The Oratia Books Catalogue 2023 is out now in print and digital form. The new-look catalogue is 32 pages in length, offering the scope to showcase the 16 new books we are publishing this year, along with over 100 backlist titles. This year brings a more diverse range of books than ever, from an ever-more diverse inhouse team — as noted in the catalogue introduction that follows with screenshots of relevant pages.
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.
First published in 1987 and here in its third edition, Seven Lives on Salt River is a local history that transcends its boundaries along the northern Kaipara Harbour around Pahi to be a universal story of how European arrivals adapted to life among Māori in a new land.
Our latest book recounds the adventurous life of one of the original Pākehā-Māori and reveals a strong Danish–NZ connection
