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In Canvas - NZ Herald today: New Zealand Place Names
Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown
Peter Dowling & A.W. Reed

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December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Just right for under the tree come two fun books that will entertain children this Christmas:
A Manulele in a Mango Tree/Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago, in English and Gagana Sāmoa — and Santa needs a NEW BUM!
Available in all good bookstores — read more: oratia.co.nz/childrens-bo...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Dr Rāpata Wiri talks with Kathryn Ryan on RNZ Nine to Noon about bringing back to print, 100 years from its first publication, the two volumes of Tuhoe The Children of the Mist, by Elsdon Best
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Interview with Finnish author-illustrator team, Johanna Venho and Sanna Pelliccioni, talking about Five Oceans' latest publication Thank you, Forest
librointernational.blogspot.com/2025/12/inte...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Te Reo Māori: The Basics Explained
by David Kārena-Holmes, available in print, ebook and audiobook
oratia.co.nz/product/te-r...

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November 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Te Ahi Kā: The Fires of Occupation explores in photographs, archives and interviews some of the key political, environmental and cultural issues for the iwi as it has sought return of its historical lands at Mangapapapa.
oratia.co.nz/product/te-a... #Māori #MartinToft #WhanganuiRiver #TeAhiKā
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
At Scorpio Books, Christchurch for Tuesday’s presentation of New Zealand Place Names – Takerei Norton (Ngāi Tahu) and Peter Dowling in discussion

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November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Writers led by Ihimaera and Grace challenged earlier stereotypes and inherited literary forms, creating a new body of writing that has redefined the Māori in literature.

Available as an ebook
oratia.co.nz/product/from...

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November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
At the launch of Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist
by Elsdon Best in Rotorua Public Library. In the photos: Dr Rāpata Wiri (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Ruapani), who wrote the preface of this fifth edition, Kingi Biddle (Ngāti Whakaue) and Oratia publisher Peter Dowling.

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November 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"A brilliant book for name nerds: full of quirks and facts."

New Zealand Place Names – Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown by Peter Dowling and A. W. Reed is N.5 this week at Unity Wellington.

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November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
On Waatea News: Dr Rāpata Wiri talks about Tuhoe: Children of the Mist. Dr Wiri has written the preface for this new edition of the Elsdon Best classic. Listen to the interview here: waateanews.com/tag/tuhoe-ch...

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November 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The work that has been called 'New Zealand’s greatest tribal history' returns to print a century after its first publication, in quality hardback volumes.
Tuhoe
The Children of the Mist
Elsdon Best
Preface to the fifth edition by Rāpata Wiri
Read the full article here: oratia.co.nz/maori/new-ze...
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Photos from Unity Books Wellington yesterday evening at the launch of New Zealand Place Names:
From left: Wendy Shaw (NZGB), Heather Lane (Reed estate), Anselm Haanen, Christopher Stephens, Peter Dowling (Author), Joanna Barnes-Wylie (Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand)

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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Congratulations to Ross Calman, recipient of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement for non-fiction.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
From the forests of Finland, a thank you to nature for young readers in Oceania:

Thank you, Forest

Johanna Venho
Illustrated by Sanna Pelliccioni
Translated by Jennifer Pulju Porter

Read the full article here: oratia.co.nz/five-oceans/...

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November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
New Zealand Place Names
Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown
Peter Dowling & A.W. Reed
Produced with the help of Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board
oratia.co.nz/product/newz...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Ant Rebellion www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/book/9781... #juniornovel #juniorfiction

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October 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue – Niue Language Week
Sample pages of Niue by Mele Nemaia, with text in English and Vagahau Niue
More sample pages here: oratia.co.nz/five-oceans/...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🌺 Celebrate Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue – Niue Language Week!

With text in English and Vagahau Niue, Niue, by Mele Nemaia, is the latest book in the Moana Oceania Series.

Read the article and see sample pages here: oratia.co.nz/five-oceans/...

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October 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Themes of partnership, working together, and rising up against injustice to achieve better lives for everyone, shine in this junior novel."

Adele Broadbent reviews The Ant Rebellion by Toprak Isik: whatbooknext.com/the-ant-rebe...

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October 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM