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Day In the Life: DEBORAH HINDE
Deborah Hinde is a Aotearoa illustrator, and her most recent title is Enough: A story about community. She spends her days running her...
A Reflection on Ben Ngaia's Ngake Me Whaataitai
Welcome to Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! Here’s our first (reo Pākehā) article for this important week. Zeb Nicklin interviewed Ben Ngaia, the...
I whakaaroarohia te Pukapuka Ngake Me Whaataitai
Nau mai ki Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! Koinei tā mātou pūrongo tuatahi mō tēnei wiki whai tikanga. Nā Zeb Nicklin i patapatai ki Ben Ngaia,...
Day In the Life of an Illustrator: Phoebe Morris
Join Phoebe Morris, illustrator of The Adventures of Mittens: Wellington's Famous Purr-sonality for our Day in the Life feature. Between...
Book Awards: The Picture Book Award FInalists
We're always trying to keep things fresh and interesting in our awards coverage, whether that's remixing what we do with which category...
Waffle explores NZ – and Hayley explores publishing
Creating a picture book—whether it's story or illustration or both—is a massive undertaking in its own right. Doing all that and taking...
Book Reviews: New Aotearoa Picture books
There are all kinds of strong voices in Aotearoa’s picture book world today and some of the best of the best are women. Freelance writer...
Storytime: Engaging Little Listeners
Children's author, storyteller and award winning playwright, Helen Vivienne Fletcher discusses storytime. She takes us through finding...
Book Quiz: Books to sing along to
It's New Zealand Music Month, so our quiz for your brain teasing pleasure today is all about singalong books from writers, illustrators...
Book Reviews: New picture books from Aotearoa
It's time for a fresh batch of picture books reviews! Rachel Moore takes us through five new fantastic titles from Aotearoa that feature...
Tara Black attends Joy Cowley's masterclass
Last weekend, Tara Black attended a masterclass on how to create a picture book, led by Joy Cowley. This was a fundraiser for Featherston...
New picture books from Aotearoa
The Sapling's Simie Simpson, reviews four new picture books from Aotearoa that feature a dog searching for a forever home, a racing buggy...
te haerenga o reo pepi – the next chapter
The Reo Pēpi series is one of the real success stories in the Aotearoa world of publishing for littlies. The popularity of these...
Book Reviews: New Picture books from Aotearoa
Detective hounds, free-range hens, grumbling toddlers, an ode to bugs and an adventure-filled fairytale.
The Reckoning: Who are they written for?
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori continues with this installment of The Reckoning from University of Waikato senior lecturer Nicola Daly, where she...
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