What does the Spider say?

See I’m spreading out my net,

Doesn’t matter if it’s wet.

Do drop in as you go by —

Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925-2009) is one of the great poets of Oceania. Poem for Ataahua is a poem Alistair wrote for his great-granddaughter. In this book artist Sarah Wilkins shares her vision of the poem for children and young people.