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Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Witi Ihimaera
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
David Munro has everything a man could wish for - a beautiful wife, two adoring daughters, top academic position and a circle of devoted friends. But he also has another life, lived mainly at night and frequently in what he comes to know as
Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Witi Ihimaera
$30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
David Munro has everything a man could want - a beautiful wife, two adoring daughters, a top academic position and a circle of devoted friends. But he also has another life, lived mainly at night and frequently in what he comes to know as 'The Gardens of Spain', the places where gay and bisexual men mee ...Show more
Pounamu Pounamu - Te reo Māori edition by Witi Ihimaera
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Witi Ihimaera's first published book - Pounamu Pounamu - translated into te reo Maori. Published in collaboration with Kotahi Rau Pukapuka. E rima tekau tau ki muri, ka puta mai a 'Pounamu Pounamu' hei kai ma te ao panui reo Pakeha. Ko te whakataunga o nga mana matauranga o Aotearoa o taua wa, he pukapu ...Show more
Purakau: Maori Myths Retold by Maori Writers by Edited by Whiti Hereaka and Witi Ihimaera
$38.00 NZD
Category: Maori culture and history
A lively, stimulating and engaging retelling of pūrākau - Māori myths and legends - by contemporary Māori writers. Ka mua, ka muri . . .Ancient Māori creation myths, portrayals of larger-than-life heroes and tales of engrossing magical beings have endured through the ages. Some hail back to Hawaiki, som ...Show more
Sky Dancer by Witi Ihimaera
$34.90 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the author of Whale Rider comes another novel featuring a feisty girl and Maori mythology. Skylark O'Shea is on holiday with her mother at a coastal settlement when she becomes intrigued by the threats facing the town and the birds of the forest - and by the roles of two local identities, Hoki and ...Show more
Sleeps Standing - Moetu by Witi Ihimaera; Hemi Kelly
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Both fiction and fact, this fascinating book is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the Battle of Orakau. During three days in 1864, 300 Maori men, women and children fought an Imperial army and captured the imagination of the world. The battle marked the end of the Land Wars in the Waikato and resulted in v ...Show more
Sleeps Standing - Moetū by Witi Ihimaera; Hemi Kelly
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Both fiction and fact, this fascinating book is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the Battle of Ōrākau. During three days in 1864, 300 Māori men, women and children fought an Imperial army and captured the imagination of the world. The battle marked the end of the Land Wars in the Waikato and resulted in v ...Show more
Tangi by Witi Ihimaera
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
First released 50 years ago, Tangi was Witi Ihimaera's debut novel and the first to be published by a Māori. A landmark literary event, it went on to win the James Wattie Book of the Year Award. He was just 29 years old at the time. At the centre of the novel is the story of a father and son set within ...Show more
Te Kaieke Tohorā (The Whale Rider in te reo Maori) by Witi Ihimaera; Timoti Karetu i whakamaori
$26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Series: 1st
Whakamiharo ana tera te tirohanga atu ki a ia, ki te kaieke tohora. I rere atu te wai i a ia, ka hamama tona waha kia taea ai te hau makariri te kupa iho. Ko ana karu e kohara ana i te ahurei. Korekoreko katoa ana te tinana i te rehu taimana. I runga i taua taniwha ano nei he tekoteko paku kua whakairot ...Show more
Te Kokorangi ( Te Kо̄kо̄rangi ): Te Aranga o Matariki (The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki - Te Reo Māori Edition) by Witi Ihimaera, Hēni Jacob; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
$25.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori
E kimi ana a Te Kokorangi i etahi pia hou tokowha hei ako i nga korero o Matariki me te maramataka. Kowhiria ana etahi tama tokotoru, me tetahi kotiro, he pani, ko Aria te ingoa. Tohe ana a Aria kia haere ano ko tana kuri haunga i tona taha. Ka ahua hoha a Aria i nga akoranga, kaore hoki ia e pai kia to ...Show more
The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki (Te Kо̄kо̄rangi: Te Aranga o Matariki English Edition) by Witi Ihimaera; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children and Young Adult
The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog. Aria, though, is bored by the lessons, and she doesn't want to be told what to do. But these are d ...Show more
The Dream Swimmer by Witi Ihimaera
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
'Eleven years have passed since that winter of 1986 when I put down my pen on the story of the woman who wore pearls in her hair, my grandmother the matriarch, Riripeti Mahana nee Pere, whom some called Artemis . . .' So begins The Dream Swimmer, Witi Ihimaera's gripping sequel to The Matriarch, acclaim ...Show more