Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Airani #CookIslandsMaoriLanguageWeek @cookislands.bsky.social
Oratia Books@oratiabooks.bsky.social · 3w agoCook Islands Māori Language Week is coming up soon: Sunday 2 August – Saturday 8 August Kūki ‘Airani oratia.co.nz/product/moan... @christchurchlib.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social @abluebox.bsky.social @etangata.bsky.social @takahemagazine.bsky.social #oratiabooks
Māori Place Names is temporarily out of stock, but you can find the ebook here: oratia.co.nz/product/maor... (Apple Books, Kobo, Amazon, Google, etc.) Print book back in stock late August 2026 #oratiabooks #Māori #MāoriPlaceNames #toponymy #aotearoa #NewZealand #Māorinames @etangata.bsky.social
The 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults shortlist is announced! Warmest congratulations to this year's finalists. More details are here: tinyurl.com/mrxnbjy5. Check out these wonderful books in bookstores and libraries near you! #NZCYA #booksalive
The team at Kete Books asked some of the newly announced finalists how they felt when they heard the news and what it means to them to have their book shortlisted. www.ketebooks.co.nz/readinglists...
'How does it feel to be shortlisted for the Children's Awards?': nine finalists speak
How would you feel if you were shortlisted for an award? Read on to see what some of the 2026 Children's Awards finalists have to say.
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Cook Islands Māori Language Week is coming up soon: Sunday 2 August – Saturday 8 August Kūki ‘Airani oratia.co.nz/product/moan... @christchurchlib.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social @abluebox.bsky.social @etangata.bsky.social @takahemagazine.bsky.social #oratiabooks
Māori Place Names is temporarily out of stock, but you can find the ebook here: oratia.co.nz/product/maor... (Apple Books, Kobo, Amazon, Google, etc.) Print book back in stock late August 2026 #oratiabooks #Māori #MāoriPlaceNames #toponymy #aotearoa #NewZealand #Māorinames @etangata.bsky.social
Mānawatia a Matariki!
Oratia Books@oratiabooks.bsky.social · 4w agoAs Matariki dawns, Oratia Books is proud to have in print these significant histories of iwi from different parts of the motu. Mānawatia a Matariki! oratia.co.nz/product-tag/... #Matariki #tribalhistories #oratiabooks #iwi @christchurchlib.bsky.social #nzhistory @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social
Love toponymy? Love New Zealand? New Zealand Place Names Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown Peter Dowling & A.W. Reed oratia.co.nz/product/newz... @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social #oratiabooks #newzealand #aotearoa #newzealandplacenames #toponymy
As Matariki dawns, Oratia Books is proud to have in print these significant histories of iwi from different parts of the motu. Mānawatia a Matariki! oratia.co.nz/product-tag/... #Matariki #tribalhistories #oratiabooks #iwi @christchurchlib.bsky.social #nzhistory @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social
Love toponymy? Love New Zealand? New Zealand Place Names Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown Peter Dowling & A.W. Reed oratia.co.nz/product/newz... @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social #oratiabooks #newzealand #aotearoa #newzealandplacenames #toponymy
“There are many Pākehā out there, including my mum and partner, who have learned or are learning te reo Māori, who are not just the metaphorical womb but are quite literally the whare tangata of our language.” — Professor Hona Black.
Hona Black: The journey of te reo is a shared one | E-Tangata
“There are many Pākehā out there, including my mum and partner, who have learned or are learning te reo Māori, who are not just the metaphorical womb but are quite literally the whare tangata of our l...
