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  • Maori Phrase a Day
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    Maori Phrase a Day

    Kelly, Hemi

    A modern, user-friendly phrasebook for all New Zealanders. A Maori Phrase a Day offers a fun and easy entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 phrases, you will learn the following: -...
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  • Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori
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    Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori

    Ryan, PM

    The Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori is a portable reference source for speakers of English and Maori at all levels. This new edition has been fully revised by the author. The Raupo Pocket...
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  • Raupo Book of Maori Proverbs
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    Raupo Book of Maori Proverbs

    Reed, A.W.

    Proverbs (or whakatauki) express the wisdom, wit and commonsense of the Maori people. They are of great value and inspiration to writers, story-tellers and anyone speaking in a Maori setting. ...
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  • Raupo Essential Maori Dictionary
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    Raupo Essential Maori Dictionary

    Calman, Ross

    The Raupo Essential Maori Dictionary is an invaluable introductory dictionary for students of te reo Maori.It features: clear, easy-to-follow Maori-English and English-Maori sections, with the Maori...
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  • Taniwha of Wellington Harbour
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    Taniwha of Wellington Harbour

    Wairama, Moira

    A legend about the two taniwha who played a role in forming Wellington Harbour, retold by Moira Warama, with stunning illustrations by Bruce Potter Discover the dramatic legend of how Wellington...
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  • Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori
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    Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori

    Ryan, PM

    This dictionary by P.M. Ryan, one of New Zealand's leading Maori-language scholars, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date available. This dictionary by P.M. Ryan, one of New Zealand's leading...
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  • Space Between
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    Space Between

    Keenan, Lauren

    A gripping historical novel set amid the New Zealand Wars in 1860. As English settlers wage war upon local iwi in colonial Taranaki, two women confront their pasts to survive the present. Frances...
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  • Taniwha
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    Taniwha

    Kahukiwa, Robyn

    A Māori-English edition of the classic, award-winning story about a boy who makes friends with a taniwha, by one of Aotearoa's foremost artists. Trailblazing Māori artist Robyn Kahukiwa's...
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  • Mauritau
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    Mauritau

    Jessica Gerbic

    A journal to find balance with the 12 states of Mauri Mauri is the pulse of wellbeing - the spark that makes you uniquely you.In Mauritau, clinical psychologist Jessica Gerbic introduces the 12...
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  • Life as a Casketeer
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    Life as a Casketeer

    Francis Tipene

    *Stars of the hit television series The Casketeers, as seen on Netflix* Francis and Kaiora Tipene aren't your typical funeral directors. With their famous humour and big-hearted personalities, the...
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  • Hine Toa
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    Hine Toa

    Ngahuia te Awekotuku

    An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Māori liberation movements***Winner of the general non-fiction award at the the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025*** 'Remarkable...
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  • Miimi Marraal, Mother Earth Board Book
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    Miimi Marraal, Mother Earth Board Book

    Melissa Greenwood

    The bestselling Melissa Greenwood book for new babies now available in board book, especially for little hands! Miimi Marraal, she created us, you and me ...A deeply felt and heart-stirring picture...
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  • Immigrant Children in Transcultural Spaces
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    Immigrant Children in Transcultural Spaces

    Marjorie Faulstich Orellana

    Grounded in both theory and practice, with implications for both, this book is about children’s perspectives on the borders that society erects, and their actual, symbolic, ideational and...
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  • Tikanga
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    Tikanga

    Francis Tipene

    Living a fulfilling life rich with tradition, connection and te ao Maori Following on from their bestseller, Life as a Casketeer, Francis and Kaiora Tipene share how they bring the traditional values...
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  • Image coming soon
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    Mihi

    Gavin Bishop

    This beautiful baby book introduces ideas of me and my place in the world in the shape of a simple mihi or pepeha Mihi / mihimihi / pepeha: introducing yourself and making connections to other...
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  • Dirrayawadha
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    Dirrayawadha

