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All is not going well on the farm where Whetu is looking after the magician the Mighty Mikaere's animals. The new ewes are protesting. Baked Beans, the robot dog, has bitten the bull.

Awatea and his brother Tai are staying with their nan and pop on the farm. It's summer, and they're free to explore.

On the way to school, Amorangi realises he forgot to bring an old object to school to talk about. Quickly, he and his sister, Millie, decide to travel back in time and find something. They've travelled back before, after all.

When Coach's whistle goes missing and the football team can't practise, Ollie and his new friend, Aria, lead the search. There are clues about where the whistle might be and who took it - missing shoelaces, a dropped leaf and twig, some mud and a chewed net.

There's a big surf competition coming up. Eight-year-old Lisa is determined to take part, but she's nervous. With encouragement from her coach, family and top paddler Maia, she trains hard.

Farah of Untwa joins a school for training fighters, strategic thinkers and military personnel. It means she escapes her domineering mother and the tedious duties that come with being from a Ngati in the upper echelons of society.

In 1940, a group of Auckland yachtsmen and Royal Navy volunteers left for the war. Leonard Hill, a young Maori sailor, and his friends arrived in Singapore under siege. They manned fast motor launches, raiding and rescuing Allies from behind enemy lies. This is the story of how they evaded the Japanese and survived.

This is the biography of Ngoingoi Pewhairangi a highly respected leader who was passionate about the revitalisation and flourishing of the Maori world. She actively introduced initiatives in education, langauge and the arts, receiving a QSM for her services to Maori. Mainly in English with some te reo Maori text.

This book is a celebration of His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efi's intellectual and cultural legacy to Samoa, providing Tui Atua's writings and thoughts on Samoan indigenous knowledge.

This book discusses traditional Maori uses of native plants of the South Island of New Zealand and traditions around them. The text describes the features and uses of each plant, listed alphabetically for quick reference.

Part of The Matawehi Fables , this graphic novel is the story of two hostile tribes. In the midst of the conflict, two lovers from opposing tribes, K?hu and Kuratawhiti, plan to bring their warring tribes together through their marriage. But tragedy looms as K?hu must defend his beloved Kuratawhiti.

This bright and entertaining book provides a wealth of vocabulary-building opportunities for beginner learners of M?ori. Stephen Cartwright's delightful pictures encourage direct association of the M?ori word with the object.

The Maori economy is often defined simply by the contributions of Maori in New Zealand in the areas of farming, fisheries and forestry. This book explores the ways that Maori in the privatised military industry contribute in monetary and non-monetary ways to the Maori economy. It includes five interviews with Maori who have worked or are still working in the privatised military industry.

In this book, Maori traditional stories, understandings, and history stand alongside geothermal science in an exploration of the thermal phenomena of the Volcanic Plateau. The text provides information about the natural history of the area, its formation, and its significance to Maori.

Provides detailed photographs showing the steps in selecting, preparing and weaving flax. Throughout the book, Maori traditional stories and concepts about weaving are told, giving a rich picture of the place of weaving in Maori culture.

This is a book and CD that use self-hypnosis for people who want to stop smoking. It looks at why people smoke and the rewards they get from smoking and offers a hypnosis method to assist people giving up.

Showcasing fifty-seven items from the collections at Puke Ariki museum in Taranaki, Flashback puts a fresh light on Taranaki heritage and the stories of the region and people.

In 1984, architect Scott Warren comes to China on a scholarship to study Daoist buildings, just at the time when the liberalization policies of Deng Xiaoping are unfolding and Chinese people are experiencing new freedoms.

Here are the best short stories and novel extracts from the Pikihuia Awards for M?ori Writers 2011, as judged by Keri Hulme, Katie Wolfe, Erima Henare and Reina Whaitiri.

A child's death leads to a r?hui (restriction) being placed on a rural beach. After a year, the r?hui is lifted, and two children return to the beach full of life and with their cousin in their hearts.

Navigating M?ori Futures brings together twenty-five papers Mason Durie has presented at national and international conferences between 2004 and 2010. It discusses M?ori moving towards a future involving new technologies, alliances, economies.

This book on processing wild pigs and deer is written by one of New Zealand's leading butchers of game meat. With practical down-to-earth text and over 250 photographs, the author shows how to field dress, skin and butcher pigs and deer, camping techniques.

This biography tells the story of a M?ori soldier, Haane Manahi, who showed outstanding bravery under fire at Takrouna, Tunisia, leading his men to capture a vital enemy stronghold held by more than 300 Italian and German troops.

This is a fully illustrated collection of poignant pepeha (M?ori proverbs) explained in English.

The New Zealand environment has been allowed to deteriorate, but it is not too late to undo the damage. This book advocates the adoption of the kaupapa of kaitiakitanga (guardianship) to preserve what is left and to restore the lakes, streams, rivers.

This is a bright and busy book that will give M?ori language learners of all age's hours of enjoyment. A pronunciation guide and an alphabetical M?ori/English list of all the words in the book are included.

This is a new biography of the North German missionary Rev. J. F. Riemenschneider, who settled in the Taranaki region of New Zealand in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Sweeping from New Mexico's desert to Auckland's Wild West coast beaches, from the bloodied jungles of Vietnam to the dry valleys of Antarctica, Ocean Roads warms us with desert sun, fills our lungs with salt air, and drenches us with jungle rain.

A comprehensive survey of the art of Fred Graham that details the artist's life from his childhood in the Waikato to his career as a sculptor. This book is richly illustrated with photographs of the artworks by award-winning photographer Geoff Dale, and it includes essays by Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Robert Jahnke, and Jill Smith that discuss Fred Graham's work in the context of New Zealand art.

Bugs is about the unfolding lives of three young people in their last year of school in small-town New Zealand. Life is slow, and it seems not much happens in town or in Jez and Bugs's lives. But when Stone Cold arrives, the three come to different conclusions.