Good things take time

July 23, 2014May 29, 2018

Honoured and proud to present a workshop with these awesome Kiwi authors – Maria Gill, Cath Mayo and Raymond Huber – at Bucklands Beach Intermediate yesterday. It feels like I’m getting closer to my dream of being a fulltime writer! Doing some of the things that writers do, like hanging out with writers …

Visiting schools to encourage young people …

Signing books …

Never thought I would actually get to live the life of a writer. I dreamed about it since I was 13 when I discovered the books of Barry Crump. Now decades later I’m seeing a dream begin to emerge, slowly, day by day. Good things take time.

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Mental Wealth – The White Mouse Pt 3

ByReading Warrior May 19, 2019

It’s mental health month in Aotearoa and I’m thinking about mental strength as I read the children’s book, “The White Mouse”, with my daughter. It’s the story of Kiwi nurse, reporter and spy, Nancy Wake. In this week’s reading we learned about Nancy’s resilience and selflessness. Here’s a list of the things that happened to…

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Cook Islands Heroes: Michael Metuakore

ByReading Warrior July 30, 2018July 31, 2018

It’s Cook Islands Language Week and we’re celebrating by sharing a little about some of the inspirational Cook Islanders featured in my book Cook Islands Heroes. The aim of this book is to inspire Kuki Airani young people and anyone else who loves reading stories of people who overcame great challenges to achieve their goals in…

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Cook Islander for Life!

ByReading Warrior July 29, 2018July 31, 2018

It’s Kuki Airani (Cook Island) Language Week and to celebrate I’m going to share some stories with you from my book Cook Islands Heroes. To start our week, have you heard about the awesome conservation work of former Cook Islands and Kiwi rugby league player, Kevin Iro? Kevin played for the Warriors and Manly in…

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Margaret Matenga: Silver Fern/Black Pearl

ByReading Warrior July 31, 2018

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Cook Islands Heroes: Ru and Tua Pittman

ByReading Warrior August 2, 2018

It’s Cook Islands Language Week and we’re celebrating by sharing a little about some of the inspirational people featured in my book Cook Islands Heroes. The aim of this book is to inspire Kuki Airani young people and anyone else who loves reading stories of people who overcame great challenges to achieve their goals in life. Today’s…

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Wish I was gifted

ByReading Warrior March 3, 2019March 3, 2019

We’re nearly halfway through term one of the school year and it’s a good time to remind the young people we live and work with, and ourselves, that being successful isn’t about talent or gifts. It’s about learning, working with the right people and hard work. Kemba Walker is a basketball player. Kemba led his…

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