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Oratia Books invites submissions from authors and illustrators until the end of July, for 2027 and 2028 publication. We publish children’s and general non-fiction books — check out our website to see more. Go to oratia.co.nz/submissions/ and follow the guidelines. @nzsa.bsky.social #oratiabooks
Here’s a fun (and free!) booklet packed with activities inspired by this year’s finalist books. Perfect for keeping young minds busy and helping tamariki discover some of Aotearoa’s best children’s books. 👉 Download a FREE copy here: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-... #NZCYA #booksalive
📚 Weekend reading... Our good friends at The Sapling have brought together the creators behind this year's BookHub Picture Book Award finalists to share the stories behind their books. A fascinating read: tinyurl.com/4rcyz9f3
Oratia Books invites submissions from authors and illustrators until the end of July, for 2027 and 2028 publication. We publish children’s and general non-fiction books — check out our website to see more. Go to oratia.co.nz/submissions/ and follow the guidelines. @nzsa.bsky.social #oratiabooks
"This is a great book, full of insight and wonderfully illustrated by Luca Tu’avao Walton" Hamish Win reviews Rere Atu ki Poronihia / Flight to Polynesia for @thesaplingnz.bsky.social www.thesapling.co.nz/review-all-t... #oratiabooks #reomāori #gender #pasifika #lgbtqia #diversityandinclusion
There's a particular magic that occurs between text and image in a great picture book ... We asked the finalists in the @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social Bookhub Picture Book Award how that magic happened: www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-o...
Harriet Elworthy asks the creators of the Bookhub Picture Book Award finalists to examine the magic that occurs between text and image in a great picture book for @thesaplingnz.bsky.social www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-o... #oratiabooks #Wētā #reomāori #pukapuka #NZCYA #booksalive
He Aha te Raru ki Tai? and Wild Life reviewed in @thesaplingnz.bsky.social www.thesapling.co.nz/review-trili... #oratiabooks #childrensbooks #nzfauna #ecology #reomāori #lulesámi @philippaw.bsky.social
Trevor Agnew reviews Niue: People, Culture and Identity by Mele Nemaia: agnewreading.blogspot.com/search/label... This review originally appeared in the May 2026 issue of Magpies magazine. #Niue #MoanaOceania #oratiabooks @etangata.bsky.social @christchurchlib.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social
Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand is also available as an ebook: oratia.co.nz/product/parl... #politics #NZ #NewZealandHouseofRepresentatives #Parliament #ParliamentaryPractice #parliamentaryprocedures
Māori Rafter & Tāniko Designs is an essential source of information about the development and features of whakairo tuhituhi. oratia.co.nz/product/maor... #oratiabooks #māori #māorirafter #tāniko #māoridesign #weaving @takahemagazine.bsky.social @etangata.bsky.social #pukapuka #whakairo #aotearoa
Reposting from New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (instagram) a great pic of Heather Haylock, author of Koro Wētā, one of this year’s finalists in the BookHub Picture Book Award category! 🦗🦗🦗 #NZCYA #booksalive #oratiabooks #reomāori #wētā @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social #nzbooks
Nanny Mihi's Medicine | Nga Rongoā a Nanny Mihi is now in the children's book walk Te Ara Pukapuka at Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā Read the full article on Wellington City Libraries website: www.wcl.govt.nz/news/a-new-s... #nannymihi #reomāori #pukapuka #oratiabooks @wcllibrary.bsky.social
A new story for Te Ara Pukapuka at ki Paekākā
Our children's book walk at Wellington Botanic Garden has been refreshed for the chilly season with a new story!
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Thanks to Newsroom NZ for this excellent review of Ron Crosby’s Keep Calm — We Are Coming by eminent New Zealand military historian Chris Pugsley. Available in Newsroom NZ: newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/11/b... #oratiabooks #SAS #NZSAS #Afghanistan #nzhistory @newsroom.co.nz
Book of the Week: Once were warriors
Christopher Pugsley celebrates a history of the SAS, but laments the current state of the NZ military.
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'How does it feel to be shortlisted for the Children's Awards?': nine finalists speak: www.ketebooks.co.nz/readinglists... #ketebooks #korowētā @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social @christchurchlib.bsky.social @bookmarkapiti.bsky.social @nzsa.bsky.social #oratiabooks #NZCYA #bookalive #nzbooks #reomāori
"This beautifully crafted, bilingual picture book is more than just a story. 'Rere Atu Ki Poronihia' delivers an important message about cultural and personal discovery." Read the full review here: www.read-nz.org/school-libra... #reomāori #pasifika #diversityandinclusion #oratiabooks #gender #🌈
