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Te Whaea o Te Motu - Whina Cooper Me Te Hīkoi Roa Mo Te Manatika
Author(s): David Hill; Story Hemi-Morehouse (Illustrator); Stacey Morrison (Translator)
Te Ao Māori | Kids' Winter Reading Guide 2025
Meet Dame Whina Cooper, the kuia who championed Maori rights, women's rights and led a famous hikoi for positive change - te reo Maori edition of Mother of the Nation, translated by Stacey Morrison. A Maori-language, illustrated true story for children about Dame Whina Cooper, one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most exceptional leaders- a courageous and outspoken wahine toa whose legacy lives on today. TERA TE PO, KA MOEMOEA A WHINA KEI RUNGA POTI IA, E HAUKUME ANA I TETAHI TAMAITI I TE MOANA. KO TANA WHAKAMARAMA I TERA, KO TE POTI TANA HAERENGA I TE AO, KO TAUA TAMAITI TE ANAMATA O NGA TAMARIKI KATOA . . . Ka tamaiti tonu ana a Whina, i marama ke tana matua he kaitataki tuturu a Whina. I a ia e 18 tau ana, ka whakarite i tana porotehi tuatahi, hei tiaki i te whenua o te iwi. I a ia e 56 tau ana, ka awhina ki te whakatu i Te Ropu Wahine Maori Toko i te Ora. Nawai ra, i a ia e 79 tau ana, he inati tana hikoi i te 1000 kiromita ki te Paremata, hei tuku i te korero- Kia kaua e riro ko te Kotahi Eka Ano o te Whenua Maori. Ko tenei te korero pono mo tetahi tino wahine toa - ko tetahi o nga tino kaiarahi o Aotearoa, nana te takimano o nga Maori me nga Pakeha i whakakotahi ki te whakatika i nga he, nona hoki te mana me te manawanui e whakaoho tonu nei i a tatou i enei ra. Also available in English as Mother of the Nation- Whina Cooper and the Long Walk for Justice.
General Information
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- : Penguin NZ
- : Picture Puffin
- : 29 July 2025
- : 01 August 2025
- : books
Other Specifications
- : David Hill; Story Hemi-Morehouse (Illustrator); Stacey Morrison (Translator)
- : Hardback
- : Story Hemi-Morehouse
- : 32
- : Stacey Morrison
More About The Product
David Hill is a prolific and highly regarded New Zealand writer, playwright, poet, columnist and critic. Best known for his highly popular and award-winning body of work for young people, ranging from picture books to teenage fiction, his novels have been published all around the world and translated into several languages, and his short stories and plays for young people have been broadcast here and overseas. In November 2021 David was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement - Fiction in recognition of his outstanding contribution to New Zealand Literature. He lives in New Plymouth with his wife Beth.
Story Hemi-Morehouse (Illustrator)
Story Hemi-Morehouse (Ngati Koata, Ngati Kuia, Ngati Toa Rangatira) was born in Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland) and moved to Australia when she was young. She was always obsessed with comics and drawing and turned her love of illustrating into a career. Story's first published book, Mokopuna Matatini/The Greatest Haka Festival on Earth by Pania Tahau-Hodges, was shortlisted for four awards in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2022. She has since added several more picture books to her portfolio and in 2023 Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro/How My Koro Became a Star, with author Brianne Te Paa, was a finalist in the Best Picture Book and won Te Kura Pounamu Award. Story divides her time between Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington) and Yugumbeh Country (Gold Coast, Australia) thanks to the flexibilty of freelance work.
Stacey Morrison (Translator)
Stacey Morrison (Te Arawa, Ngai Tahu) is a radio and TV broadcaster whose projects have spanned 25 years. She is also an author and a licensed translator of te reo Maori. Stacey and her husband Scotty co-wrote Maori at Home to help other families use te reo in everyday settings, and Stacey's first children's book, My First Words in Maori, became a number-one bestseller. She has since co-authored Kia Kaha- A storybook of Maori who changed the world with Jeremy Sherlock, which won NZ Booklover's Best Children's Book and a Storylines Notable Non-fiction Award and My First Words about Tikanga Maori.
