Tamatea Toa
Tamatea Intermediate students are Writing Warriors! Look how focused they are.
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Wāhine Toa
I’ve received a number of emails from librarians over the years asking if I could make some books for girls. I’m so glad I got to make some books featuring inspirational Kiwi women such as Lisa Carrington, Stacey Fluhler (Waaka) and Kamelia Lino Zarka. Here’s another 3 books to this series of remarkable Wāhine Toa!…
La’u Penina Tautele – My Pearl of Great Price
‘I will always remember the last words my parents said to me before I came here: “Don’t forget who you are.” I’m proud of who I am. I’m proud to be Sāmoan.’ ‘O le ā ‘ou manatua pea ‘upu mulimuli a oʻu matua iā te aʻu ‘ae ‘ou te leʻi sau i’inei: “Aua neʻi e…
NZ Children’s Book Awards
Wow man! Never would I have thought that a book I wrote would be nominated for a NZ Children’s Books award. But it happened with Freestyle: the Israel Adesanya Story that Ant Sang and I made. What an honour to attend the awards event, to hang out with awesome Kiwi writers and illustrators and be…
Storytelling is powerful
Today I spent a morning at Manurewa High School with Michel Mulipola, talking about the power of storytelling.
Ask the Elders
First day of our project working with Tokelau youth and their families to make some bilingual Tokelau children’s books 🇹🇰 So Tokelau children can go into a library and find books they can see themselves in, written by Tokelau writers, illustrated by Tokelau artists. Where to find stories? I encouraged the young writers to fehili…
Rotuma Language Week 2023
This week we’re launching a beautiful book written by Rotuman children to celebrate Rotuman Language Week. Did you know that Rotuma has a really close relationship with Fiji? This is Marieta and she writes about how her Grandpa drinks kava, sings Fijian songs, and supports the Drua super rugby team! #rotumanlanguageweek2023