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A korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's first book was written by Anglican missionary Thomas Kendall in 1815, and is the first book written in the Māori language. [1] The full title is A korao no New Zealand, or, The New Zealander's first book : being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives.
My Story is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic New Zealand which was inspired by Dear America. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or time period in New Zealand history . [ 1 ]
In the UK there were three Kathy and Mark Little Book collections, each of four volumes: Green 1-4 (1973), [13] Orange 1-4 (1973), [14] and Turquoise 1-4 (1974). [15] They incorporated small in-line illustrations in place of certain words, such as 'umbrella'. Nisbet published a variety of Kathy and Mark books with other colours and titles.
The new florin became popular with the New Zealand public. [5] Ethnologist Johannes Andersen , quoted in Dominion , described the florin as particularly well-designed, with the hairy feathers and bristles of the kiwi depicted faithfully; however, he suggested the horizontal ground was not apparent in the design, and should be stippled to ...
Goodnight Kiwi is a New Zealand TV show where well-known New Zealanders are presented reading children's books. It is intended to be watched before bed, and is based on the TV sign-off animation, Goodnight Kiwi. Each episode is around three minutes long and available on TVNZ+. [1] It includes animations, original illustrations and live ...
Te Whāriki is a bi-cultural curriculum that sets out four broad principles, a set of five strands, and goals for each strand.It does not prescribe specific subject-based lessons, rather it provides a framework for teachers and early childhood staff (kaiako) to encourage and enable children in developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, learning dispositions to learn how to learn.
The award was established by the New Zealand Women Writers' Society in 1959, with funding from the Bank of New Zealand. [1] [2] [3] It was established in order to recognise the contributions of Katherine Mansfield to New Zealand literature. [4] Mansfield's father Harold Beauchamp had been a member of the board of directors of the bank from 1898 ...
In 1985 and 1988, Marshall received the Lilian Ida Smith Award (Fiction). [4] In the 2000 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature, [5] and in the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, he was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to literature. [6]