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By Kino, Shilo
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Twelve-year-old Niko lives in a small, rural town. The government want to build a prison over the home of a taniwha. Niko's grandfather is busy protesting, but when he dies, it's up to Niko to convince the community that the taniwha is real and stop the prison from being built.
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A one-legged boy stands up against a warring family of Maori gods to save the world.
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"In this story about being true to oneself, a boy searches for the secret to doing the perfect bomb into the water. With training from Nan, an expert and former champion, and by listening to his own voice, he finds his unique style and pulls off a wonderful, acrobatic, truly awe-...inspiring bomb"--Publisher information. Read more
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Haka
(Trade Paperback / Paperback, English edition of Whiti Te Ra)
By Grace, Patricia
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Ngati Toa chief Te Rauparaha is pursued by his enemies and fears for his life. At Lake Rotoaira, he is hidden in a kumara pit, and Te Rangikoaea, a woman of great power, sits in front of its entrance. As he hears his enemies, Te Rauparaha whispers in the dark Will I die?' Will I ...live? , but his enemies cannot find him, and he climbs back to the sunlight. Read more
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This is the story of the great Ngati Toa chief Te Rauparaha and how he came to compose the haka 'Ka Mate, Ka Mate'.
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This book is bursting with vivid, entertaining illustrations that will attract even beginner adult learners. It includes verbs, adjectives, opposites, numbers, colors, shapes, and many other vocabulary themes. A complete bilingual index of the vocabulary, with a pronunciation gui...de, is included in the last pages. Read more
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Legacy
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By Hereaka, Whiti
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Seventeen-year-old Riki is worried about his girlfriend Gemma, who has stopped seeing or texting him. On his way to see her, he's hit by a bus and his life changes. Riki wakes up one hundred years earlier in Egypt, in 1915, living through his great-great-grandfather's experiences... in the Maori Contingent. Read more
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Retells the story of NZRAF Flying Officer Porokoru Patapu (John) Pohe of Ngati Rangi, who served 22 missions in his first tour of duty during the Second World War. In 1943 Pohe was captured by the German Army and executed by a firing squad. Factual information presented in graphi...c format. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary. Read more
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Maori language edition. This picture book is about cousins' holidays in a rural Maori community having adventures and fun together - playing in the bush, riding horses, fishing, eeling and swimming at the beach. During the holiday, a death leads to a rahui being placed on the bea...ch. After a year, the rahui is lifted, and they return to the beach full of life and with their cousin in their hearts. The feeling of the book is joyous and wistful, and the illustrations richly evoke the atmosphere of the setting and people. Read more
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The best of the short stories written for children from the 1999- Huia short Story Awards.
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