Download or read book Tuna and Hiriwa written by Ripeka Takotowai Goddard and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This picture book tells the story of how the tuna got its silver belly but forever had to live in the dark depths of the river. Tuna is in awe of a nymph that glows and dances along the riverbank of the Rangitīkei in the moonlight. Night after night he meets the nymph and basks in the moonlight, hoping that he will also glow, but he remains the same. Disappointed, he hatches a plan to take the nymph's light. But the moon sees what Tuna does, and in her anger, she prevents Tuna from swimming in her moonlight again. This legend-like story weaves a tale about why eels are seldom caught when the moon is full"--Publisher information.

Download or read book A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language written by William Williams and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nanny Mihi and the Bellbird written by Melanie Drewery and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every school holidays the kids go and stay with their nanny in her house by the sea. One morning (for some reason) Nanny Mihi gets the kids up early and they sit on the porch whistling a song until the sun comes up. Then they find out why - a bellbird appears and joins in the song. Whenever they come to stay after that, the bellbird is there to whistle the kids' song. But in spring, there is no bellbird! What has happened? Nanny Mihi and the Bellbird is a charming story about love for family and nature, released for school holidays - a special time for kids and grandparents (and for parents as well). Nanny Mihi is back!

Download or read book Nanny Mihi and the Rainbow written by Melanie Drewery and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanny has a special plan for her grandchildren when they visit her in the holidays. Every day she asks them to collect objects of a different colour, and by the end of the week they have made a rainbow.

Download or read book Nga Iwi O Tainui written by Bruce Biggs and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maori language biographies of Maori who appear in The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Vol 1.

Download or read book Tuna Raua Ko Hiriwa written by Ripeka Takotowai Goddard and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This picture book in te reo Māori tells the story of how the tuna got its silver belly but forever had to live in the dark depths of the river. Tuna is in awe of a nymph that glows and dances along the riverbank of the Rangitīkei in the moonlight. Night after night he meets the nymph and basks in the moonlight, hoping that he will also glow, but he remains the same. Disappointed, he hatches a plan to take the nymph's light. But the moon sees what Tuna does, and in her anger, she prevents Tuna from swimming in her moonlight again. This legend-like story weaves a tale about why eels are seldom caught when the moon is full"--Publisher information.

Download or read book Deep River Talk written by Hone Tuwhare and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology by a Maori poet from New Zealand. In Dour Note on a Sunny Winter's Morning, he writes: "I am unacquainted with the world's / sadnesses, knowing only / its specificities on the pain / of separation--the aftermath / of joyful couplings that were / unproclaimed--of births that are / unadvertised / and a million more looking like / death with never a listing on tomb / or tabloid, obelisk.

Download or read book Awatea written by Bruce Mason and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seek Ye Earnestly written by Joseph Fielding Smith and published by Shadow Mountain. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Kura M ori written by Judith A. Simon and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Produced by members of the International Research Institute for Måaori and Indigenous Education at the University of Auckland"--Back cover.

Download or read book The Seven Kites of Matariki written by Calico McClintock and published by . This book was released on 2016-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a special time of year. A time when the whispering wind blows warm from the east, and a crescent moon rises in the wintry night sky. Seven little sisters make kites with eyes of seashells to celebrate the New Year. But that playfulwind whips those kites away... Matariki is here!

Download or read book Te Haka O Tanerore written by Reina Kahukiwa and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago, a boy named Tanerore loved to dance every day. See what happens when Tanerore dances his special dance for his mother. English edition

Download or read book Flit the Fantail and the Flying Flop written by Kat Merewether and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flit's first flight is a flippy, floppy fail. But Flit's friends have a clever plan! Can they get him safely back to his nest? The first in a gorgeous new series from the author of the #1 bestseller, KUWI the KIWI books.

Download or read book The Marble Maker written by Sacha Cotter and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child dreams of inventing a new marble and having the recipe appear in The Book of Marbles. In a chaotic lab, with a sheep as an assistant and using ingredients as diverse as `teeth bling from a retired rapper,s `three pints of swooshy night air's and `a snippet from a sheep's fringe's, the child lights up the stoves and, with a bang, marbles that have never been seen before rain down.

Download or read book Tu Meke Tui Te Reo Edition written by Malcolm Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book You Must Bring a Hat written by Simon Philip and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only rule for attending this party is . . . you MUST bring a hat. But what if you don’t own a hat? Will bringing a monkey wearing a hat be enough? Find out in this tale that builds to a gloriously surreal and hilarious ending.

Download or read book Tamanui written by Rebecca Beyer and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Tamanui, the brave kokako of Taranaki, who helped save the kokako from extinction. The Taranaki forest is changing and kokako are finding it difficult to get food and protect their chicks. Rats and possums are raiding nests, taking chicks and eggs, and the kokako Tamanui has lost his brothers and sisters. In the quiet forest, he hears a kokako call, but flying towards it, he is caught in a net. Taken to Mount Bruce, he adapts to a new environment, raises chicks and becomes important in the survival of the kokako. Based on a true story, Tamanui is displayed at Puke Ariki, New Plymouth. The book is available in te reo Maori and English versions.