Nana dreams of having a shed in her garden. Despite the passing of time, the parts for the shed lie in a pile on the lawn. Grandson, Jacob, and his friend, Max, take matters into their own hands. Using some ingenuity, and the sort of imagination that makes everything possible, they build the shed that Nana has always wanted!

Pages: 28

Dimensions: 280 x 210 mm

When we’re apart from the ones we love, how do we get our kisses to them? We blow them! The blown kisses in this charming book travel far. Tied to a rocket, attached to a pigeon, kicked like a rugby ball – and many other imaginative ways. Wayne Youle (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whakaeke, Ngāti Pākehā) is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading contemporary artists. His work is bright, playful and full of kindness. Wayne lived in isolation for 14 days during the COVID-19 lockdown. He created 14 ways to share blown kisses with his sons. This book is dedicated to everyone around the world in lockdown who can only blow their kisses. A book for children. And a delightful gift for anyone. Available in te reo Māori and English.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 125 x 166 mm

Publication Date: 01-11-2020

New Zealand has the world's best summers and the magic of being a kid is still alive in kiwi backyards. This summer, Jacob, Max, Bella and Lucas help Nana grow an amazing summer garden, filling each and every day with lots of new learning and bunches of awesome memories Nana's garden it grows, and it grows from the tiny wee seeds, she plants in neat rows. Kei te tupu haere te mara a Kui, kei te tupu, kei te tupu he kakano iti i ruia mai, he rarangi, he momo, he rarangi, he momo Piripi Walker's translation has kept the words simple and clear, so the rhythm is right, and each sentece flows when delivered aloud. Rachel Doragh's dynamic illustrations incorporate related Maori words and phrases and bring the story to life in an authentic kiwi vegetable garden.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 28

Dimensions: 210 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 30-09-2020

Natanahira Waruwarutu was a child at the time of the capture of Kaiapoi Pa by Te Rauparaha's Ngati Toa warriors in 1832. The early years of his life, recounted here in the original Maori text and an accompanying translation, saw great change in the Maori communities of Waitaha (Canterbury) and Akaroa. Otako leaders set aside Moeraki, further south, for Kaiapoi refugees and Waruwarutu moved between the two places until he died in 1895. Before his death, he passed on to scribe Thomas Green, himself a Ngai Tahu elder, a substantial body of material that now defines modern understanding of the traditional history of Ngai Tahu. This manuscript was part of that material and, as Te Maire Tau describes in his introduction, has a history of its own. The story in this book is not a Ngai Tahu 'Grand narrative'. As Te Maire Tau says, Maori history simply does not work like that. Rather, it is one narrative by a survivor of the period 'that recollects the reality of what he saw as a child; on this basis, it is a superb example of an oral tradition.' The author has included a chapter on the historical context of Waruwarutu manuscript and annotations for both Maori and English texts. A further chapter presents in Maori with English translations a text recorded by scribe Charles Creed that supplements Waruwarutu's account of his induction into the Kaiapoi whare purakau (house of learning). It is one of the few manuscripts that provides a glimpse into a world that no longer exists.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 112

Dimensions: 155 x 230 mm