    Anita Heiss

    Shortlisted for the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards, The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray...
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  • Toxic Language in East Asia
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    Toxic Language in East Asia

    Lucien Brown

    This book explores examples of ‘toxic language’, the linguistic manifestations of societal conflicts and aggressions, that have arisen in Asian contexts.By highlighting toxic language, a panoramic...
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  • Understanding Indonesian Grammar
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    Understanding Indonesian Grammar

    James Neil Sneddon

    Understanding Indonesian Grammar is a reference and workbook designed primarily for intermediate and advanced students in senior years of high school and at university. It provides a clear,...
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  • Brunei and the British in the Nineteenth Century
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    Brunei and the British in the Nineteenth Century

    Ooi Keat Gin

    Brunei and the British in the Nineteenth Century relates the remarkable tale of the encounter between the Sultanate of Brunei, that in 1800 possessed nominal hegemony over most of northern Borneo,...
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  • Mobilizing Multilingual Identities
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    Mobilizing Multilingual Identities

    Gary Barkhuizen

    This book draws together leading international scholars in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language teacher education to explore language policy, teaching, and learning approaches that...
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  • Literature of Brunei
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    Literature of Brunei

    Ooi Keat Gin

    This book presents an overview of the literature of Brunei, surveying literary traditions, innovations, and new approaches as well as historical and contemporary issues and challenges.This book...
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  • Creative Readings of Multilingual Picturebooks
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    Creative Readings of Multilingual Picturebooks

    Esa Christine Hartmann

    This edited volume offers fresh perspectives on linguistic and cultural diversity in multilingual picturebooks, examining their potential to support multilingual learning in different educational...
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  • Language, Identity and Diversity in Picturebooks
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    Language, Identity and Diversity in Picturebooks

    Nicola Daly

    This book presents a range of perspectives on the way language, diversity, and identity are reflected in New Zealand children’s literature, based on the published research of Nicola Daly, an...
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  • Qur'an Translation in Indonesia
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    Qur'an Translation in Indonesia

    Johanna Pink

    This book provides a comprehensive survey of Qur’an translation in Indonesia – the most populous Muslim-majority country in the world with a highly diverse, multilingual society.Delving into the...
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  • Discourse Particles in Asian Languages Volume II
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    Discourse Particles in Asian Languages Volume II

    Hiroki Nomoto

    This volume is the second in a two-part collection of research on discourse particles focusing exclusively on the languages of Asia from the perspective of formal as well as non-formal semantics and...
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  • Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar
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    Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar

    James Neil Sneddon

    This grammar is a complete reference guide to the language of Indonesia as used by native speakers.The book is organised to promote a thorough understanding of Indonesian grammar. It presents the...
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  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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    Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

    Renee Chin

    Who delivers mail to the birds of New Zealand? Join Ruru, the New Zealand native owl, while she delivers the mail to her avian friends like Tui and Piwakawaka at night . Discover which birds are...
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  • A Lion in the Meadow
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    A Lion in the Meadow

    Margaret Mahy

    I ki atu te tamaiti, "E whae, he raiona kei roto i nga otaota."Ka ki mai te whaea, "Horihori, e Tama."E mea ana koe he raiona kei roto i nga otaota?Ka takutakutia e Margaret Mahy tetahi paki...
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  • A Lion in the Meadow
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    A Lion in the Meadow

    Margaret Mahy

    There's a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow. Go and see for yourself. What would you do if you knew there was a lion in the meadow, but your mother doesn't believe you? And when she...
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  • Nga Wira o te Pahi
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    Nga Wira o te Pahi

    Donovan Bixley

    "Ko nga wira o te pahi ka taka-huri-huri . . ." E mohio whanuitia ana tenei waiata. Engari, inaianei kei te haere te pahi huri noa i to tatou whenua ataahua o Aotearoa nei, a, ka mohio pea koe ki...
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  • Edmonds My First Cookbook
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    Edmonds My First Cookbook

