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Rahui by Chris Szekely
20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Te Reo Maori | Reading Level: very good
A child's death leads to a rahui (restriction) being placed on a rural beach. After a year, the rahui is lifted, and two children return to the beach full of life and with their cousin in their hearts. The feeling of the book is joyous and wistful, and the illustrations richly evoke the atmosphere of th ...Show more
Rona by Chris Szekely
15.00 NZD
Category: Children's and Young Adult
Rona is mischievous, curious, adventurous and inventive - just an everyday tomboy nine-year-old! Living in the country with her grandparents, she pretends to be a werewolf (and breaks her most precious possession in the process), jumps off the wharf like a daredevil, and is alternately cross and friends ...Show more
Swim: The Story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai by Chris Szekely (Retold by)
24.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Te Reo Maori
In the legend, Hinemoa lives by Lake Rotorua and Tutanekai on the island, Mokoia. Hinemoa falls in love when Tutanekai plays the flute, but Hinemoa's father considers him unsuitable. They vow to be together, and every night on the island,Tutanekai plays his flute to guide Hinemoa to him. With no canoe, ...Show more
Te Kupenga: 101 Stories of Aotearoa from the Turnbull by Michael Keith; Chris Szekely
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Published to mark 100 years since the establishment of the famous Alexander Turnbull Library, one of New Zealand's great storehouses, this energetic, comprehensive book approaches the history of Aotearoa New Zealand through 101 remarkable objects. Each tells a story, be it of discovery, courage, disposs ...Show more
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