He kaiwhakaputa pukapuka motuhake a Oratia kei ngā pae ngahere i waho atu o Tāmaki-makaurau, ka tuku pukapuka ki ngā tōpito katoa o Aotearoa, ki ngā tōpito maha hoki o te ao.
He ngahurutau neke atu te whānui o ngā wheako o tō mātou tīma kākano maha i roto i ngā mahi whakaputa, ā, e manawanui ana ki ngā uara ētita, hoahoa, tā, whakaputa hoki.
Tuia ki tā mātou hōtaka whakaputa pukapuka kauanuanu, ka tukuna ō mātou pūkenga whakaputa, pūkenga whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ki ngā rōpū e hiahia ana ki te whakaputa pukapuka tūmataiti.
Ahakoa he pukapuka tino pai rawa atu, he ratonga whakaputa kounga nui rānei, ko Oratia te kāinga tika.
Ahu mai ai tō mātou ingoa i te wāhi ngahere rerehua e noho nei, e mahi nei mātou, i te taha uru o Tāmaki-makaurau i ngā pae maunga o Waitakere.
He ingoa Māori a Ō-rā-tia, ko tōna tikanga ‘He wāhi e noho roa ai ngā hihi o Tamanuiterā’, i ahu mai i te pūrākau o te makau o te Hau Uru i noho mai ki tēnei wāhi pāinaina ai.
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Oratia Books Catalogue 2025
The Oratia Books Catalogue 2025 is out now in print and digital form. This year we’re delighted to profile 15 additions to Oratia Books and two for our international Five Oceans imprint — alongside the more than 130 books we keep in print. New in 2025 is our selection of Audiobooks (see page 9 of the catalogue), […]
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Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025
The publishing world gathered in the historic Italian city of Bologna this past week for the biggest event on the global children’s book calendar — the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF).
In four days at the Bologna fairgrounds in the city’s northeast, publishers, agents, authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, distributors, printers and many others came from the four corners of the Earth — to promote our authors and illustrators, do business and discuss ways forward in the face of digital and economic challenges.
This 62nd edition of the fair brought 1,577 exhibitors from 95 countries, and a total of 33,318 trade visitors — an increase of 5% from 2024.
New Zealand was there thanks to the collective stand organised by the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ), under its contract for international literature promotion with Creative New Zealand.
With sharply increased costs for global exhibitions but no increase in the international budget for well over a decade, the New Zealand presence relies on collegiality, much volunteer time, and the support of our freight partner Book Systems International.
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I’m a Submarine
Northland author-illustrator debuts with a universal ‘tail’ about who we are – or think we are
I’m a Submarine
Nigel McHardy
Hello whale!’
‘Whale? I’m not a whale. I’m a submarine.’
A seagull is a seagull, and a whale is a whale.
Seagull knows a thing or two about sea creatures and submarines. But after meeting Whale, Seagull learns that things are not always what they seem!
Whale tries hard to convince Seagull that he/she may look like a whale, but is actually a submarine!
When a storm arrives, Seagull gets to put Whale’s claims to the test, acting like an avian Jonah and finding that with a little imagination, we can be who we want to be.
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New edition of classic history returns to print ahead of Anzac Day
The Anzac Experience: New Zealand, Australia and Empire in the First World War
Christopher Pugsley
Revised edition of much-praised history examines the Great War experience of New Zealand, Australia and Canada
‘One of the best works of Australasian military history I have ever read.’
– Allan Converse, The Journal of Military History
One hundred and ten years on from the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, a new era of wars in the eastern Mediterranean obliges us to consider the role of the military in human history.
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