Nga Rauemi Tamariki

The children's department at the Central City Library has a variety of resources both in te reo and in English with a Māori theme.

These include early readers, fiction and non-fiction in Māori, book and tape sets with stories, waiata (songs) and for language instruction, picture books in Māori, English or both languages and videos. All of these are free to borrow.

Some great reads in Māori

Ngā Mokonui a Rangi

Ko ngā kōrero nā: Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira

Ko ngā pikitia nā: Ali Teo

Kia tata moe a Rangi, kotahi te whakaaro I tana ngākau, tōna tino hiahia haere ki te whenua o ngā mokonui.

Ia pō, ia pō ko tērā tana wawata.

Kinikini kanakana piere kātata

Pingipingi pangapanga piere pātata

Ka tahi ka rua ka hū ki te rangi!

He mātaki o tenei kōrero: Pai rawa atu! Pai te whakaaro o tenei kōrero mo ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi hoki. Pai ātaahua ngā pikitia, ngā Mokonui a Rangi me ngā mea kātoa.

E rima ngā whetu:

Kaimātaki: Whina Te Whiu

Kei hea taku pōtae?

Ko ngā kōrero nā: Kerehi Waiariki

Ko ngā pikitia nā: Brian Gunson

Tērā tētahi koroua e haere ana ki te māngoingoi nā te mea e marino ana te moana, e whiti ana te rā, ā, he rangi tino ātaahua.

Ka haere ana pātai ki tana whānau, "Kei hea taku pōtae?"

He aha te whakautu a tana mokopuna?

He mātaki o tenei kōrero: Ae marika!! Kei hea te pōtae o te koroua? Tino pai te whakaaro, a, whakakatakata tenei kōrero.

E rima ngā? Whetu:

Kaimātaki: Whina Te Whiu

Te Huritau o Pingipingi Pī

Ko ngā kōrero nā: Jonathan Gunson

Ko ngā pikitia nā: Marten Coombe e Jonathan Gunson

Ko ngā kōrero whakamāori na: Katerina Mataira

He mātaki o tenei kōrero:I haere a Pingipingi Pī I tona takiwā I te rā o tona huritau. He maha ngā koha, tino reka ngā kai I te wharep He korero mo nga pepi mo nga tamariki hoki. Pai !!!

Kaimataki: Jill Leahy

Te Taniwha I te Kura

Ko nga korero na: Tim Tipene

Ko nga pikitia na: Henry Campbell

Ka rarua a Tama e tetahi taniwha kino. Ka patai ia ki tona whanau kia mohio mai ia me aha.

He mataki o tenei korero: He korero reka tenei whakaaro ake ma tatou.

Kaimataki: Whina Te Whiu

E rima nga whetu:

Timo te Kaihi Ika

Ko nga korero na: Mokena Potae Reedy

Ko nga pikitia na: Elton Gregory

Ko nga korero whakamaori na: Ka whakahawea te potiki nei a Timo e ona tuakana. Katahi ka tau mai te whakaaro mana e mau tetahi ika nui rawa atu.

"Na te rurutu o te aho I oho a Timo. Kua koropiko te tautara o Timo, tata te whati. Kua mohio a Timo he ika tana..."

He mataki o tenei korero: Ka pai!!!

E rima nga whetu:

Te Puriri

Ko nga korero na: Merito Tawhara

Ko nga pikitia na: Nikki Slade Robinson

Ko nga korero whakamaori na: "Ka heke iho te ua, ka whiti mai te ra, ka pupuhi te hau....katahi, ka puta mai, he tupu iti rawa".

He mataki o tenei korero: Pai rawa atu! Pai te whakaaro o tenei korero mo nga tamariki. Tino pai nga pikitia hoki.

Kaimataki: Whina Te Whiu

E rima nga whetu:

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