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WINNER: NZSA New Zealand Literary Heritage Awards 2020, Te Reo Māori section
Originally published in hardback, this is the paperback edition.
Set in a school and a rest home, Darryn’s story follows a teacher giving life lessons to her students based on the example of Māori gods and ancestors.
As the story unfolds, the teacher ages and retires, and her granddaughter cares for her until her death. Her granddaughter also a teacher, then begins to pass on to her pupils lessons from the ancestors.
Beautifully illustrated by Munro Te Whata, the book dives deep into te Ao Māori, the connection to tūpuna and to the natural world, the concepts of aroha and manaakitanga.
About the Kiwi author
Dr Darryn Joseph (Ngāti Maniapoto) has written in te reo Māori since the early 2000’s. His te reo Māori works extend from readers for young tamariki to short stories for adult audiences. He has a PhD written in te reo and through his work both as a writer and a senior lecturer has helped the Māori language of his students and readership grow. Hewa (2009) won the Te Kura Pounamu Award at the LIANZA Children’s Book Awards, and ‘Tama Tāhae Tama Ora’ (2003) and ‘Taku Ao, Tō Mate Kanehe’ (2015) both won the Pikihuia Award Best Short Story in Māori.
