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This picture book story shows how young learners can become kaitaki (caretakers) to keeping their environment clean, safe and a happier place. It highlights the effort of young learners to protect sand dunes on the beaches near their school. The book includes Te Ao Maori learning... and supports curriculum content relevant to Maori language, culture and identity. The story will develop in learners a love of their environment, of the place where they are living, of its social history, of the bio-diversity that exists there. It includes plenty of new vocabulary, phrases, English translations (glossary) and interactive questions for children.
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25 illustrated poems with Nature as their theme serve to deepen children's awareness and knowledge of the outdoor world - of birdlife and butterfly, of lamb and foal, of dragonfly and rainbow. Maori names included for native birds: Kotare, Tauhou, Kereru, Pipiwharauroa, Piwakawak...a and Tarapunga. A full-page photograph faces each poem. List of Contents: Down to the Sea, The Seagull, Castle in the Sand, The Kingfisher, Nature's Helicopter, Birds in my Garden, Springtime, The Silvereye, The Thrush's Nest, The Lambs, The Shining Cuckoo, The Pigeon, The Calves, The California Quail, Mare and Foal, The Paradise Shelducks, The Rainbow, The Goldfinch, The Hare, The Fantail, The Ringed Turtle Dove, The Monarch Butterfly, Curiosity, The Rosellas, The Ladybird, Index
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Our Rongo? M?ra (Our Medicine Garden) is about children and their school planting a medicine garden and learning to respect other cultures.
The children are introduced to traditional Maori cultural beliefs of rongo?. Rongo? Maori is the traditional healing system of Maori cultur...e that includes herbal remedies and spiritual healing.
Teachers and parents can use this picture book to teach children ages 2 to 8 about race, humanity, culture, inclusion, respect for the environment and kindness.
The book contains captivating illustrations filled with fun action words and Maori proverbs. The backmatter includes a glossary of Maori terms used.
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Describes how Taia brought rain to Niutao, Tuvalu, after a long period of drought.
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This is the story of 19th Century evangelical Anglicans who determined to convert the people of Aotearoa to Christianity. As campaigners for their Christian God, they travelled to a country 12,000 miles from Britain, a perilous journey, to convert inhabitants of whom they knew ve...ry little. This book traces contact between two cultures, cosmologies, spiritual beliefs and practices.
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Diverse, inclusive and modern nursery rhymes co-created with our tamariki for 2021 and beyond.
The book re-imagines outdated, traditional rhymes into fun and playful celebrations of everything that is Aotearoa.
Rhymes for all tamariki - no matter their gender, race, sexuality,... size, shape or ability.
Written in english and professionally translated into te reo Maori with a cultural sensitivity advisor's support.
The book has proudly been written, professionally translated, reviewed, illustrated and printed all here in Aotearoa.
What people are saying:
"these rhymes are all the things you wish for your child, and a reminder to celebrate how beautiful Aotearoa is" - Mother of three
"these can be used for direct translation and as a learning tool for te reo Maori" - Bilingual teacher
"we speak te reo in our whare and this pukapuka is a firm favourite " - Mother of one
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Describes how the people of two different Pacific cultures, I-Kiribati and Samoan, came together on Nui, Tuvalu.
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Describes the fishing custom of te taa on Nukulaelae, Tuvalu.
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Uses a story format to describe the role of "Matua Fakamoe", whose job it is to care for a new mother and her baby.
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In Fiji we are fortunate in the abundance of fruits that we can harvest right throughout the year. The ten fruits listed in this book are all sweet and luscious to consume, and most of them can be made into dessert (banana) and jam.
The story hopes to create awareness and appr...eciation of the environment around us and all the goodness it provides in the abundance of the various tropical fruits that we have readily available in Fiji.
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