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Kei te reo Māori inaianei te paetukutuku o Oratia
Oratia web pages now in te reo Māori
I te kainamutanga o Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, e harikoa ana a Oratia Media ki te tuku i tā mātou paetukutuku i te reo Māori me te reo Ingarihi hoki.
With Māori Language Week about to start, Oratia Media is pleased to make our website available in te reo Māori as well as English.
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Welcoming new team members
Everyone at Oratia Books is pleased to welcome two outstanding new members to our multicultural team. Hirini Tane (Ngāti Kawa, Ngāti Rahiri) joins on a part-time basis as Kaiārahi/Counsellor — to guide our work in Māori publishing, including te reo, tikanga and matauranga. Hirini’s whakapapa is to the marae of Oromahoe in the Bay of […]
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Oratia’s growing list of Teacher Resources
A new page on the Oratia Books website is now live with the growing list of free Teacher Resources.
Developed by teachers and authors, these aim to give ideas and save time when using our books in class.
Footprints on the Land
Footprints on the Land
How Humans Changed New Zealand
by Richard Wolfe
It must have been a hell of a shock. After millions of years of isolation, New Zealand’s unique flora and fauna suddenly felt the stir of human footprints just over 800 years ago.
In the blink of an eye in terms of the Earth’s history, the last large landmass to be settled by humans changed in ways impossible to reverse.
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