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Pasifika Bookstall 2020
We are priviliged to be the bookstall operator for the Coalition for Books Bookstall at the 2020 Pasifika Festival on 14 & 15 March 2020. It will be a celebration of Pasifika and Maori books and writers. If you can't get to Pasifika these are the titles we will feature at the Festival.
A Conversation with My Country: Where We've Come From. Where We Can Go by Alan Duff
$37.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction (Adult)
A personal account reviewing an eventful life and an amazing country. Following Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff wrote his hard-hitting book Maori- The Crisis and the Challenge in 1993. His controversial comments shook the country. A quarter of a century later, New Zealand and Maoridom are in a very differ ...Show more
A Maori Phrase A Day: 365 Phrases to Kickstart your Reo by Hemi Kelly
$30.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo
A Māori Phrase a Day offers a simple, fun and practical entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 Māori phrases, you will learn the following: Everyday uses English translations Factoids and memory device Handy word lists Presenting the most common, relevant and useful phrases today, A Māori Phrase ...Show more
A Maori Word a Day by Hemi Kelly
$30.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo
A Maori Word a Dayoffers an easy, instant and motivating entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 Maori words, you will learn the following- - English translations - Word category, notes and background information - Sample sentences, in both te reo Maori and English Exploring the most common, mode ...Show more
Afakasi Woman by Lani Wendt Young
$28.99 NZD
Category: NZ Teen Fiction
A collection of 24 short stories; the joys and tribulations of being a woman in Samoa and the struggles brought to an island nation by climate change.
Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Over a thousand years ago, the wind, sea currents and stars brought people to the islands that became known as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. Navigate your way through this sumptuously illustrated story of New Zealand. Explore the defining moments of our history, captured by celebrated chil ...Show more
Auē (Aue) by Becky Manawatu
$35.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Winner! of the Ockham NZ Book Awards - Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction 2020. Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in the music he draws out of the guitar that was his father's. It spills out of the gang violence that killed his father and ...Show more
Black Dog (English & Samoan) by Pamela Allen
$39.99 NZD
Category: Pacific Languages
Black Dog and Christina lived together in a little house near a forest. They were best friends. Sa nonofo faatasi ia Maile Uliuli ma Kirisitina i le la tamai fale e latalata i le vao matua. E uo lelei o ia laua.
Black Dog (English &Tongan) by Pamela Allen
$39.99 NZD
Category: Pacific Languages
Black dog and Christina have been best friends for a long time. Suddenly, one cold day in winter, everything begins to change.
Black Marks on the White Page by Ihimaera Witi; Tina Makereti
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
A stunning collection of Oceanic stories for the 21st century. Stones move, whale bones rise out of the ground like cities, a man figures out how to raise seven daughters alone. Sometimes gods speak or we find ourselves in a not-too-distant future. Here are the glorious, painful, sharp and funny 21st c ...Show more
Call Me Evie by J. P. Pomare
$24.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'I read it in one go' Harriet Tyce, author of BLOOD ORANGE 'A smart, propulsive thriller' Kate Hamer, THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT 'One of the most striking debuts I've read in years' A. J. Finn, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW **** Don't trust him. It wasn't me. It couldn't have been me. Meet Evie, a you ...Show more
Cook Islands Heroes by David Riley
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Pasifika Heroes
Cook Islands Heroes is the fourth book in the Pasifika Heroes series. It follows We Are the Rock (Niuean), Samoan Heroes and Tongan Heroes. Cook Islands Heroes tells the inspirational stories of achievers who have Cook Islands ancestry. It includes legends like Ina, Maui, Ngaru and Ru; historical figur ...Show more
Dawn Raid (My New Zealand Story) by Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith
$18.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: My New Zealand Story
Like many 13-year-old girls, Sofia’s main worries are how to get some groovy go-go boots, and how not to die of embarrassment giving a speech at school! But when her older brother starts talking about protests and overstayers, and how Pacific Islanders are being bullied by the police, a shadow is cast o ...Show more
