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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Storylines Tour Day 4

ByReading Warrior November 1, 2023July 10, 2024

Sharing the love of reading with the uso Abel Junior Tutagalevao at Waimārama School, Hawke’s Bay.

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A Tongan hero of yesterday, and young heroes of today!

ByReading Warrior August 31, 2019March 21, 2024

It’s Tongan Language Week and I want to share with you a little about one of Tonga’s favourite heroes – Queen Salote. And how there are young people around us showing the same qualities Salote did … every day. Queen Salote is one of the most beloved leaders the Pacific has known. She was born…

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The Reading Tribe

ByReading Warrior January 1, 2019January 1, 2019

Hey guys sorry about that last post – I thought I found a snazzy way to share a link but it came out all wrong! Anyway, happy new year to everyone. I started an open group on Facebook called The Reading Tribe. It’s a place where we can share the love of reading, whether it’s books,…

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The obstacle is the way

ByReading Warrior March 23, 2020March 23, 2020

Hey guys I hope you’re coping okay with everything that’s going on. I just wanted to share some words of encouragement. During the summer I read a book called The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday. I took lots of notes and I’m so glad I did because it’s helping me navigate through this…

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Goosebumps, Pasifika storytellers, MMT and marae-style dolls

ByReading Warrior October 11, 2018October 11, 2018

Hey guys today I want to talk about something important we can learn from Goosebumps, Lani Wendt Young and the Tongan rugby league team. I went with my family to see the film Goosebumps 2 today. The effects were cool, the story was interesting and it featured my favourite Goosebumps villain, Slappy. But there was…

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Margaret Matenga: Silver Fern/Black Pearl

ByReading Warrior July 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 life….

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