Join Māui as he shares stories for tamariki based on taonga from the Te Papa collection.

'...a fresh approach to aspects of Aotearoa history...' - Scoop Culture; 'Fully and exclusively written in te reo Maori and aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this book's lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealand's famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations' - Tomorrow's Schools Today; 'A Treasury of Stories from Aotearoa and the Pacific...These tales of great bravery, compassion, sacrifice, and love ... told through a Maori lens are ones for all of us to share and enhance our knowledge about New Zealand's past which has shaped us as a nation...Maui's Taonga Tales: A Treasury of Stories from Aotearoa and the Pacific is beautifully illustrated by eight young Maori artists...it is a very special book for children 7 years up and well worth adding to the family bookshelf' - Grownups; 'This work is for everybody. A powerful piece of publication. Don't miss it.' - Bobs Book Blog; 'Every so often, far less frequently than you would hope, a book is released that immediately makes your heart sing. A book that upon just seeing the cover makes it clear it's important and precious. A taonga. Maui's Taonga Tales, and its te reo Maori companion He Paki Taonga i a Maui, is one such book.' - NZ Booklovers.

Reweti Arapere (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou Ngāti Tūwharetoa) Kua whakawhiwhia a Reweti ki te Tohu Paerua i Ngā Toi Ataata Māori ki Toioho ki Apiti, i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa. Ka whia kē āna whakaaturanga puta noa i Aotearoa, ki rāwāhi anō hoki. He ringa tā pikitia ia. Ko tāna he whakaatu atu i ngā kōrero tuku iho mā te toi hou. Ariki Brightwell (Te Whānau-a-Ruataupere, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Mutunga, Rangitāne, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Arawa ki Tūwharetoa, Tahiti, Ra'iātea, Rarotonga) I whānau mai a Ariki i te tau 1989 ki Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, ināianei kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara ia e noho ana. I whai tohu ia ki Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa i te tau 2013, he Tohu Paetahi (Bachelor of Video Communications Design). Kei te mahi ia ki Te Wharewaka o Pōneke, ā, he ringatoi anō hoki. Hei tāna: ‘He ringatoi taketake ahau nō ngā kāwai Māori o Aotearoa me Tahiti. Mai i taku tamarikitanga, ko te mahi toi tōku kaingākau; he tikanga tuku iho. Ko Mātahi Brightwell tōku matua, he tohunga whakairo, he ringatoi rongonui puta noa i Aotearoa. Ko ia taku pou whakaawe. Tērā tētahi atu kaupapa whakaawe i taku tikanga toi, ko ngā pakiwaituhi o Āhia/Amerika/Ūropi me te toi arotini nō taku tamarikitanga, i ngā ngahuru tau o te tau 1990 ki te tau 2000. Ko te aronga o aku toi, he takitaki i ngā kōrero tuku iho, i ngā whakapapa, pērā ki ngā mātua tīpuna, mā te matarahi, mā te peita, mā te matihiko, ā, ka tuia ngā taera o nehe ki ngā taera hou. Kua ea tētahi moemoeā i tēnei kaupapa. Nōku te hōnore, i whai wāhi mai au ki tēnei kaupapa, hei tā i ā tātou hītori me ngā paki a ngā tīpuna.’ Te Hana Goodyer (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) I whai tohu a Te Hana ki TePunenga ki Pūrehuroa i te tau 2016. Kei te noho ia ki Rānana, kei reira e mahi ana hei kaihoahoa huanga mō tētahi kamupene-I tautaiao hangarau. He kaihoahoa, he kaitā pikitia matihiko, he kaitāpakiwaituhi tāoreore anō hoki. Kei te aronui a Te Hana ki ngā kaupapa Māori, ki te hipi hopi me te anime. ‘Koia taku puna auaha, taku puna whakaawe, whakakipakipa i a au i te ao, i te pō.’ Miriama Grace-Smith (Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Porou) Mai i te wā i a ia e nohinohi ana, he toi te mahi a Miriama. Ko ana taera toi, ko te peita, ko te waihanga mātātuhi, ko te tā moko, ko te tā pikitia me te hoahoa pūeru. I whai tohu Tiwhikete i ngā Toi Ataata ki Whitireia, kātahi ka whai Tohu Paetahi Toi ki Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa. Koinei te tūāpapa o āna akoranga, kātahi ka whai ia i tāna i ngākaunui ai, ko te mahi toi. He nui āna mahi toi e whakaatu ana i te noho a ngā tīpuna ki ō rātau papa kāinga, e tūhura ana i te taiao, e toro atu ana ki ngā kōrero pūrākau. He mema a Miriama nō Hine Pae Kura, he kāhui toi wāhine Māori. Nāna anō te whata pūeru tiriti o Foresight Clothing. Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Irakehu) He kaihoahoa whakairoiro a Izzy Joy. He tohu Toi Ataata (mai i UCOL) tāna. He Tohu Paetahi i te Hoahoa (whai Hōnore) mai i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, ko te tā pikitia te aronga nui. I whānau mai a Izzy i te tau 1988, i tipu ake ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara me Te Wairarapa. I reira ka mau i a ia te aronga nui o ōna mātua ki te taiao, ki ngā manu me ngā tipu māori. Ka aronui āna mahi toi ki ngā kaupapa pēnei i te mana wahine, i te kaitiakitanga, i te taiao me te pō. I ahu mai ana whakaawenga toi i ngā ringatoi, i ngā ringatā pikitia maha, pakeke mai, tamariki mai hoki. Kei Pōneke a Izzy e mahi ana hei kaitāpikitia i ngā taera maha, matihiko mai, ā-tuhi mai rānei. Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho (Ngāi Tūhoe, Rongowhakaata, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Hāmoa, Tahiti, Airangi, Koterangi me Tenemāka) Kei Tāmaki Makaurau a Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho e mahi ana hei ringatoi. Nāna anō ia i ako ki te mahi toi. Kua mahi ia i te taha o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, Auckland Pride, o The Wireless, o Ara Taiohi, o Pantograph Punch, o Gender Minorities Aotearoa me ētahi atu. Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhaakata) He kaitā pukapuka pikitia a Josh. Kei te noho rātou ko tōna whānau ki Pōneke me te putunga pukapuka pikitia. He mea hanga āna waituhi matihiko hei whakaoho i te wairua ngahau o ngā pukapuka pikitia me ngā pakiwaituhi tāoreore i ngākaunuitia e Josh i tana ohinga. Ka ngākau aroha ia ki āna mahi. Kua whakanuia ētahi, pēnei ki ngā pukapuka pikitia i hangaia e rāua ko Sarah Cotter. Kua ahu mai aua pukapuka i te tirohanga Māori. Nōna te waimarie ki te whai wāhi mai ki tēnei kaupapa, nō te rohe o ōna tīpuna te paki nāna i whakarākei. Munro Te Whata (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Porou) He Māori, he Niuē a Munro nō te tonga o Tāmaki Makaurau. I a rātou ko ōna karangamaha e tamariki ana ka tīmata mai āna mahi tā pikitia. I whakarērea te haikura (he tā pikitia tana mahi, ka mutu) mō te kura pakiwaituhi tāoreore. I whakangungua hei kaipakiwaituhi tāoreore ā-pepa, nō muri mai, ka mahi hei kaipakiwaituhi tāoreore mō Bro’town. I mahi hoki ia ki Whakaata Māori, nāwai, ka mutu tana mahi pakiwaituhi tāoreore. Kotahi tau e tāpoi ana, ka kuhu ki tētahi tohu paetahi mō te tuhi auaha, kātahi ka whai mahi hoki hei kaitā pikitia, koia tonu tana mahi i tēnei wā.