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Updated version of classic dictionary explains key vocabulary in te reo Māori

Illustrated Māori Dictionary: Māori–English Essentials  by A.W. Reed Illustrated by Roger Hart Two outstanding talents came together to create one of New Zealand’s very first illustrated dictionaries in 1965. Publisher and author A.W. Reed and illustrator Roger Hart created this book understanding that pictures provide an invaluable aid in the process of language learning.

2022-08-16T02:48:07+12:00August 16th, 2022|Māori|

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|