Beautifully illustrated poems in te reo Māori for each letter of the Māori alphabet with accompanying wall frieze. An English language translation is available on the publisher (Baggage Books') website. Arapū Toi was a 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalist in the Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu category.
RRP: $30.00 NZD
Author: Moira Wairama
ISBN: 9780473475482
Published: 9/30/2019
Pages: 26
Format: paperback / softback
Moira Wairama is a storyteller, playwright, poet and children's book author. Her first play, Questions, won a Fringe New Works award in 1999, before being adapted for TV and winning a 2000 Qantas Media Award. Her picture book The Puppet Box won the 2006 Storylines Joy Cowley Award, and was recognised as a 2008 Storylines Notable Picture Book. Her book The Taniwha of Wellington Harbour was also recognised as a Storylines Notable Non Fiction Book for 2012. Moira and her partner Tony Hopkins also perform stories throughout New Zealand as Soul Food Tellers. Her book Nani Jo me ngā Mokopuna Porohīanga is a 2024 finalist in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
