He Paki Taonga i a Māui: He Putanga Kōrero Mai i Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Mother's Day

He Paki Taonga i a Māui: He Putanga Kōrero Mai i Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Mother's DayFully and exclusively written in te reo Mori and aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this books lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealands famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations. The books pkrero, or story teller, is Mui, the great Pacific hero and trickster. The Mori legends featured are from both long ago and recent times and have been chosen in consultation with

the tangata whenua

and extended the provisions of the Wild Birds Protection Act to the huia

A style that allowed her to become one of the foremost artists of her generation

Matthew Grainger

As an Associate Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg

This accessible new edition of the award-winning classic Buller’s Birds of New Zealand includes the complete set of 95 artworks from both editions of A History of the Birds of New Zealand by Walter Buller and the subsequent supplement

The stories were developed by former Te Papa Senior Writer and He Paki Taonga i a Māui co-producer David Brechin-Smith and Te Papa Te Reo Writer

Jane Ussher MNZM is one of New Zealand’s best-known photographers

Paying attention to Pākehā

signals the formation of the extraordinary vision that would propel McCahon’s work throughout his career

Fully and exclusively written in te reo Māori and aimed at children aged seven to eleven

the beauty of the human form and that golden light at the end of the day”