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Koinei te Whare na Haki i Hanga (The House that Jack Built, Te Reo Maori edition)

Author: Gavin Bishop

Illustrator: Gavin Bishop

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Koinei te Whare na Haki i Hanga is a complex weaving together of the nursery rhyme with the cultural, historical and environmental context. The illustrations are rich, evocative and complex, and reward being looked at again and again. 

Saturday Express, June 2012


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Koinei te kuri,
Nana i whaiwhai te ngeru,
Nana te kiore i whakamate,
Nana i kai te mata,
I haupu ra i te whare,
Te whare na Haki i hanga.
...in Te Reo Maori, translated by Piripi Walker and edited by Hone Apanui.

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The Listener (Arts and Books), March 2012
The old nursery rhyme is brought brilliantly to life in a colonia...
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The Children’s Bookshop School and Library Newsletter, Term 1 2012
...in Te Reo Maori, translated by Piripi Walker and edited by Hon...
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Trevor Agnew, Magpies, March 2012
Maori religious beliefs, trading accounts, hand-writing exercises...
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Saturday Express, June 2012
The accompanying pictures tell a parallel (and sometimes divergen...
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Country of origin New Zealand
Translator Piripi Walker    
Editor     Hone Apanui
Age 3+
Size 40pp, 245mm x 295mm
ISBN 978-1-877467-79-0 Paperback
Published by Gecko Press in February 2012