span></span><span> RRP $19.99</span></span></b></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top-style: none; padding: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Paperback, 230 x 215 mm portrait, 32 pages, colour </b></span></div></div></div>Peter Dowlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375911173932051657noreply@blogger.com0