A Modern Māori Picture Dictionary : He Papakupu Whakaahua mo te Reo Maori o Naianei by Katerina Mataira (ed)
62.99 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books | Series: Nz Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference
This dictionary supplements the Oxford Māori Picture Dictionary with additional words and their Māori equivalents. Some of the words in the Oxford Māori Picture Dictionary appear again in this dictionary, but alternative translations are offered, not to invalidate the translations in the Oxford Māori Pi ...Show more
Oxford Maori Picture Dictionary - He Pukpuke Kupuahua Maori by E C Parnwell, Pita Cleave, Katerina Mataira, Rangimarie Pere
21.99 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books | Reading Level: good
Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
19.99 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny. Her people claim descent from Kahutia Te Rangi, the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since Kahutia, a male heir has inherited the title of chief. But now ther ...Show more
Te Taniwha I Warewaretia by Robyn Kahukiwa / Na Kiwa Hammond I Whakamaori
21.00 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
The people who live in the pa below his cave call him Ngakau Pono, Loyal Heart, and he has been looking after the people for hundreds of years. When Pakeha arrive in New Zealand, Ngakau Pono's people start to leave the pa. The gardens are untended, and the fishing is neglected. The houses are falling do ...Show more
Tuarangi (Space) by Simon Holland
19.95 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books | Series: Eye Wonder
Dop 2004 A Maori language translation of a popular Dorling Kindersley book. Part of the Eye Wonder series of books produced for children. Travel from Earth to the ends of the known Universe. Space is a colourful first guide to astronomy, packed with facts about space exploration, the planets, stars, ga ...Show more
Ka haere a Clara raua ko Buster ki te Kanikanimarama by Dyan Sheldon
14.95 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books | Series: Share-a-story S.
Junior picture book, Maori language translation of a popular Dorling Kindersley book. One of the Share-a-story series. Clara the cat dreams of dancing like the elegant ballroom dancers on television. With her friend Buster the dog she sets about practising the jitterbug, jazz and even the cha-cha. After ...Show more
Nga Tu Momo Rahi by .
14.95 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books | Series: DK Lift-the-flap S.
Nga Taniwha i te Whanga-nui-a-tara (The Taniwha of Wellington Harbour) by Moira Wairama
19.99 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
Moira Wairama's stunning Maori-language retelling of the legend about two taniwha and Wellington Harbour, with illustrations by Bruce Potter.E noha ana e rua nga taniwha i tetahi roto kanapanapa. Kei te pirangi a Ngake kia haere ki Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa engari kei te pirangi tona hoa, a Whataitai, ki te n ...Show more
The Taniwha of Wellington Harbour by Moira Wairama
19.99 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
In ancient times in Aotearoa, there was a beautiful lake in which there dwelt two monstrous taniwha. Their names were Whataitai and Ngake. Whataitai and Ngake are two taniwha living in a beautiful lake. But when Ngake gets bored and decides to break free to the ocean his actions have far reaching conseq ...Show more
Itiiti's Gift by Melanie Drewery
17.99 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
This is a story about a girl called Itiiti who feels small and clumsy and shy next to the rest of her family who are loud and tall and good at things. Itiiti doesn't think she is good at anything, but her mother tells her that she will find she as a gift of her own. Itiiti tries to do things with the re ...Show more
Battle of the Mountains by Peter Gossage
19.99 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
Tongariro is forced to battle three strong mountains, Taranaki, Tauhara and Putauaki, to keep his wife, Pihanga, safe from them. This is the story of how he successfully banishes them to the positions where they stand today. You can make the mountains using the outlines in the back of this book, and fig ...Show more
How Maui Found his Father and the Magic Jawbone by Peter Gossage
19.99 NZD
Category: Children's Māori Books
Reprinted for a new generation, Peter Gossage's illustrated books bring these ancient maori tales to life.In this tale Maui is happy to have found his mother but wants to find his father. He follows his mother into the underworld and discovers his father and grandfather. This is where is obtains the mag ...Show more