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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 2d

If you wanna come say hello and see what we do at the National Library of New Zealand - feel free to come along to this: natlib.govt.nz/events/natio...

I'll be there with some cool cartoons and comics

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Chantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social · 3d

The National Library is 60 years old... come along to their open day to celebrate

If you book for a back-of-house tour you may even get me as your tour guide 😊

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 18d

If you want to do a fun family friendly school holiday thing, then I'd highly recommend this: www.facebook.com/share/1BZi7z...

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 18d

New Zealand prevaricates on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, or not.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza

Cartoon. Image shows NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Gaza’s ruins, talking to a gaunt woman, huddled with her two children. He’s saying, “New Zealand is a very principled nation. We won’t be rushed”

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 19d

You can listen to the book on RNZ storytime - storytime.rnz.co.nz/book/maui-su...

But it's well worth checking out Zak's illustrations too so here's a video of Tim reading it and showing the illustrations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mii8...

Māui – Sun Catcher on Storytime by RNZ

Māui the trickster and his brothers go on a very special adventure Music by Akash Dutta and Gus Reece

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 19d

It's a modern retelling of Māui, using rhyme (in both Reo Māori and English - which I am truly impressed by) and illustrations that feel relatable and fresh. Tipene (Ngati Kuri and Ngati Whatua) says he wanted to create a character to inspire bravery www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/loc...

Modern take on Maui

A west Auckland author is using the legend of Maui to inspire kids.

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 19d

Māui - te kaihao i te rā (Māui - Sun Catcher) Written by Tim Tipene, illustrated by Zak Waipara, and reo Māori translation by Rob Ruha is the next book on our list. natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/...

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 19d

Yes! I feel like he's got such an incredible ability to bring a page to life - the colours and textures specifically are so wonderful and rich! Feels like something you can just sit and soak up for a long long time

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 20d

And check out this lovely reading and Q+A: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSYP...

Gavin Bishop: Reading and Q&A session

YouTube video by NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 20d

It was Bishop's FIFTH time winning book of the year. There's a nice little write up about the book awards here on the spinoff, which highlights Bishop's work: thespinoff.co.nz/books/10-08-...

He’s the man: Gavin Bishop cleans up at the children’s book awards

Results and analysis of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young People.

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 20d

Gavin Bishop;s (Ngāti Pukeko, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Mahuta, Tainui) Atua swept the CYA book awards in 2022 winning the Margaret Mahy book of the year AND the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction AAAND the Russell Clark Award for Illustration.
www.teaonews.co.nz/2022/08/13/a...

Atua: Māori gods and Heroes - Māori author's efforts recognised

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 20d

It would be remiss of me to do a list of Māori comics and illustrated books (or other library items) and not mention Gavin Bishop. My problem is really which Bishop book to highlight! In the end I chose Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes: natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/...

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 20d

If you're not a Te Whanganui-a-Tara resident you can check out our online exhibition that some of my colleagues have put together showing some of the amazing photos and ephemera in our collection to celebrate 50 years since the 1975 hīkoi:

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 20d

At the moment the Library is running a series of events form Aug-November called Mana Māori Motuhake: Māori rights and representation. There's a bunch of film screenings and some rolling exhibitions - well worth checking out:
natlib.govt.nz/events/mana-...

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 20d

Sorry! I've been unwell - so have some catching up to do with this list... incoming updates ahoy

Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · Aug 31

It's Mahuru Māori and I thought I'd share some cool things that are at the National Library (I'll do it as a thread and add a new one every(?) day:

Te Ātea (natlib.govt.nz/records/2110...) by Katarina Mataira.

I only came across this book a few years ago, even though it was released in 1975.

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The Sapling @thesaplingnz.bsky.social · 24d

Mō te Rāpare nei, te rā tuawhā o Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, e whakanui ana mātou i tētahi rangatira nui whakaharahara: pānuihia tēnei Whakatauira nō Te Whaea o te Motu: Whina Cooper me Te Hīkoi Roa mō Te Manatika.
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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · 26d

!!!!!! Yes!!

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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 27d

Wellington hīkoi draws thousands to mark half a century of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Students, teachers and whānau filled Wellington's waterfront with waiata and banners in support of te reo Māori.

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Chantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm excited about an event that I have been helping organising - a panel discussion of Maurice Gee's contribution to children's literature. It'll be a mixture of readings and people speaking about his work

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ngā Tānga Reo Māori project has digitised, and is continuing to digitise, publications from Ngā Tānga Reo Māori: ngā kohikohinga me ōna whakamārama’ (Books in Reo Māori). You can read a bit about the project here, and how to use this resource on papers past:
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/n...

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · Sep 11

Papers Past is a really helpful resource that the library offers (here's the site for it: paperspast.natlib.govt.nz) and the team have also been working really hard on a specific project to make sure that books and newspapers in te reo Māori are part of the collection, and accessible online

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · Sep 11

Today's resource isn't technically part of my portfolio area (cartoons, comics, illustrated books and children's literature) but it's a really amazing resource at the library, and so it feels appropriate to highlight on this thread...

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · Sep 10

You can read along here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs1b...

Or in English here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yndt...

Read along – Rere Atu Taku Poi! Let My Poi Fly! (Māori)

YouTube video by Auckland Libraries

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · Sep 10

The story is inspired by Tangaroa's own experience of kapa haka and is a beautiful celebration of gender diversity, but it's probably best to just listen to them in their own words: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq4l...

Author interview – Tangaroa Paul

YouTube video by Auckland Libraries

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Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social · Sep 10

I got to see Tangaroa Paul (Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupouri, Ngāti Kuri, Ngāi Takoto, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Rēhia, Ngāpuhi and Marqueses Islands of Tāhiti) as the Same Same But Different Writers fest earlier this year, as they read Rere Atu Taku Poi! natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/...

Cover of Rere Atu Taku Poi! Text on the Cover reads (top to bottom): "Rere Atu Taku Poi!
Let My Poi Fly!
Tangaroa Paul
Nā Rebecca Gibbs ngā pikitia" (final line roughly translates as 'and Rebecca Gibbs drew the illustrations').
The cover is bright with bright colours swirling in the background mimicking the movement of the poi. Two white poi with black and red string fly in the foreground, there is a figure drawn from above with long brown hair, holding one poi and reaching for another, smiling

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