He pakipoto mā ngā kaipānui katoa i roto tonu i te reo Māori – a collection of short stories for all in te reo Māori.
He rangatahi ngākau whiwhita ki ngā waka tetere. He kairapuhara wahine Māori e mahitahi ana ki roto i te ao kikokiko me te ao atua. He kaihoahoa hūmārie ka tukirae atu ki tētehi manuwhiri i te rārangi harirū.
Nā te kairīpoata rongonui a Atakohu Middleton tēnei kohikohinga tuatahitanga o ngā pakipoto ka tuhia katoatia ki te reo Māori. He rerekē ngā wā. He matatini ngā momo pakipoto. He tini ngā reo. Ka kite ngā kaipānui i ngā kōrero pirihimana, ngā paki ā-whānau, ngā kōrero pohewa me ngā pakipoto e pā ana hoki ki te huringa taiohi hei pakeke. He mea tuhi ki te reo ngāwari kia pai ai mā ngā tauira wharekura me ngā tauira kua eke ki te taumata waenga. He pakipoto whakaihiihi, he mea titi ki te ngākau hoki mō Aotearoa o nāianei.
Mā te tuhinga a Atakohu Middleton ka ngahau ngā tāngata matatau ki te reo tae atu ki ērā anō tāngata i runga i tō rātou ara reo Māori.
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A car-crazy rangatahi with a need for speed. A tenacious wahine Māori detective whose work straddles the worlds of humans and gods. A mild-mannered architect who headbutts a manuwhiri in the harirū line.
From well-known journalist Atakohu Middleton comes Aotearoa’s first collection of short stories written entirely in te reo Māori. The stories span time, genres and voices – readers will find police procedurals and family dramas, fantasy stories and coming-of-age yarns. Written in accessible reo Māori aimed at wharekura students and language learners from intermediate level up, this is gripping and exciting writing for contemporary Aotearoa.
Author
Kua neke atu i te toru tekau tau a Tākuta Atakohu Middleton (Waikato, Pākehā) e mahi ana hei kaikawekōrero. I te tau 2005, nōna e mahi ana i te Hērora o Aotearoa, ka kopoua ia hei Commonwealth Press Union Harry Brittain Fellow mō Aotearoa, ā, e ono ngā paraihe kaipūrongo kua riro i a ia mō āna tuhinga. Kua mahi hoki hei kaiako matua i Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau. Nā tāna tuhinga tākutatanga i ara mai ai tana pukapuka tuatahi, arā, Kia Hiwa Rā! Māori Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand (Huia Publishers, 2023).
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Atakohu Middleton (Waikato, Pākehā) has worked as a reporter and feature writer for three decades. She held the Commonwealth Press Union Harry Brittain Fellowship for New Zealand in 2005 while working at The New Zealand Herald and has won six national media awards for news and feature writing. She has also been a senior lecturer at AUT. Her first book, Kia Hiwa Rā! Māori Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand (Huia Publishers, 2023), was based on her PhD thesis.
176 pages, H: 210mm W: 140mm
Weight: 240 grams