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• Migration

  Matuku, Steph

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  "Farah can't wait to escape her māmā's incessant demands and attend the legendary Western Wānanga, where Aowhetū's best military fighters are trained. Through daring battles against her classmates and encounters with cryptic temple masters, Farah…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pōrangi Boy

  Kino, Shilo

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  Niko is a young boy from the community of Pohe Bay that has been pushed around and looked down on most of his life. However, with the government planning to build a new prison on sacred land in the community, Niko is the first voice in protest of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flight of the Fantail

  Matuku, Steph

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  A bus full of high school students crashes in remote bush. Only a few of the teenagers survive. Their phones don’t work, there’s no food, and they’ve only got their wits to keep them alive. And as if that wasn't enough, there are the nosebleeds,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Te Wehenga

  the Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku

  Tait, Mat, 1970-

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  Navigating the story of the Atua trapped between Ranginui and Papatūānuku, this artistic retelling of a traditional pūrākau uses dark imagery to navigate the story of their separation.

• Falling Into Rarohenga

  Matuku, Steph

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  Twins Tui and Kae come home from school one day to discover that their mother has disappeared and that they must travel through a portal that has appeared if they have any hopes of saving her. This leads them into Rarohenga, the Māori underworld…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ngā waituhi o Rēhua

  nā Katerina Te Heikōkō Mataira

  Mataira, Kātarina, 1932-2011

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  Te Reo Māori. "Follows four teenagers living on Rēhua, a planet settled after Earth is destroyed by ecological disasters and global war. The four raise hōkio, giant mystical birds, which take them on flights to explore their new world. On one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bugs

  Hereaka, Whiti

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  Bugs has always been told that because she's Māori, she will have to try so much harder to get anywhere in life, and she knows it. Stuck in a small town in rural New Zealand with her best friend, abused and neglected Jez, and newcomer, spoiled,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heart of the Tapu Stone

  Giles, Olivia Aroha, 1962-

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  Laurel leaves Wellington and spends a summer in a small town with Ana, the mother who abandoned her as a baby. Together they unravel the past that kept them apart, and they uncover a seething pool of secrets, some with the power to tear families…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kahaki

  Rangipunga, Charisma, 1977-

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  Written in te reo Māori. Although Wai is still at high school, she is responsible for looking after her two younger sisters, and earning money to support the family, made easier with the support of her boyfriend Tama. The young couple love each…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legacy

  Hereaka, Whiti

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  Seventeen-year-old Riki is worried about school and the future, but mostly about his girlfriend, who has suddenly stopped texting him. But on his way to see her, he’s hit by a bus and his life radically changes. Riki wakes up one hundred years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Patu

  Tipene, Tim, 1972-

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  Life is challenging for 16-year-old Jahnine Byrne. Her mother is in hospital battling cancer, her elder brother has gone without a trace, and Jahnine has dropped out of school. A family legend blames their bad luck on a patu (greenstone club) that…Read moreRead more of this annotation