Library Out Loud

The 2012 annual Māori Book Awards winners have been announced, and will be presented at a ceremony on October 25 at Te Pūtahi-a-Toi, the School of Māori Studies.

Kaihautu Māori (Māori library services manager) and Judge Sheeanda Field says the Ngā Kupu Ora  Māori Book Awards celebrate Māori literature in New Zealand. “I think it’s absolutely fantastic Māori literature is being showcased and made prominent within our communities and that Massey University is the one to lead this.”

The category winners, with links to find them in the Library, are:

TE MAHI TOI – ARTS
Awhina Tamarapa (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Pikiao)
Whatu Kakahu: Māori Cloaks

TE HĪTORI – HISTORY
Marina Sciascia (Ngāti Kahungungu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāi Tahu), Hilary Pedersen (Pākehā) and Brian Morris (Ngāti Kahungungu, Rongowhakaata)
Matatoa: Fathers & Sons

TE PAKIMAERO – FICTION
Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai)
Rangatira

TE KŌRERO PONO – NON-FICTION
Alison Jones (Pākehā) and Kuni Jenkins (Ngāti Porou)
He kōrero: Words between us – First Māori-Pākehā coversations on paper

TE REO MĀORI – MĀORI LANGUAGE
Hēni Jacob (Ngāti Raukawa)
Mai i te Kākano

TE TOHU O KUPU ORA – LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dame Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira (Ngāti Porou)
Ngā Waituhi o Rēhua

For further information on the awards, see the Massey News article