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The Treaty of Waitangi — everything you need to know
The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Ross Calman
Highly topical addition to The NZ Series spans the past, present and future implications of the Treaty of Waitangi.
With The Treaty of Waitangi headlining political news in recent months, understanding its meaning and history has never been more important.
In this engaging addition to The NZ Series, author and editor Ross Calman demystifies Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and unravels its complexities — offering a fresh, well-rounded perspective.
Opening by exploring the context for the treaty’s drafting, Calman tracks its signing around the country, and then delves deep into the text and translation that caused so much contention in the following years.
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Activities galore in book that extends the fun of the hit New Bum! series
I Need a New Bum! Activity Book
Betsy Ochester and Dawn McMillan
Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird
The newest addition to the global phenomenon that is the New Bum! series aims to get young readers engaged and having fun.
Responding to demand from families around the world, the I Need a New Bum! Activity Book offers amazing mazes, word games, bum puzzles, drawing challenges, code crackers, jokes and more.
The cheeky young hero from the Bum books takes readers through an awesome bunch of activities to keep kids cracking up for hours.
Open the pages to help him slide through a sand dune maze, blast into outer space in the best seat in the house, and figure out the punchlines to a load of bum jokes. There’s even a song to compose – ‘The Broken Bum Blues’!
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What’s in a Name? / He aha tō te Ingoa?
Multicultural picture book with Kiwi Indian main character tells the importance of people’s names
What’s in a Name?
He aha tō te Ingoa
Renisa Viraj Maki
Illustrated by Isobel Joy Te-Aho White
Translated by Hona Black
Kiwi-Indian author Renisa Viraj Maki’s newest book tells a gentle and beautiful story about the mana our names carry.
In a school that reflects modern, multicultural Aotearoa New Zealand, pupils from diverse cultures have names that might seem difficult to say – a situation that many children encounter.
Priyanka definitely is worried when she is tasked with reading out the students’ names at the end-of-year assembly. Wanting to pronounce them correctly, she goes around the school yard to find her classmates and learn about their names.
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There’s a Crab in my Castle takes young readers to the rocky shore
There’s a Crab in my Castle / He Pāpaka kei taku Pā
Dawn McMillan
Illustrated by Nikki Slade Robinson
Translated by Stephanie Huriana Fong
Fourth book in bilingual nature story series takes young readers to meet seaside creatures
Summer is coming and there’s plenty of action for young readers down at the seashore in the latest addition to the nature story series by bestselling author Dawn McMillan.
When an inquisitive girl goes to the rocky shore she builds a sandcastle and soon gets many visitors: crab and sandhoppers, snapper, kina, manta ray and more.
The fun ensemble of seaside creatures is brought to life across colourful pages with evocative pictures.
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