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Book Awards: The Te Reo Maori Finalists
It's the final instalment of our NZCYA finalist coverage for 2019! Our final category is the Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu...
Book Awards: Best First Book Authors Reflect
This year's NZCYA Awards coverage kicks off with the Best First Book finalists! We asked them to tell us, in their own words and with...
2018 End-of-Year Shopping List: Te Reo Maori titles
Kay Benseman and her niece and nephews have been our main reviewers of books in te reo Māori for 2018. Kay tells us her top te reo...
2018 End-of-Year Shopping List: NZ Picture Books
Do you want to be sure you're getting top-shelf books for your favourite people this Christmas – or on any gift-giving occasion? We are...
Book Awards: Finalists for Te Kura Pounamu
Three books are finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Te Kura Pounamu category, celebrating the best...
He oro hinengaro: Ngaere Roberts me tona ao tuhi
He mātanga, he atamai a Ngaere Roberts (Ngāti Porou) ki te whakamāori i ngā pukapuka mō te nohinohi, kua oti i a ia ngā pukapuka a te...
Book Reviews: Three new books in te reo Maori
Reviewing three new picture books in te reo Māori today is former teacher, gallery educator, librarian and student, Kay Benseman, along...
Miriama Kamo and the Reinstated Stars of Matariki
Matariki has been celebrated in several picture books in recent years, but broadcaster Miriama Kamo’s new book, The Stolen Stars of...
Miriama Kamo me nga Whetu i Whakahokia
Kua whakanuia a Matariki i ētahi pukapuka tamariki i ēnei tau tata kua hipa, engari ko te pukapuka hou a Miriama Kamo, ko Ngā Whetū...
Pounamu Pounamu: Miriama Kamo's first crush
Miriama Kamo is one of New Zealand's foremost broadcasters. She looks back on her book-loving childhood, and that time she tried to get...
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