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Aotearoa New Zealand: Faces of the Land by Witi Ihimaera; Holger Leue (Photographer)
$39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
Auckland: The City in Literature by Edited by Witi Ihimaera
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Literature | Series: Our City Series | Reading Level: very good
Each book in this groundbreaking series is an anthology of writing featuring one of our major cities. Chosen with care by a well-known editor from each city, the selections are usually from works of fiction (short stories and novels), but extracts from writers' memoirs and some poems are also included. ...Show more
Dear Miss Mansfield by Witi Ihimaera
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Literature
A collection of short stories dedicated to Katherine Mansfield for the one hundredth anniversary of her birth.
Navigating the Stars - Maori Creation Myths by Witi Ihimaera
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama ...Show more
Pounamu pPounamu by Witi Ihimaera
$13.50 NZD
Category: NZ Literature
Second hand. Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera and also classic New Zealand literature. First published in 1972, it was Witi's first book, which as he says in the new introduction 'fulfilled a childhood vow- to write about Maori using his own self and home place'. The vivid stories in this collection ...Show more
Tangi by Witi Ihimaera
$30.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
First released 50 years ago, Tangi was Witi Ihimaera's debut novel and the first to be published by a Māori. A landmark literary event, it went on to win the James Wattie Book of the Year Award. He was just 29 years old at the time. At the centre of the novel is the story of a father and son set within ...Show more
Te Kokorangi ( Te Kо̄kо̄rangi ): Te Aranga o Matariki (The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki - Te Reo Māori Edition) by Witi Ihimaera, Hēni Jacob; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
$25.00 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
E kimi ana a Te Kokorangi i etahi pia hou tokowha hei ako i nga korero o Matariki me te maramataka. Kowhiria ana etahi tama tokotoru, me tetahi kotiro, he pani, ko Aria te ingoa. Tohe ana a Aria kia haere ano ko tana kuri haunga i tona taha. Ka ahua hoha a Aria i nga akoranga, kaore hoki ia e pai kia to ...Show more
The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki (Te Kо̄kо̄rangi: Te Aranga o Matariki English Edition) by Witi Ihimaera; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
$25.00 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog. Aria, though, is bored by the lessons, and she doesn't want to be told what to do. But these are d ...Show more
The Legendary Land - Aotearoa New Zealand by Witi Ihimaera; Holger Leue (Photographer)
$47.50 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
The Matriarch by Witi Ihimaera
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Literature | Reading Level: very good
The matriarch is a woman of intelligence, wit, beauty and ruthlessness, and has become a mythical figure through her fight to repossess the land and sustain her people against the ravages wrought by the Pakeha. Priestess of the Ringatu faith, she has been virtually a law unto herself. In his search for ...Show more
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
$90.00 NZD
Category: NZ Literature | Reading Level: very good
The birth of a daughter - Kahu - breaks the lineage of a Maori tribe. Rejected by her grandfather, Kahu develops the ability to communicate with whales, echoing those of the ancient Whale Rider after whom she was named. This magical and mythical novel tells of the conflict between tradition and heritage ...Show more
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