Te Wehenga: The separation of Ranginui & Papatnuku

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Te Wehenga is the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatnuku, earth-mother.
Award-winning illustrator Mat Tait has written and illustrated this stunning retelling of the Mori creation story for a new generation.
Te reo Mori and English are woven together in a seamless bilingual approach to the text, with the visceral illustrations powerfully underlining the mana of the story.

Ko te Wehenga te krero m Ranginui te matua rua ko Papatnuku te whaea.
Ko Mat Tait ttahi ringatoi kua whakawhiwhia ki ng tohu, , nna ng kupu, nna tonu ng whakaahua o te pukapuka taahua nei m te orokotmatanga o te ao, hei pnui m te reanga hou.
Kua whiriwhiria te reo Mori me te reo Pkeh, e mm ai te whai haere i ng kupu, , ka whakatinanahia te mana o te krero e ng whakaahua e kaha hpai ana i ng kupu.

Author Bio

Mat Tait is a South Island-based illustrator of European and Mori descent. He gained a BFA in painting from Ilam School of Arts and now lives and works in the Motueka area.

Prior to Te Wehenga, Mat's most recent book was The Adventures of Tupaia with writer Courtney Sina Meredith, for which he was the recipient of the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. His comics work has been published widely both locally and internationally, including The Heading Dog Who Split In Half with writer Dr Michael Brown.

Mat is a fluent speaker of te reo Mori. He tutors under the kaupapa of Te Ataarangi, and continues to learn.