Ko tā Oratia he whakakao mai i ngā pukapuka tino pai rawa atu ki te hunga pānui, ki ngā kiritaki hoki.
Ko Oratia he kaiwhakaputa pukapuka kei waho atu o Tāmaki-makaurau, ka tuku pukapuka ki ngā tōpito katoa o Aotearoa, ā, e kitea mai ana hoki i ngā tōpito maha 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.
Waihoki, ka tukuna ō mātou pūkenga whakaputa, pūkenga whakawhiti kōrero ki ngā rōpū e hiahia ana ki te whakaputa i ā rātou ake pukapuka.
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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Fifty years of the Spirit of Adventure
A Spirit Companion
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Roger McDonald
Sweeping stories of the sea and personal growth from those who have sailed the iconic Spirit of Adventure
‘All a trainee needed to feel — could not help feeling — was that their feet were on the decks of something pretty big, and change was happening all around them just by the motion that happened when the wind blew.’
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Telling the story of migration in latest addition to The NZ Series
New Zealand Migration
Philippa Werry
New book in NZ Series explores the history of our diverse migrant nation, from the first settlers to the latest arrivals
Despite all New Zealanders being either migrants or descendants of migrants, until now there has been no single book on the topic.
In concise chapters, Philippa Werry explores topics ranging from the first Polynesian navigators to European colonisers, Chinese immigrants during the gold rush to ten-pound Poms, Pacific Island communities to the impact of Covid-19 on immigration.
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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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New book empowers visually impaired character and celebrates diversity
Lucky Me
Lawrence Schimel
Illustrated by Juan Camilo Mayorga
Publishing for World Sight Day and Blind Low Vision Week, Lucky Me tells the story of a boy who feels very lucky to have a brother like Mateo — who is visually impaired.
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