10 August For the first time a bilingual book has taken out the top prize at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by Mat Tait (Ngāti Apa ki te rātō) was tonight presented .
Inspiring kids to read for pleasure is just as important as ensuring they can read, and some of New Zealand’s leading literary advocates are calling for a greater focus on reading for enjoyment as education takes the spotlight. Alan Dingley is
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From a field of 166 entries, the 28 finalists in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are announced today. Across six main categories, these books offer the nation’s young readers a tasty smorgasbord of titles, packed with .