When the pandemic came, schools and libraries closed and for many of our young people, literacy levels dropped dramatically. This has made school even harder for them than it already was and impacts on their ability to participate as confident people in society. The purpose of the Kāinga Pukapuka project is to help alleviate this by gifting packs of books to children so they can start or add to their own home library.
Please note – books bought here are intended to be gifted to families in the Auckland area so they can add to, or begin a home library. If you would like to buy books for your school library or organisation please go to the Books page. If you would like to buy a Kāinga Pukapuka pack for a family outside of Auckland please email me so we can plan that together.
Will today’s young people really read books in this device overloaded time? Yes they will, most definitely! The key is seeing themselves and things they value in the books. The books in the Kāinga Pukapuka project are specifically chosen so that children from different cultural groups can experience the thrill of reading books they can engage and connect with.
A whakataukī says: “Mā te huruhuru te manu ka rere.” (By feathers the bird will fly.) This can also mean, give the bird the feathers it needs to fly. That’s what we want to do for our young people with these home libraries.

How it works

Click on the packs you’d like to order and in the Notes section at checkout let me know which school/s you’d like the packs sent to.
The schools will select the families they feel will most benefit from the books. Or you can leave it to me to select the school/s on your behalf.
Kāinga Pukapuka – Aotearoa
Kāinga Pukapuka – Aotearoa

Sponsor a Reading Warrior Home Library pack

Library consists of :

  1. Standing In My Own Shoes
  2. Lisa Carrington – Wahine Toa
  3. Stacey Waaka – Wahine Toa
  4. Reading All Stars Winston Reid
  5. Drifting with Mad Mike
  6. Aiming Up with Kieran Read
  7. Our Normal
  8. On Your Side
  9. Stand Your Ground

 

$195.00 + GST Add to cart
Kāinga Pukapuka – Cook Islands
Kāinga Pukapuka – Cook Islands

Kāinga Pukapuka Home Library consists of :

  1. Cook Islands Heroes
  2. Tapa of Love
  3. Night of the Dance
  4. Our Goal is Savaiki

 

$105.00 + GST Add to cart
Kāinga Pukapuka – Fiji
Kāinga Pukapuka – Fiji

Sponsor a Reading Warrior Home Library pack

Library consists of :

  1. Go Fiji, Go

 

$20.00 + GST Add to cart
Kāinga Pukapuka – Kiribati
Kāinga Pukapuka – Kiribati

Sponsor a Reading Warrior Home Library pack

Library consists of :

  1. Konererio and the Flag Master

 

$20.00 + GST Add to cart
Kāinga Pukapuka – Niue
Kāinga Pukapuka – Niue

Sponsor a Reading Warrior Home Library pack

Library consists of :

  1. Niue Heroes
  2. Ko Au Ko e Tama Niue
  3. The Artist and the Whale

 

$60.00 + GST Add to cart
Kāinga Pukapuka – Tokelau
Kāinga Pukapuka – Tokelau

Sponsor a Reading Warrior Home Library pack

Library consists of :

  1. Tokelau Heroes
  2. Tokelau Toku Tupuaga Fakapelepele
  3. STEM It Up – Tokelau version (free copy)

 

$55.00 + GST Add to cart
Kāinga Pukapuka – Tongan
Kāinga Pukapuka – Tongan

Sponsor a Reading Warrior Home Library pack

The Tongan library consists of :

  1. Tongan Heroes
  2. Kamelia Lino Zarka – History-making Pilot
  3. Rise of the To’a
  4. Reading All Stars Steven Adams
  5. How Tonga Got Its Name
  6. Dr Tokilupe Taumoepeau – Tongan Trailblazer
  7. Malie is Ma’alahi
  8. The Secret Cave
  9. Ko Hoku Fonuá

 

$225.00 + GST Add to cart
Kāinga Pukapuka – Tuvalu
Kāinga Pukapuka – Tuvalu

Sponsor a Reading Warrior Home Library pack

Library consists of :

  1. Tuvalu Toku Atufenua Pele
  2. The Gifts of Pai and Vau

 

$40.00 + GST Add to cart
Kāinga Pukapuka – Samoan
Kāinga Pukapuka – Samoan

Sponsor a Reading Warrior Home Library pack

Library consists of :

  1. Samoan Heroes
  2. Fanene Peter Maivia: Son Of Samoa
  3. Reading All Stars – Sonny Bill
  4. Fanene Peter Maivia: O Le Atali’i o Samoa
  5. Who Stole My Taro?
  6. Dr Donna Rose Addis – Wahine Toa
  7. Playing with Fire
  8. Hooked

 

$185.00 + GST Add to cart