How Maui Found His Mother by Peter Gossage
21.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Peter Gossage's vibrantly illustrated retelling of the tale of Maui's search for his mother. After being cast into the sea as a baby, Maui grows up being educated by Tama, his uncle, about the Maori gods, nature and the ways of mastering magic. As he gets older he begins to wonder who is mother is and o ...Show more
Ihenga (Book & CD) by Aunty Bea - Piatarihi Tui Yates
25.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
A bilingual picturebook written by Beatrice Yates (Aunty Bea) with CD narration and waiata by the author, along with Rodger Cunningham and Rehua Mihaka. This book follows on from One Day a Taniwha and Hoha te Taniwha. They are fun and easy to read with superb illustrations by Kat Quin Merewether
The Billionaire's Curse (Billionaire #1) by Richard Newsome
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Billionaire
Gerald's life is in danger. Someone has stolen the world's most valuable diamond and a constable lies unconscious in the British Museum, two sedative darts protruding from his backside. Not something Gerald Wilkins knows or cares anything about. Not until he finds himself on a private luxury jet heading ...Show more
Maumahara Ki Tera Noema (Remember That November - Maori Edition) by Jennifer Beck
20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
It’s almost Guy Fawkes Night, and at the school speech competition Andy talks about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. The children cheer excitedly, thinking Andy will win the contest. But then, Aroha gets up, wearing a white feather in her hair, and tells the story of another fifth of November - the in ...Show more
Rona and the Moon by Peter Gossage
21.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Rona is charged with the important task of making food ready for her family when they return from a fishing trip. As night falls, she uses the moon to light her way. But when the moon slides behind a cloud she becomes angry and a curse sprays from her mouth. The moon does not take her curse lightly ... ...Show more
Dunger by Joy Cowley
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
William and Melissa have been roped into helping their weird grandparents fix up their holiday home in the country. How will they cope with no electricity, no mobile phone reception and only each other for company?
Tamatekapua (Book & CD) by Aunty Bea - Piatarihi Tui Yates
38.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Tamatekapua was a young mischievous boy who lived in "Hawaiiki", with his brother Whakaturia they got into all sorts of mischief which led them to finally building a waka and taking some of their people in search of a new land and home in Aotearoa. The story tells about these times, the voyage and final ...Show more
Where the Rekohu Bone Sings by Tina Makereti
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Adult Fiction
From the Chatham Islands/ Rekohu to London, from 1835 to the 21st century, this quietly powerful and compelling novel confronts the complexity of being Moriori, Maori and Pakeha.In the 1880s, Mere yearns for independence. Iraia wants the same but, as the descendant of a slave, such things are hardly con ...Show more
1915: Wounds of War (Kiwis at War) by Diana Menefy
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Kiwis at War
Mel and her cousin Harriet are keen to nurse brave Kiwi boys fighting in the Great War, half a world away. But when they join the NZ Army Nursing Service and board a hospital ship headed for Egypt, Anzac Cove and beyond, they have little idea of the horrors they will face, the wounds they will tend, and ...Show more
Toakase's Tapa: A Story from the Islands of Tonga (Children of the Pacific) by Jill MacGregor
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Children of the Pacific
Toakase lives in Tonga near the tombs where the first Kings of Tonga are buried. Her village is famous for the beautiful tapa barkcloths the women make for special occasions
The Walking Tree: A Story from the Islands of Vanuatu (Children of the Pacific) by Jill MacGregor
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Children of the Pacific
Florence (Filo) lives in Vanuatu on a small island called Nguna where the pandanus tree leaves provide thatch for their roof, handles for baskets and mats for many occasions.
Show Day: A Story from the Island of Niue (Children of the Pacific) by Jill MacGregor
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Children of the Pacific
It's Show Day in Livisia's and Hunter's village of Alofi south on the island of Niue and they prepare special food for the fiafia kai (celebration feast) and practise their items for the concert.