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Award-winning children's author Philippa Werry teams up with leading Turkish illustrator Burak Akbay to tell a tale that crosses the battle lines of Gallipoli. Young girl Derya and her family move from Turkey to live in New Zealand, bringing with them family treasures including the water bottle that her greatgrandfather Hasan brought back from Gallipoli. At school she learns that her new friend Tom had a great-great-uncle who fought at Gallipoli. Together with their friend Airini they learn what happened when New Zealand and Turkish soldiers met there, and how an Anzac soldier gave the water bottle to Hasan after he was wounded. After attending an Anzac Day ceremony, the friends come home together and Tom's mum makes Anzac biscuits. 'Look at the three of us, ' Airini says. 'Many years ago our families fought each other, but now we can be friends.'

This concise guide to the art of greenstone carving, out of print for the past 20 years, returns in a smartly designed, fully illustrated new edition. Greenstone Carving takes readers from the origins of pounamu/greenstone through the basics of the artform -- design, tools and techniques, different stone types and potential projects. Len Gale draws on his background as a craftsman and teacher explain popular Māori designs like hei tiki, toki, pekapeka, mere and patu. The text is accompanied by detailed drawings and photos, including images of superb finished works from the Moko Pounamu studio, Ōtautahi/Christchurch. This new book joins an expanding range of Māori craft books from Oratia, including Te Whatu Tāniko and Te Toi Whakairo.

Austrian-born artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser arrived in New Zealand in 1973, seeking refuge from a world out of kilter with nature. After travelling and exhibiting, he settled at Kaurinui, the land he bought and restored in the Bay of Islands. Wishing to unite nature and art, art and life, he was never nearer to this unity than in New Zealand. Hundertwasser in New Zealand is a richly illustrated and accessible account of the artists love of Aotearoa, his interaction with the people and land, and the influence these had on his work. Andreas Hirsch explores in superb, lucid prose the artists trajectory in New Zealand, including the art, philosophy and architecture he created here, along with public projects like the Koru Flag and the Kawakawa Public Toilets. Illustrated with an array of paintings, drawings, sketches, photographs and the artists writing, this book is itself an artistic statement that will connect with readers of all kinds and truly enshrine Hundertwasser as a New Zealand icon.

Inside-Out is written to counter fear. By enquiring deeply into who you are and how you operate, you can discover much better ways to live and be. This is the practice of resilience - learning to be calm, energized, engaged, focused and in flow. We can all learn to be more resilient.Each of the practices described are soundly based on evidence and deliver results. Some steps such as sorting out sleep, nutrition and exercise are easier to understand and harder to perfect. Other steps such as coherence, positivity and meditation will be more complex to understand, yet can be surprisingly rewarding to initiate.

In this comprehensive collection, now in its third edition, esteemed editor Ross Calman revises the core stories of gods (atua) and people (tangata) and the many other beings that sit on the continuum between the two. Divided into themes, this elegantly produced volume starts with traditions of the creation of the universe, and the separation of Rangi and Papa, then reviews the pantheon of atua (gods), the overworlds and underworlds. Next are the demigods and supernatural peoples, then legends of earth, ocean and sky, tohunga and makutu, and finally legends of love and endurance. He Atua, He Tangata presents different versions for stories, with sources identified where possible. Calman has modernised the language to give stories a contemporary feel, incorporating updates to the Māori, making this timeless work perfect for twenty-first century readers.

Kotuku notices her grandfather is becoming forgetful. He hides things around the house and has trouble talking. Is Koro sick? Step by step, Kotuku and her whānau learn about dementia and help Koro to adjust to the changes in his life. This bilingual book tells the story of Koro's changes and how his family adapt to look after him. What doesn't change is their unwavering love for their grandad. Trish Bowles' watercolour illustrations sensitively trace the family's journey and help show dementia doesn't mean the end of life.

Distinguished author and lawyer Ron Crosby rewrites his seminal The Musket Wars on a thematic basis, simplifying it to a concise work full of maps and illustrations for the general reader. Muskets, potatoes and other introductions fundamentally altered the balance of power in 19th-century Aotearoa, leading to inter-iwi conflicts over almost 40 years that claimed tens of thousands of lives. This important work will further understanding of how the boom of muskets continues to echo in New Zealand today.

This is a heart-warming collection of memories and snapshots of ordinary New Zealanders and their cars from the 1950s through to the 1980s, forming a kind of national family photo album with its focus on the four-wheeled members. Here we are on camping trips with tents piled on roof racks; at family picnics; fixing flat tyres and bent over reluctant engines; and, time after time, pictured proudly alongside our motors. With captions that relay first-hand experiences, and an appendix giving the facts and history of the cars.

Sir Singlet is clever with needle and thread. See all the cushions hes made for his bed Narrated by the heros nephew, Sir Singlet is about a knight with a difference hed rather create his new underwear range than fight the enemy. But the king has other ideas, leaving Sir Singlet with not enough time to get his new knightwear range into production. Will it stand the test of battle and help to win new fame for this most well-dressed hero?

Weta, cricket, beetle and their other insect friends want to come along to school with the kids. But is it such a good idea? A class of excited children and a terrified teacher might be too much to handle. Following the style of Dawns Theres a Tui in our Teapot, which has sold strongly, this new collaboration with Stephanie Thatcher puts New Zealand insects into a fun context, in English and Māori.

In this fresh account of one of the 20th-centurys great New Zealanders, Matthew Wright approaches Bernard Freyberg the man rather than the more widely known figure of a military leader. What took a humble immigrant child in Wellington to become a hero in two wars, friend to literary giants and politicians, very private father and husband, and very public governor-general? Freyberg: A Lifes Journey is the most accessible biography on Tiny Freyberg yet, with numerous black and white photos.

The beloved myth of Rona and the Moon comes to 21st-century Aotearoa in English and Māori in Tim Tipenes sensitive interpretation, strikingly illustrated by Tai Tokerau artist Theresa Reihana. Rona Moon gets angry with everyone -- her brother, her nana and papa, and then one night she calls the moon stupid! Taken to meet her ancestor Whaea Rona on the moon, she learns a lesson in how to control her temper.

The New Zealand Division's capture of the French town of Le Quesnoy was its last and most successful action in the First World War. Breaking through defensive lines and scaling the town walls by ladder, the New Zealanders overwhelmed the defenders, freeing the town after years of German occupation. It was a victory that resounded around the world, and helped convince German high command they could no longer hold the front. Based on his intimate knowledge of the landscape and those involved, Dr Christopher Pugsley puts together the story with his mastery of drama and detail - producing a book that is thrilling at the same time as a tribute to the New Zealanders who died (and whose details are fully recorded here for the first time). Strikingly illustrated with maps, photographs and the stunning paintings of the battle by George Butler, Le Quesnoy 1918 is an inspiring read.