waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa - Te Ropu Whakahau
waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa - Te Ropu Whakahau
waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa - Te Ropu Whakahau
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It was another great night celebrating NewZealand children’s wri<strong>te</strong>rs and books on the8th August at Café L’affare in Wellington.The night was once again opened by our <strong>Te</strong>Rōpū <strong>Whakahau</strong> tumuaki Anahera Morehuwho also acknowledged the great loss ofKa<strong>te</strong>rina Mataira, Māori language expert, authorand translator. Nō reira, e <strong>te</strong> kōka,Ka<strong>te</strong>rina <strong>Te</strong> Heikōkō, koia nei mātou <strong>te</strong> mokemokenei mōu. Mōu kua ngaro nei i <strong>te</strong> tirohangakanohi, e <strong>te</strong> pūkenga reo, e <strong>te</strong> hinengaroauaha, e <strong>te</strong> wahine nāu tō tātou reo i arohaina,i poipoi, i ahuahu i <strong>te</strong> wā i a koe. Nāuanō rā <strong>te</strong> wawata nui kia ora ai <strong>te</strong> reo mō aketonu. Nō reira ka mihi mōu, ka mihi. Otirā, e<strong>te</strong> kōka, takoto mai, moe mai rā.This year the judging panel for <strong>Te</strong> KuraPounamu section for <strong>te</strong> reo Māori booksconsis<strong>te</strong>d of myself, NaomiCussack a kaiako at <strong>Te</strong> KuraKaupapa Maori o Puau <strong>te</strong>Moana Nui a Kiwa andMargaret Ngaropo, PouKohinga Matua at the AucklandLibraries.<strong>Te</strong> Kura Pounamu award wasawarded for the first time to a graphic novel,Ngarimu: <strong>te</strong> tohu toa, researched and retoldby Kawata <strong>Te</strong>epa and illustra<strong>te</strong>d by AndrewBurdan (Huia Publishers). We loved that thisstory of a well known Māori war hero, Moananui-a-KiwaNgarimu, has been brought toyoung readers in a graphic novel format. Thisstory covers Ngarimu’s heroic leadership of hisplatoon resulting in his death and him subsequentlybecoming the first Māori recipient ofthe Victoria Cross.The war is bought to life by the use of exclamatorywords and onomatopoeia. The languagewas easy to follow but also rich with theuse of idioms and proverbs. The landscapeformat fit<strong>te</strong>d in with the war story allowingpanoramic and large as life views on the doublespread pages. One double spread pageshows the soldiers performing the haka followingNgarimu’s death in the foreground onone page trailing into the distance on theother page. You can virtually hear that hakabeing performed! You canalso see and hear the 7000strong crowd singing E <strong>te</strong>hokowhitu a tū, kia kaha rā onthe double spread page of theposthumous award ceremonyof the Victoria Cross toNgarimu. Throughout thebook the essence and emotionof the Māori warriors has been captured intheir expressions and illustrations. Thisgraphic novel is an outstanding example ofwhat is on offer to the young reader today in6
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