He Paki Taonga i a Maui

Description

Join Maui as he shares stories for tamariki based on taonga from the Te Papa collection. Fully and exclusively written in te reo Maori and aimed at Maori and non-Maori children aged seven to eleven, this book's lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga Maori held at Aotearoa New Zealand's famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations.The book's pukorero, or story teller, is Maui, the great Pacific hero and trickster. The stories are from both long ago and recent times and have been chosen in consultation with Te Papa's matauranga Maori curators and the relevant iwi. They range from how Ruhia's kaitaka, or cloak, saved the life of a young boy and why the band Herbs wrote a song about nuclear testing in the Pacific to Huria Matenga and the Shipwreck, Rata and the Children of Tane, Willie Apiata and the Tough Decision, Hinemoa and Tutanekai, Te Paea and the Ghost Waka, Kahe's Epic Swim, Heni and the Battle of Gate Pa, Kupe and the Giant Wheke and Tane and the Kete of Knowledge. Each story is told via illustrations created by young Maori artists, some have illustrated stories from their own iwi. The book is linked to the TV series He Paki Taonga i a Maui, funded by Te Mangai Paho.

Reweti Arapere (Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Porou Ngati Tuwharetoa) Kua whakawhiwhia a Reweti ki te Tohu Paerua i Nga Toi Ataata Maori ki Toioho ki Apiti, i Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa. Ka whia ke ana whakaaturanga puta noa i Aotearoa, ki rawahi ano hoki. He ringa ta pikitia ia. Ko tana he whakaatu atu i nga korero tuku iho ma te toi hou. Ariki Brightwell (Te Whanau-a-Ruataupere, Rongowhakaata, Ngati Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngati Mutunga, Rangitane, Ngati Raukawa, Te Arawa ki Tuwharetoa, Tahiti, Ra'iatea, Rarotonga) I whanau mai a Ariki i te tau 1989 ki Turanga-nui-a-Kiwa, inaianei kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara ia e noho ana. I whai tohu ia ki Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa i te tau 2013, he Tohu Paetahi (Bachelor of Video Communications Design). Kei te mahi ia ki Te Wharewaka o Poneke, a, he ringatoi ano hoki. Hei tana: 'He ringatoi taketake ahau no nga kawai Maori o Aotearoa me Tahiti. Mai i taku tamarikitanga, ko te mahi toi toku kaingakau; he tikanga tuku iho. Ko Matahi Brightwell toku matua, he tohunga whakairo, he ringatoi rongonui puta noa i Aotearoa. Ko ia taku pou whakaawe. Tera tetahi atu kaupapa whakaawe i taku tikanga toi, ko nga pakiwaituhi o Ahia/Amerika/Uropi me te toi arotini no taku tamarikitanga, i nga ngahuru tau o te tau 1990 ki te tau 2000. Ko te aronga o aku toi, he takitaki i nga korero tuku iho, i nga whakapapa, pera ki nga matua tipuna, ma te matarahi, ma te peita, ma te matihiko, a, ka tuia nga taera o nehe ki nga taera hou. Kua ea tetahi moemoea i tenei kaupapa. Noku te honore, i whai wahi mai au ki tenei kaupapa, hei ta i a tatou hitori me nga paki a nga tipuna.' Te Hana Goodyer (Ngati Raukawa ki te Tonga) I whai tohu a Te Hana ki TePunenga ki Purehuroa i te tau 2016. Kei te noho ia ki Ranana, kei reira e mahi ana hei kaihoahoa huanga mo tetahi kamupene-I tautaiao hangarau. He kaihoahoa, he kaita pikitia matihiko, he kaitapakiwaituhi taoreore ano hoki. Kei te aronui a Te Hana ki nga kaupapa Maori, ki te hipi hopi me te anime. 'Koia taku puna auaha, taku puna whakaawe, whakakipakipa i a au i te ao, i te po.' Miriama Grace-Smith (Ngati Hau, Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Toa, Ngati Porou) Mai i te wa i a ia e nohinohi ana, he toi te mahi a Miriama. Ko ana taera toi, ko te peita, ko te waihanga matatuhi, ko te ta moko, ko te ta pikitia me te hoahoa pueru. I whai tohu Tiwhikete i nga Toi Ataata ki Whitireia, katahi ka whai Tohu Paetahi Toi ki Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa. Koinei te tuapapa o ana akoranga, katahi ka whai ia i tana i ngakaunui ai, ko te mahi toi. He nui ana mahi toi e whakaatu ana i te noho a nga tipuna ki o ratau papa kainga, e tuhura ana i te taiao, e toro atu ana ki nga korero purakau. He mema a Miriama no Hine Pae Kura, he kahui toi wahine Maori. Nana ano te whata pueru tiriti o Foresight Clothing. Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Ngati Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Rongomaiwahine, Ngai Tahu, Ngati Irakehu) He kaihoahoa whakairoiro a Izzy Joy. He tohu Toi Ataata (mai i UCOL) tana. He Tohu Paetahi i te Hoahoa (whai Honore) mai i Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa, ko te ta pikitia te aronga nui. I whanau mai a Izzy i te tau 1988, i tipu ake ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara me Te Wairarapa. I reira ka mau i a ia te aronga nui o ona matua ki te taiao, ki nga manu me nga tipu maori. Ka aronui ana mahi toi ki nga kaupapa penei i te mana wahine, i te kaitiakitanga, i te taiao me te po. I ahu mai ana whakaawenga toi i nga ringatoi, i nga ringata pikitia maha, pakeke mai, tamariki mai hoki. Kei Poneke a Izzy e mahi ana hei kaitapikitia i nga taera maha, matihiko mai, a-tuhi mai ranei. Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho (Ngai Tuhoe, Rongowhakaata, Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi, Ngai Tahu, Ngati Kahungunu, Hamoa, Tahiti, Airangi, Koterangi me Tenemaka) Kei Tamaki Makaurau a Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho e mahi ana hei ringatoi. Nana ano ia i ako ki te mahi toi. Kua mahi ia i te taha o Te Whare Wananga o Waikato, Auckland Pride, o The Wireless, o Ara Taiohi, o Pantograph Punch, o Gender Minorities Aotearoa me etahi atu. Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Rongowhaakata) He kaita pukapuka pikitia a Josh. Kei te noho ratou ko tona whanau ki Poneke me te putunga pukapuka pikitia. He mea hanga ana waituhi matihiko hei whakaoho i te wairua ngahau o nga pukapuka pikitia me nga pakiwaituhi taoreore i ngakaunuitia e Josh i tana ohinga. Ka ngakau aroha ia ki ana mahi. Kua whakanuia etahi, penei ki nga pukapuka pikitia i hangaia e raua ko Sarah Cotter. Kua ahu mai aua pukapuka i te tirohanga Maori. Nona te waimarie ki te whai wahi mai ki tenei kaupapa, no te rohe o ona tipuna te paki nana i whakarakei. Munro Te Whata (Nga Puhi, Ngati Porou) He Maori, he Niue a Munro no te tonga o Tamaki Makaurau. I a ratou ko ona karangamaha e tamariki ana ka timata mai ana mahi ta pikitia. I whakarerea te haikura (he ta pikitia tana mahi, ka mutu) mo te kura pakiwaituhi taoreore. I whakangungua hei kaipakiwaituhi taoreore a-pepa, no muri mai, ka mahi hei kaipakiwaituhi taoreore mo Bro'town. I mahi hoki ia ki Whakaata Maori, nawai, ka mutu tana mahi pakiwaituhi taoreore. Kotahi tau e tapoi ana, ka kuhu ki tetahi tohu paetahi mo te tuhi auaha, katahi ka whai mahi hoki hei kaita pikitia, koia tonu tana mahi i tenei wa.

'...a fresh approach to aspects of Aotearoa history...' - Scoop Culture; 'Fully and exclusively written in te reo Maori and aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this book's lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealand's famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations' - Tomorrow's Schools Today; 'A Treasury of Stories from Aotearoa and the Pacific...These tales of great bravery, compassion, sacrifice, and love ... told through a Maori lens are ones for all of us to share and enhance our knowledge about New Zealand's past which has shaped us as a nation...Maui's Taonga Tales: A Treasury of Stories from Aotearoa and the Pacific is beautifully illustrated by eight young Maori artists...it is a very special book for children 7 years up and well worth adding to the family bookshelf' - Grownups; 'This work is for everybody. A powerful piece of publication. Don't miss it.' - Bobs Book Blog; 'Every so often, far less frequently than you would hope, a book is released that immediately makes your heart sing. A book that upon just seeing the cover makes it clear it's important and precious. A taonga. Maui's Taonga Tales, and its te reo Maori companion He Paki Taonga i a Maui, is one such book.' - NZ Booklovers.