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In the Beginning is a 2001 New Zealand children's book by Peter Gossage, a New Zealand author. The book is a retelling of the Māori creation story and is sculpted around Māori mythology . Gossage writes about the struggle of Ranginui and Papatūānuku's children who are tired of living in the dark and trying to part their parents to allow ...
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Peter Gossage (22 October 1946 – 30 July 2016) was a New Zealand author and illustrator. Known for his children's picture books based on Māori mythology, Gossage published over 20 books with deceptively simple storytelling popular inside and outside of classrooms.
Huia Publishers is a New Zealand publishing company based in Wellington, established in 1991. [1] Huia publishes material in Māori and English for adults and children, including graphic novels, picture books, chapter books, novels and resources for kura kaupapa Māori (Māori language schools).
In 2009, Joy Cowley and Mary Clover Bibby wrote the children's book, Tārore and her Book. The same year, the Churches Education Commission gave 240,000 free copies of the book to New Zealand primary schools because of its historical significance to both Māori and Christianity in New Zealand.
A Korao was written as an aid to educate Māori children and convert them to Christianity. It features phrases, word lists and religious instruction. The children would recite the alphabet and syllables, in hopes of learning reading and writing. [2] Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand describes the book as "very basic and full of errors". [1]
The popular English children's author G. A. Henty wrote Maori and Settler: A Tale of the New Zealand Wars (1890). Lady Barker wrote two books about life in New Zealand; Station Life in New Zealand (1870) and Station Amusements in New Zealand (1873), and her husband Frederick Broome wrote Poems from New Zealand (1868).