They love stories that are about new zealand and that are about important themes. There is some evidence of aboriginal peoples already living there upon kupes landing and this supports birdsells egyptafrican migration ideas. The new zealand story won the supreme margaret mahy book of the year award and the elsie locke award for nonfiction at the new zealand book awards for children and young adults. David hair is the author of the bone tiki, winner of best first novel young adult fiction section at the 2010 nz post childrens book awards.
New zealand nz is an island country in the south pacific ocean located about 2,000 km 1,300 mi southeast of australia. One of those cakes was left to be sent to relatives in each part of the north and south islands. New zealand, also known as aotearoa its maori name meaning the land of the long white cloud or the green island on the other side of the earth, boasts jawdropping landscapes, fabulous festivals and superb food and wines. Protecting new zealands legacies by johanna knox and photographer jess charlton as their book of the year for 2018. History of aotearoa new zealand podcast the sweet as.
Kupe called the land aotearoa, meaning the land of the long white cloud. A checklist of american and english periodicals boston. After a miraculous birth and upbringing maui won the affection of his supernatural parents, taught useful. Destination new zealand, a nations online project country profile of the land of the long white cloud or aotearoa. Discover the story of new zealand through this multipleawardwinning, richly illustrated visual history by gavin bishop. Aotearoa is a maori word loosely translated as land of the long white cloud. Aaron smale, senior journalist and books editor for the same.
The new zealand story penguin has won the margaret mahy book of the year and the elsie locke award for nonfiction at this years new zealand book awards for children and young adults. The use of aotearoa to refer to the whole of new zealand is a postcolonial usage. However, this was a transitional arrangement and on 1 july 1841 new zealand became a colony in its own right. It was longlisted for the dublin literary award and won the 2014 nga kupu ora aotearoa maori book award for fiction, also won by her short story collection, once upon a time in aotearoa huia, 2011. The greatest new zealand works of nonfiction ever the team. New zealand simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Aotearoa by gavin bishop penguin books new zealand. Many meanings have been given for the name but with maori names the true meaning can often be found only in a mythological story or in historical fiction illustrating either how the name was given or something of the ideas which prompted it. Elizabeth knox lives in wellington and is an officer of the new zealand order of merit, the author of novels and three novellas, in genres from autobiographical fiction to fantasy. Craig potton a photographic testimony to new zealand s natural landscapes and cultural hallmarks, this collection is the culmination of 20 years of exploration of new zealand. The first recorded mention of aotearoa as a name for new zealand as a whole was in 1898 in the long white cloud aotearoa by william pember reeves. Gavin was made an officer of the new zealand order of merit in 20, and president of honour of the nz society of authors. Maori name for new zealand meaning land of the long white cloud hiking holidays biking adventures kayaking trips adventure activities.
South pacificthe maori people of new zealand owlcation. They make slick professional comics and homemade crafty ones. New sea land is appropriate in so many respectsit is not just a comment on the weather. Assuming this is probably a reference to the appearance of mountainous land when seen on the horizon from a canoe after an ocean voyage. The islandnation consists of some smaller islands and two main islands, the north island teikaamaui. Lonely planet new zealand aotearoa 2019 country guide. He translated it into english, and in 1855 published a book called polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the new zealand race. Welcome to aotearoa reads, your az of lively written, audio and video content on aotearoa books and writers. This time we will talk about what europeans thought about moko, given it was something entirely different to what they had ever expereinced before, as well generally the sort of things they recorded about moko and how it was captured visually. New zealands export economy was founded on maori enterprise, which. Until the 20th century, aotearoa was used to refer to the north island only. More than onethird of the country is designated protected parkland and marine reserves.
The most common maori name for new zealand is aotearoa, which is translated as the land of the long white cloud. Aotearoa was used for the name of new zealand in the 1878 translation of god defend new zealand, by judge thomas henry smith of the native land court this translation is widely used today when the anthem is sung in maori. Originally was in reference to the north island only. The original name known by the indigenous polynesian population was te ika nui a maui or te ikaamaui the great fish of maui. Check out lonely planets new zealand s north island or new zealand s south island for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer. 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 cl. This is the second volume in saunders history of new zealand, which covers. The aotearoa series it switches between modern new zealand, and a magical parallel world named aotearoa, where mythic beings and the ghosts of dead new zealanders and people from our past reside. You talk to any of the kids in our school and they live in the library really. When it published its list of 100 greatest new zealand works of non. Legend has it that new zealand was fished from the sea by the daring demigod maui. Paying attention to pakeha, maori, and island nations of the wider moana, and old and new migrant makers and their works, this book is a history of craft. The lonely planet new zealand book is also a very helpful and popular travel. The scheme, designed to acknowledge the mana of those who are leaders in their field, will see new artist icons named every two years, until there is a living circle of 25 at any time.
