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  • Published: 1 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9780143775249
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $17.99

He wa moe, Kiwi Pakupaku



In this Maori-language edition of Bob Darroch's bestselling lift-the-flap bedtime story, it's time for Little Kiwi to go to bed - but where is he?

Maori-language champion Stacey Morrison has translated Little Kiwi's bestselling lift-the-flap pukapuka!

Kua tae ki te wa e moe ai a Kiwi Pakupaku, engari kei hea ia? Whaia tana Kokara, ka kimi haere i a ia i te ngahere o Aotearoa.

A favourite lift-the-flap adventure in the eternally popular Little Kiwi series of storybooks, now available in te reo Maori.

Kua tuhi pakiwaituhi a Bob Darroch mo te nuinga o tona oranga. Kua whakamahia ana mahi toi mo nga taputapu takaro, nga tapaepae, nga manatunga, kari whakaahua, niupepa me nga moheni, puta noa i te ao. No te tau 1999 i timata ai tana tuhi pukapuka ma nga tamariki. No te tau 2001 ka puta mai te tuatahi o ana pukapuka Kiwi Pakupaku, a, neke atu i te tekau pukapuka kua whai mai. I te tau 2015 ka whakawhiwhia a Bob ki te Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-loved book, mo Little Kiwi is Scared of the Dark.
Kei Temuka, Arowhenua a Bob raua ko tana hoa wahine a Ruth e noho ana.

Na Stacey Morrison i whakamaori, he pai nga pukapuka Kiwi Pakupaku ki ana tamariki tokotoru.

  • Published: 1 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9780143775249
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $17.99

About the author

Bob Darroch

Bob Darroch has been drawing cartoons for most of his life. His work has appeared on toys, jigsaws, souvenirs and postcards and in newspapers and magazines worldwide. He started writing and illustrating his own books for children in 1999. In 2001, the first of the popular Little Kiwi stories was published. Little Kiwi is Scared of the Dark has since been awarded the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-loved Book. Bob has illustrated books for other authors, including for his wife, Ruth. Bob and Ruth live in Temuka, South Canterbury.

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Praise for He wa moe, Kiwi Pakupaku

He Wa Moe, Kiwi Pakupaku at its core is a simple book; however, when you look closely it shows the beauty of te wao nui a Tane. Me penei pea te korero, he pukapuka tenei i whakaatu ana i te ataahua, i te rerehua o nga tamariki o te wao nui a Tane...Na reira, he pukapuka tenei ma nga tamariki katoa o Aotearoa nei, na te mea he pukapuka ataahua, he pukapuka e whakaputa ana i nga kare-a-roto harikoa. This is one of the many books that should be read by all children in Aotearoa, New Zealand, not only because it is a beautiful book, but also because it gives off the feelings of happiness and nostalgia that we long for.

Mihi Henare, The Sapling