The Pōrangi Boy Reina Whaitiri it is also a vital

it is also a vital record of what it means to grow up Maori

is an exquisitely designed chunky board book that invites little readers to explore the letters of the alphabet in a whole new way

treated with respect and even affection

it was as if they were eating the Buddha

emerged in the eighteenth century as one of the great geographical mysteries of mankind

The Pōrangi Boy Reina Whaitiri it is also a vitalTwelve year old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring and a taniwha named Taukere. The government wants to build a prison over the home of the taniwha, and Nikos grandfather is busy protesting. People call him prangi, crazy, but when he dies, its up to Niko to convince his community that the taniwha is real and stop the prison from being built. With help from his friend Wai, Niko must unite his whnau, honour his