Recs if you like Pūrākau: Māori Myths Retold by Māori Writers...

Nau mai, haere mai, i te Pagebound whaanau! A growing list of resources for engaging with te ao Maaori (the Maaori world), Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (the Pacific ocean) and Aotearoa (New Zealand). The people, the history, the language and the culture. Please give your recommendations! These are books I'm aware of from my own wishlist, and many have not been added yet/ haven't been imported yet. Kia kaha te reo Maaori!

Books written by writers from the Pacific islands.

-Micronesia (Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati) -Melanesia (Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Makulu Islands, West Papua) -Polynesia (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Hawai'i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Niue, Pitcarin Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu)

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week has been celebrated in New Zealand since 1975. It acknowledges and celebrates the Māori language as a unique cultural treasure for all New Zealanders. The 2025 Theme is "Ake ake ake - A forever language" and the week commences Sunday 14th September NZT

Whether it be the authors, the characters, the setting, or the country itself, these books are some of the essential reads of Aotearoa New Zealand. Fiction to nonfiction, prose to poetry, the stories of our people and our land are here. This list is ever-growing, and I will continue to add to it as I read more pukapuka from our shores.