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Sumptuous new book honours the artist Hundertwasser’s legacy in New Zealand

Hundertwasser in New Zealand The Art of Creating Paradise Andreas J. Hirsch ‘New Zealand is for me a kind of promised land.' Hundertwasser in New Zealand is a lavishly illustrated new book that tells both the public and personal stories of what drew Hundertwasser to his ‘promised land’.

2022-08-10T21:41:34+12:00August 10th, 2022|General|

Important tribal histories Horouta and Te Arawa available once more

Oratia Books is delighted to welcome back into print two major works of Māori history, which will be available to readers from this Wednesday 27 July. Horouta: The History of the Horouta Canoe, Gisborne and East Coast and Te Arawa: A History of the Arawa People are works of great mana that retain relevance to descendants of these waka groupings, and are of interest to readers far and wide.

2022-07-21T22:04:52+12:00July 21st, 2022|Māori, NZ History|

Rongoā Māori shines through bilingual Nanny Mihi story

Nanny Mihi returns in third book of series to teach rongoā Māori and connect her grandkids with nature The upsurge in public interest in traditional Māori medicine (rongoā Māori) and her own lifestyle close to nature on the Nelson coast led author Melanie Drewery instinctively to the theme of her newest book in the Nanny Mihi series for children.

2022-06-14T07:32:45+12:00June 14th, 2022|Children's books, Māori|