All Book Reviews
Arotake — Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories
Nā Paula Morris i ētita me Darryn Joseph. Nā Mikaia Leach I arotake.
‘Ko tā Hiwa he pōhiri i te kaipānui ki te ao o ngā kaituhi (Māori) tautōhito, tautata hoki.’
’Hiwa beckons the reader to the world of both known and new Māori writers.’
Tīpako nō te tohutao: Edmonds Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi
Goodman Fielder, Little Moa.
Karawhiua tēnei tohutao paniwiti porotaka — me te pani patahuka hoki nō tā Edmonds Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi.
Whip up this delicious melting moments recipe (he paniwiti porotaka) – and icing too (he pani patahuka) from Edmonds Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi.
Arotake: Te Rautakitahi o Tūhoe ki Ōrākau
Tā Pou Temara. Nā Maumahara Horsfall i arotake.
‘He tirohanga onamata ki te wā i ō tātau tīpuna me te rerekē rawa atu o te ao i nohoia e rātau.’
‘a window to the past, to the time of our ancestors and the very different world that they lived in.’
Arotake: Rōmeo rāua ko Hurieta
Nā Te Haumihiata Mason i whakamāori. Nā Racheal McGarvey i arotake.
‘Ko te paki mō te aroha aukati me ngā whānau hoariri nō mai iho, engari ko te whakapuaki me te whakaahua i te wairua o tēnei whakaari ki te reo Māori ki tōna tino taumata e e titikaha ai ki te ngākau tangata, he tino ekenga tēra.’
‘… to articulate and illustrate the messages of this play in te reo Māori in a way that, in my opinion, resonates with te ao Māori is a feat.’
Arotake: There’s a Cure for This nā Dr Emma Espiner
Kaituhi: Dr Emma Espiner. Nā Hineko Kingi i arotake.
‘Mā te wairua whakakatakata o Espiner e kaingākautia ai te kōrero nei …’
‘Espiner's dark humour keeps it interesting…’
Arotake: The Artist nā Ruby Solly
The Artist nā Ruby Solly. Nā Robert Sullivan i arotake.
He takinga kōrero mā te toikupu mō ngā iwi whakahirahira o Te Tonga 'and ways of knowing grounded in whakapapa'.
An account in poems of our great Southern iwi 'and ways of knowing grounded in whakapapa'.
Arotake—Head on: An All Black's memoir of rugby, dementia, and the hidden cost of success
Kaituhi: Carl Hayman; Dylan Cleaver. Nā Michael Burgess i arotake.
‘Kāore a Hayman e pupuri, engari kē ia ka tuku ia i tana katoa.’
’Hayman spares nothing and gives everything.’