Te Wehenga: The separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku
Author(s): Mat Tait
Mythology | Graphic Novel | Maori | Children's & YA Graphic | 2023 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults — finalists | 2023 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults - Winners | PANZ Book Design Awards —2023 winners
Stunning retelling of the Māori creation story about the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother.
Award-winning illustrator Mat Tait has written and illustrated this stunning retelling of the Māori creation story for a new generation.
Te reo Māori and English are woven together in a seamless bilingual approach to the text, with the visceral illustrations powerfully underlining the mana of the story.
Ko Mat Tait tētahi ringatoi kua whakawhiwhia ki ngā tohu, ā, nāna ngā kupu, nāna tonu ngā whakaahua o te pukapuka ātaahua nei mō te orokotīmatanga o te ao, hei pānui mā te reanga hou.
THE MARGARET MAHY BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2023
Mat Tait is a South Island-based illustrator of European and Māori descent. He gained a BFA in painting from Ilam School of Arts and now lives and works in the Motueka area.
Prior to Te Wehenga, Mat's most recent book was The Adventures of Tupaia with writer Courtney Sina Meredith, for which he was the recipient of the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. His comics work has been published widely both locally and internationally, including The Heading Dog Who Split In Half with writer Dr Michael Brown.
Mat is a fluent speaker of te reo Māori. He tutors under the kaupapa of Te Ataarangi, and continues to learn.
Product Information
Margaret Mahy Book of the Year 2023
Winner of the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction 2023
Shortlisted for the 2023 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Non-Fiction Elsie Locke Award AND the Illustration Russell Clark Award
Mat Tait is a South Island-based illustrator of European and Māori descent. He gained a BFA in painting from Ilam School of Arts and now lives and works in the Motueka area.
Prior to Te Wehenga, Mat's most recent book was The Adventures of Tupaia with writer Courtney Sina Meredith, for which he was the recipient of the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. His comics work has been published widely both locally and internationally, including The Heading Dog Who Split In Half with writer Dr Michael Brown.
Mat is a fluent speaker of te reo Māori. He tutors under the kaupapa of Te Ataarangi, and continues to learn.
General Fields
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- : Allen & Unwin
- : Allen & Unwin
- : 01 August 2022
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- : books
Special Fields
- : Mat Tait
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 398.208999442
- : 60
