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The story of Ratana retold to the present day in smart illustrated book
Ratana the Prophet
by Keith Newman
Timely revised edition of Ratana biography highlights lasting legacy of the church and movement he founded
When politicians descend onto a small pā near Whanganui every January to kick off the political year, the Ratana name is on everyone’s lips.
Yet the life of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, and the history and workings of his church and movement, are less known.
At a time where co-governance and The Treaty of Waitangi are at the centre of political debate, the revised edition of Ratana the Prophet is a timely publication.
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Classic of New Zealand and Pacific writing returns in new edition
Vikings of the Sunrise
by Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck)
Foreword by Paora Tapsell
One of the greatest accounts ever of Pacific settlement returns to print this week, with a new foreword, in our New Zealand Classics series.
Truly a masterpiece of Pacific studies, Vikings of the Sunrise marks an attempt by the great Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck) to convey to a general reader ‘the settlement of Polynesia by a stone-age people who deserve to rank among the world’s great navigators.’
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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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Inspiring reluctant readers in English and te reo Māori
The Book that Wouldn’t Read / Te Pukapuka ka Kore e Pānuihia
by Tim Tipene
Illustrated by Nicoletta Benella
Translated by Kanapu Rangitauira
Setting out to attract the sort of reluctant reader he used to be, author and youth counsellor Tim Tipene happened upon a neat idea: a book that takes over and effectively reads itself!
In The Book that Wouldn’t Read — and the Māori edition Te Pukapuka ka Kore e Pānuihia — a boy who doesn’t like reading just has to investigate when he finds that book on the library shelf.
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