The bone tiki and its sequel the taniwhas tear are fantasy novels set in new zealand. Info 2123 enterprise street birkenhead auckland new zealand call us at 0800 333 016. According to maori, the first explorer to reach new zealand was kupe. The authors have open sourced the code and data that went into making the book. In this book, he captures the simplicity of new zealand s natural beauty in a classy coffee table type book, with large, sharp and colourful pictures which offer a true representation of new zealand s landscape. In early december we were extremely proud to read that the new zealand herald had selected guardians of aotearoa. Tasman anchored at the northern end of the south islandin golden bay he named it. Aotearoa is an adjective as is new zealand no more soul in one than the other butmore people have lived under the new zealand name than the other one and therefore is the elected name in use. Refer to new zealand history online for more details about the history of aotearoa new zealand. Guardians of aotearoa named nz herald book of the year.
Old new zealand stories tell tells that voyagers of. Celebrating the latest books from aotearoa and the south pacific. The 10 best new zealand childrens books of 2019 the spinoff. Ko tetehi o aua keke i waiho hei tukutuku ki nga whanaunga, i ia wahi, i ia wahi o aotearoa, o te waipounamu tw 2121876. The name new zealand comes from zeeland which translates to sealand in dutch, after it was sighted by dutch explorer abel tasman. The first europeans known to reach new zealand were the crew of dutch explorer abel tasman who arrived in his ships heemskerck and zeehaen.
Before the time of birdsell, a polynesian from hawaiki, named kupe, found new zealand in 950 ad. Aotearoa is the maori name for the country of new zealand. Margaret mahy book of the year, new zealand book awards for children and young adults 2018 elsie locke award for nonfiction, new zealand book awards for children and young adults 2018 storylines notable nonfiction award 2018 best childrens book, panz book design awards 2018 nz listener 50 best books for kids 2017 the sapling best books list 2017. The new zealand story wins childrens book award rnz. Books about the discovery and settlement of new zealand from early maori. The new zealand story, written and illustrated by gavin bishop penguin random house. It was described by the judges as a landmark title which will stand the test of time. In 2009 tina was the recipient of the royal society of new zealand manhire prize for creative science writing nonfiction and the pikihuia. The new zealand story, has blown all of these out of the water. At first ne w zeal and was administered from australia as part of the colony of new south wales, and from 16 june 18 40 new south wales laws were deemed to ope rat e in ne w zealand. Using the stars and ocean currents as his navigational guides, he ventured across the pacific on his waka hourua voyaging canoe from his ancestral polynesian homeland of hawaiki. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. New zealand is called aotearoa in the maori language. Swirling cloud captured above new zealand the land of.
An anthology of aotearoa nz womens comics edited by rae joyce, sarah laing, indira neville beatnik publishing, march 2016 women in aoteroa new zealand make comics. We are aotearoa new zealand is in favour of our history aotearoa new zealand history being told, taught and acknowledged, all our history, the good, the bad and the ugly so that it can help heal the wounds of the past and forge better relationships with each other, growing our nation of aotearoa new zealand. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Maui is the gifted, clever demigod of polynesian mythology responsible for fishing up the north island of aotearoa, new zealand. Aotearoa is the maori name for new zealand, though it seems at first to have been used for the north island only. Christchurch writer and illustrator gavin bishops aotearoa. The new icon artists were chosen by a panel that included roger hall, elizabeth knox and briar gracesmith. Sonny ngatai went on a tiki tour of aotearoa for his new kids tv show and learned some interesting facts about how our towns were named. Lonely planet is a leading travel media company and the worlds number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller. An atlas of aotearoa massey university press, a visual atlas of new zealand by geographer chris mcdowall and designer tim denee. Greenweek, by green party of aotearoa new zealand partial serial archives items below if any are from related and broader terms.
In precolonial times, maori did not have a commonlyused name for the whole new zealand archipelago. There are various explanations for why it was given this name. Subscribe by email to get the latest aotearoa reads articles straight to your inbox. I dont think there has been another book for children about our history and culture that is as important as this book, and every home, school and library in new zealand needs to have a copy. Craig potton is a renowned environmentalist, so you know his work accurately represents the pureness of new zealand. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. David is a new zealander, who has worked primarily in financial services. New zealand aotearoa country profile nations online. The history of the people of our islands, but finally not pkeh centric. Active aotearoa explore new zealand your way with active aotearoa adventure travel awesome nz hiking, biking and kayaking trips.