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Reviewed by Dierdrei Finnin, He Māmā, he kaiāwhina hoki
Opening sentence
E panoni haere ana a Te Mata Hāpuku i ngā wā katoa.
Kei te waea haere tātou ki te whānau nei me ngā kiripuaki ki roto i tēnei punipuni pukapuka. Ko te hononga i waenga i te taiao, ngā tāngata me te kāhui whetū tētahi āhuatanga ātaahua o te pūrākau nei. Ka peita ngā kupu āhua i te pikitia, i te hōhonu o te kōrero. Kei te rongo ahau i te ngau o te hau, kei te rongo ahau i te mārama haere o ngā tamariki mai te reo kua puta. Kei a Miriama Kamo ngā pūkenga rau ki te waihanga i ēnei whakaaro hei pūrākau mō mātou ngā kaipānui.

Kei te kite ahau i ngā kano rau o te peita waikano. He auaha te hanga o ngā kiripuaki me ngā tae ki runga i ia whārangi hei tautoko i te pūrākau kei te haere. Kei te hono [DJ2.1]pai ngā pikitia i te kōrero.
Tētahi āhuatanga e pūkana mai ana, ko te mātauranga Māori ki roto i te pūrākau nei, he maha o ngā whakaaro Māori pērā i te whetūrangitia, te maumaharatanga, ngā tohu e matapaehia ana e te kāhui whetū. Kei te rongo ngā tamariki i te tūmatarau me te mātauranga i te wā kotahi i a koe e pānui ana i te pukapuka nei. He taonga anō tēnei pukapuka mā ā tātou pīpī paopao, mō ā tātou mokopuna, mō tātou te hunga kōrero Māori.
Author & Illustrator: Te Kaitā Pikitia - Zak Waipara Te Kaiwhakamāori - Ariana Stevens
Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand
ISBN: 9781775439721
Format: Paperback
Publication: May 2026
Ages: Kōhanga Reo me ngā Kuratahi
Themes: Whetūrangitia - Te huringa o te wā - Maumaharatanga - Kāhui whetū He aha te rerenga e mau, e hao ana i te aro a te kaipānui? “E whakapono ana au ka hua mai ō kōrua wawata.” He Whakatūpatotanga - Kei te kōrero tēnei pūrākau i te rirohanga o te koro o te whānau. He pukapuka kōrero-ā-waha? Āe, he pukapuka kōrero-ā-waha tēnei.