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ISBN-13	9781927305201
ISBN-10	1927305209
Stock	Ready to ship - Less than 10 items
Publisher	David Ling Publishing Limited
Imprint	Duck Creek Press
Publication Date	1 April 2016
Publication Country	New Zealand
Format	Paperback
Author(s)	By Slade Robinson, Nikki Illustrated by Robinson, Nikki Slade
Category	Award Winning General Picture Books Matariki (Maori New Year) Matariki - The Maori New Year NZ, Maori & Pasifika Maori New Zealand & Related
Number of Pages	32
Dimensions	Width: 255mm Height: 210mm
Weight	Not specified - defaults to 600g

Description of this Book

"The little Kiwi is fast asleep in her burrow. A beam of moonlight shines right down into her burrow. She
wakes, and realises it is time. Hurrying out into the night, she wakes each of her friends from their midwinter slumber.'Kia tere! Hurry!' she urges them. The little Kiwi leads her friends through the pingao and onto the beach. It is pre-dawn. They wait, and watch. As the moon slips away behind the hills, the constellation of Matariki rises for the first time, in the northeastern sky."

This gentle tale about celebrating Matariki, the Maori New Year, finishes with an explanation of Matariki - it's origins, traditions and how it is celebrated today. The constellation is also shown, with the Maori names for each star. The text contains some simple words in Te Reo Maori alongside the English equivalent.

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Author's Bio

Nikki Slade Robinson has been an illustrator and author for many years and has illustrated over sixty children's books and readers. Nikki's most recent books are Muddle & Mo and The Roadman Boogie.

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