    Goodman Fielder

    I te ahua o nga pikitia, me te takoto o te hatepe tohutohu, ka mama noa to ako ki te tunu i enei kai e hangai pu ana ki Aotearoa.Kia tu koe hei toa ki te tao panikeke, hei toki ki te tunu potaka...
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  • Te Pamu o Koro Meketanara
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    Te Pamu o Koro Meketanara

    Donovan Bixley

    "I a Koro Meketanara tetahi pamu - TI-HAI-TI-HAI-HAU . . ." E mohio whanuitia ana tenei waiata. Engari, inaianei to Koro Meketanara he pamu ataahua kei Aotearoa tonu - a, kei taua pamu etahi kararehe...
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  • One Word
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    One Word

    Melissa-Jane Fogarty

    A poignant and moving story about reclaiming language and the enduring power of love, told though the eyes of a little girl on a quest to learn her grandfather's hidden first language.When Myra stays...
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  • Language Policy in Superdiverse Indonesia Language Policy in Superdiverse Indonesia
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    Language Policy in Superdiverse Indonesia

    Subhan Zein

    Indonesia has an extreme diversity of linguistic wealth, with 707 languages by one count, or 731 languages and more than 1,100 dialects in another estimate, spoken by more than 600 ethnicities spread...
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  • The Pit
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    The Pit

    Peter Papathanasiou

    "Outback noir has a new star" Mark Sanderson, The TimesWith DS Manolis on leave in Greece, Senior Constable Sparrow receives a phone call from a man who wants to turn himself in.Bob is sixty-five...
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  • The Invisible
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    The Invisible

    Peter Papathanasiou

    "Outback noir has a new star" The TimesBurnt-out from policework, Detective Sergeant George Manolis flies from Australia to Greece for a holiday. Recently divorced and mourning the death of his...
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  • Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education
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    Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education

    Linda Tuhiwai Smith

    Indigenous and decolonizing perspectives on education have long persisted alongside colonial models of education, yet too often have been subsumed within the fields of multiculturalism, critical race...
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  • Mobilizing Multilingual Identities
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    Mobilizing Multilingual Identities

    Gary Barkhuizen

    This book draws together leading international scholars in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language teacher education to explore language policy, teaching, and learning approaches that...
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  • Language of Asian Gestures
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    Language of Asian Gestures

    Jieun Kiaer

    The Language of Asian Gestures explores Asian gestures as a non-verbal language within the context of films and dramas.This book provides a cross-cultural Asian perspective on a range of important...
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  • Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar
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    Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar

    K Alexander Adelaar

    Some 800 Austronesian languages are spoken in the area extending from Madagascar to eastern Indonesia and to the north to Taiwan and the Philippines. They vary greatly in almost every possible...
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  • Ethnography and Language Policy
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    Ethnography and Language Policy

    Teresa L. McCarty

    Illuminating, through ethnographic inquiry, how individual agents "make" language policy in everyday social practice, this volume advances the growing field of language planning and policy using a...
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  • The Lost Words
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    The Lost Words

    Kimberley Kearney

    Weaving a beautiful narrative of heritage, culture and the enduring strength of family bonds, The Lost Words is a daughter's account of her mother's journey through the rich tapestry of te reo Maori...
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  • Edmonds My First Cookbook
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    Edmonds My First Cookbook

    Goodman Fielder

    Become the champion-pikelet-maker, an expert-afghan-baker or an award-winning-pizza-creator.With the iconic illustrated step-by-step layout of the original EDMONDS JUNIOR COOKBOOK, you'll find it...
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  • My First Board Book: A Day at the Zoo
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    My First Board Book: A Day at the Zoo

    Donovan Bixley

    Learning animal names in English and te reo Maori is fun and interactive with this vibrant board book from award-winning illustrator Donovan Bixley.What can you see on a day at the zoo? A lion...
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  • A Lion in the Meadow
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    A Lion in the Meadow

    Margaret Mahy

    A beautiful gift for the youngest readers in your life, this perennial favourite by Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning author Margaret Mahy is now available as a board book.The little boy said,...
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