Ko Aotearoa Te Tūrangawaewae: Aotearoa is My Place of Standing
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E ao ai ēnei moemoeā me whakapau kaha. Kua kōrero māua ko tōku tuakana mō tēnei, ā, ka whai māua i tēnei. (Te Whiu Grace Te Pairi)
Tekau mā rima ngā tamarikiMāori i mahi tahi me te kaituhi-kaiako, a David Riley, ki te tā atu i tēnei pukapuka hei pānui māu – Ko Aotearoa Te Tūrangawaewae. Kua tuhituhia e rātou he kōrero e whakaata ana i tō rātou whakahī nui ki tō rātou Māoritanga. Ka pānui koe mō nga tūpuna hokoi, mō te hiranga o Te Tiriti o Waitangi, o te whakairo, mō te pēheatanga o te kohikohi kina, mō tō rātou aroha ki tō rātou reo, ki te haka, me te ahurea, me ō rātou ohia ki tētahi anamata whakamīharo kei te tū mai.
Haere mai ki te whai wāhi mai ki te ātaahua o Te Ao Māori ki tō rātou taha.
It will take hard work to achieve my dreams. But my older brother and I have been talking about this and we’re going to do it. (Te Whiu Grace Te Pairi)
Fifteen Māori young people worked with teacher-writer David Riley, to bring you this book – Ko Aotearoa Te Tūrangawaewae. The stories they’ve written demonstrate their immense pride in being Māori. You’ll read about beloved ancestors, the importance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, whakairo, how to catch kina, their love for their language, dance, and culture, and their dreams of a great future.
Come and share the beauty of Te Ao Māori with them.
“I have been waiting for this book for a long time, having heard the voices of the tamariki in David’s other books in this series. This pukapuka has not disappointed. Ngā mihi nui to the tamariki of Wiri School for sharing so much of themselves. This pukapuka is a blessing and a gift to yourselves, to us and to your whanau. Ka mahi!”
Melissa Spark
Magpies. September 2024
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Ko Aotearoa Te Tūrangawaewae
Description
Paperback 9781991079671
eBook (PDF) 9781991079688
66 pages
290mm x 250mm
1 review for Ko Aotearoa Te Tūrangawaewae: Aotearoa is My Place of Standing
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Reading Warrior –
Note to self… don’t leave your copy of Ko Aotearoa te Tūrangawaewae on the table for your husband to appropriate and do his own review of it! In his defence, he is new to David Riley’s Reading Warrior series and was duly bowled over by its accessible and pointed content. His comment: This is exactly the book I would be reading if I was a tamariki! To see his eyes light up at the images of the tamariki of Wiri School who speak of their Māori worldview was enlightening and speaks to David Riley’s achievements as the Reading Warrior publishing superstar and to the tamariki, Faith, Adaiah, Teatawhai and Anahera, to name a few.
This book gives the kids a voice in the same way that Ko Au Ko e Tama Niue and other books in this series let the children of the Pacific tell their stories. Each page of Ko Aotearoa te Tūrangawaewae is blessed with the pride and mana that the tamariki feel for their Māori culture and worldview. They teach the reader who they are and why Aotearoa is their place.
The photos of the tamariki complement their stories. This book is an education of whakairo, kapa haka, Matariki, tūpuna, ta moko… the list is endless, and the best part? The matauranga / education is all coming from the tamariki. The pride on Faith-Amoure Paruru’s face in her photo as she explains whakangungu / training of poi left me speechless and I realised all over again what a gift the knowledge of one’s culture and language is.
This book reminds us that this gift is a joy that cannot ever be taken away and that is what enhances one’s mana. I need to pay homage to the hierarchy of language here, too. It is only fitting that te reo Māori is on the page first, and the text in English follows after. Thanks to Tāne Karamaina, the translations are sleek and easy to follow, even for basic te reo Māori readers like myself.
I have been waiting for this book for a long time, having heard the voices of the tamariki in David’s other books in this series. This pukapuka has not disappointed.
Ngā mihi nui to the tamariki of Wiri School for sharing so much of themselves. This pukapuka is a blessing and a gift to yourselves, to us and to your whanau. Ka mahi!
Melissa Spark, Auckland
Magpies. September 2024