June, 2025 | Oratia Media

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New team members bring wide experience to help grow Oratia Books
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New team members bring wide experience to help grow Oratia Books

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New team members bring wide experience to help grow Oratia Books

Halfway through the year and things are humming along at Oratia Books. Our aim is for brilliant people to work with Oratia and not for us. The company’s flat and dispersed structure reflects that, with a mix of fixed and freelance contributors, working from home in different parts of the country and world. This year we’re pleased to have formalised working relationships with several collaborators and friends. We welcome these four publishing professionals who are helping to grow Oratia Books:

Daisuke Hirata2025-06-30T20:34:57+12:00June 30th, 2025|General|

Māori Rafter & Tāniko Designs
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Māori Rafter & Tāniko Designs

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Māori Rafter & Tāniko Designs

Classic guide to traditional Māori designs comes back into print after many years Māori Rafter & Tāniko Designs W.J. Phillipps In the more than 80 years since Māori Rafter & Tāniko Designs first saw the light of day, the book’s clear text and sumptuous colour patterns have served legions of readers and craftspeople. Now Oratia Books is bringing this classic work by W.J Phillipps back into print, enabling a new generation to access a work that until now had been hard to source. This handy guide provides a detailed exploration of important patterns used in Māori architecture and textiles, focusing on the intricate designs of rafter carving, tāniko weaving and tukutuku panels. With an all-new layout, updated text elements including macrons, and inclusion of new colour illustrations, this edition aims help readers easily access the designs.