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  • Slip Bebi

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Children don’t need Barbie dolls to have fun in the Solomon Islands.

    Coconuts will do just fine!

    Find out how in Slip Bebi, a story in Solomon Islands pigin and English, by Mary Polosovai.

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  • Tattoo Twins – Le Masaga o Tā Tatau

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    The malu. The pe’a. Samoan tattooing is famous all over the world. But how did the art of tattooing come to Samoa?

    Find out in Tattoo Twins, a bilingual Sāmoan legend retold by David Riley and translated by Rasela Lafaele Uili.

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  • The First Samoans – O Tagata Samoa Muamua

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Tuli has come down from heaven to explore our planet. But all he finds everywhere is water. Tagaloa creates land for him, but now he’s lonely and doesn’t have anyone to share it with!

    Find out what happens next in The First Sāmoans, a bilingual Sāmoan legend retold by David Riley and translated by Rasela Lafaele Uili.

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  • The Pearl Shell Necklace

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    How much would you do for someone you love? Kalokalo-o-te-la loved Hina so much he gave everything he had for her.

    Find out how in The Pearl Shell Necklace, a bilingual legend from Tokelau.

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  • Toa Moa a Papa – Papa’s Toa Moa

    $9.95 – $19.95 + GST

    By Junior Rubena

    When Papa was young he had lots of jobs to do in the village.
    His favourite job was feeding his special chicken.
    Toa Moa a Papa is a bilingual book written in Cook Islands Māori and English.

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  • Tonga’s Shooting Star – Koe Fetu’ufuka ‘o Tongá

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    One day Punga, a scary cannibal, challenged an orphan boy named Muni to a spear throwing contest. If Muni lost, he would also lose his life … and Tonga might have been living in fear of Punga forever!

    Find out what happened in Tonga’s Shooting Star, a bilingual Tongan legend retold by David Riley and translated by Vasilini Finau Faletau.

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  • Vaea the Gentle Giant – O Vaea le Sau’ai Agamālū

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Vaea is one of the most famous giants in Oceania. One day some men came to test Sāmoa to test him out. Vaea knew what to do with these men.

    Find out what happened in Vaea the Gentle Giant, a bilingual Sāmoan legend retold by David Riley and translated by Rasela Lafaele Uili.

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  • Va’ine the Mōmoke

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Have you ever missed your family so much it makes you sad?
    That’s what happened to Va’ine and she had to make the toughest decision of her life.

    Find out what happened next in Va’ine the Mōmoke, a bilingual legend from Rarotonga.

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  • Yumi Go!

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Like children around the world, Solomon Islands children love to play. Have you heard of ‘sela kokonat’? How about ‘bat an ran’? Find out more in Yumi Go!  a story in Solomon Islands pigin and English, by Mary Polosovai.

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  • Our Goal is Savaiki

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    “Nailed to the mast are the colours of Io, the Hidden One.

    Our goal is Savaiki, so let her be swift, let her prow sing

    as it slices the skin of the sea.”

    Our Goal is Savaiki is a collection of poems by Cook Islands-Kiwi poet Alistair Te Ariki Campbell. The poems selected celebrate Alistair’s connections to Tongareva (Penrhyn) where his mother, Teu, was born.

    Each poem has been illustrated by Heimata Tinipese (Pese) Kietonga, an emerging Cook Islands artist who is family to Alistair, or Papa Teariki, as her family knows him.

    “Meitaki ranuinui, the art and design of this book is in perfect harmony with the poems. One of my Year 9 students chose one of his poems about Tangaroa for me to read at the end of class. I think the art and design are fantastic. Kia manuia.“
     Brenda. Onehunga High School

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  • Hooked

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    There’s lots of different ways to catch fish. You can use a net, a trap, even your hands. Characters in this story used a magic hook to catch more fish than they’d ever seen. That’s when the trouble began. Find out what happens next in Hooked – a Samoan legend retold by David Riley and translated into Samoan by Rasela Lafaele Uili.

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  • Malie is Ma’alahi! – ‘Oku Ma‘alahi ‘a Malie!

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Malie was born with deformed feet. Some people might think that’s a disability. Not Malie.

    Find out how his deformed feet became his superpower in Malie is Ma’alahi, a Tongan legend retold by David Riley and translated into Tongan by Vasilini Finau Faletau.

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  • Night of the Dance – Pō o te ‘Ura

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Koromaūariki had a close relationship with his dad, the legendary superhero, Tinirau. But there was one thing that bothered him. Sometimes Tinirau would wake up in the middle of the night, go outside … and disappear for three days.

    When he came home he’d dance into the house wearing a fresh, colourful and fragrant pandanus seed necklace. What was going on?

    Find out in Night of the Dance – Pō o te ‘Ura, a Cook Islands legend retold by David Riley and translated into Cook Islands Māori by Mareta Tere.

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  • Playing With Fire

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Fire is one of the most precious elements we know. You can cook with it. You can dry things with it. You can even sit around it and tell stories like this one. But how did fire get to Samoa? Find out in Playing With Fire – a Samoan legend retold by David Riley and translated into Samoan by Rasela Lafaele Uili.

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  • The Secret Cave – Koe ‘Ana Fakapulipulí

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Naua was an expert fisherman who found an underwater cave.

    Naua had a feeling his cave would be helpful one day. And so it did.

    Find out what happened in The Secret Cave – Koe ‘Ana Fakapulipulí, a Tongan legend retold by David Riley and translated into Tongan by Vasilini Finau Faletau.

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  • Tapa of Love – Tapa ō te ‘Inangaro

    $9.95 – $24.95 + GST

    Ina is a Cook Islands heroine and superhero, famous throughout Oceania for her mighty deeds. In this story, Ina faces the biggest challenge of her life. Is it a human-eating giant? No. A tree-crushing cyclone? Kā‘ore. Then it must be an island-flooding tsunami? Not even close. Ina’s biggest challenge was a lot closer to home … and one that almost all of us can relate to.

    Find out in Tapa of Love – a Cook Islands legend retold by David Riley and translated into Cook Islands Māori by Mareta Tere.

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