The Chronicles of Paki – NZ’s untold story: Series 2 (Books 6-10)
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The Chronicles of Paki – NZ’s untold story: Series 2 (Books 6-10) – by Alison Condon and Gina Taggart, illustrated by Tania Hassounia
The Chronicles of Paki – NZ’s untold story: Series 2 is designed for 8 + year olds.
Series two traces some of the extraordinary efforts made by both missionaries and Māori to resolve conflicts in the early years of our bicultural history. In this series, children will learn about people, both Māori and Pākehā, who attempted to live by the most selfless of standards even in the midst of very difficult circumstances. Each story has been checked by known historians and relevant Iwi. As a point of interest, in these stories children will discover how many Māori embraced Christian values (including forgiveness and peace) at a level that was far higher than that of the colonial armies and those settlers who oppressed them. This is New Zealand’s untold story.
Book 6: Henry Williams the Peacemaker
Sickened by war, Henry Williams turns his back on a career in the English Navy. He dedicates his life to the native people of New Zealand only to find them at war. Now he finds himself standing in defence of his home with his own family at risk. A threat is being made to burn his house down. Will they survive? Will Henry Williams be able to make a difference in this new country?
Book 7: Ngākuku, Tārore and the Little Book
Great changes have come to the heart of the warrior Chief Ngākuku. He has learned the way of peace. But a huge tragedy is about to overwhelm his family. Will he hold fast to this new way of living or will he go back to the old ways?
Book 8: Te Whiwhi, Katu and Te Wai Pounamu
Many fights are taking place between Māori of different iwi. Many people are being killed and families destroyed. How can the violence end? Can the journey of two brave Māori men make a difference?
Book 9: Octavius Hadfield the Friend of the Tangata Whenua
Octavius Hadfield clutches his heaving stomach as the ship lurches from side to side. The storm threatens the life of both the livestock and the sailors as they sail towards the South Pacific. Octavius Hadfield doesn’t expect to live long because of his ill health, but he doesn’t expect to die at sea before he even arrives at his destination — New Zealand.
Book 10: Wīremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi the King Maker
Tarapīpipi is a man of peace. He has tried to stand in the gap between Māori and Pākehā, but his land is being taken and armies continue to advance toward him. The screams of his people have been heard rising from the smoke and ashes. Will this be an end of Tarapīpipi’s vow to always be a friend to the Pākehā?
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Description
About the team who created this series of books:
Dave Mann When he discovered that there were positive stories from the early bicultural years in Aotearoa, he was surprised. Despite some tertiary studies on things-Maori in the early 1990s, he’d never heard many of these stories. They were largely untold. In his words, “Every nation needs positive stories from its early years. They are essential as a basis for positive national identity. While our failures need open admission, it makes no sense that we don’t also know these positive stories; of those who tried to stop colonisation, as one example!” This awareness caused Dave to seek a team who could help to make some of these stories known — stories of some of our nation’s great early bicultural ancestors — whether Māori or Pākehā, male or female. In Dave’s view, this is an approach which gives rise to an attitude of hope in bicultural things.
Alison Condon is a trained primary school teacher and a part-time farmer. She is an internationally published author and has written both fiction and non-fiction works. She has enjoyed seeing over thirty children’s stories, short stories, articles and poems published. Alison has found ‘The Chronicles of Paki’ to be her most challenging and rewarding writing project to date.
The ‘Chronicles of Paki’ series is Gina Taggart’s first venture into published writing. Her interest in the relationship between Māori and the missionaries in the 1800s developed when she realised that many New Zealanders misunderstood the impact of the Gospel on New Zealand’s history. As a Christian, she felt this shortfall could be addressed by writing about the history at a level that children could comprehend, helping New Zealanders better understand their own fascinating story.
Tania Hassounia is a New Zealand illustrator and entrepreneur. The Chronicles of Paki are Tania’s first published set of books, combining her love of drawing with the theme of faith and encouragement.
Eddie Booth is a self taught artist, graphic designer who ran his own graphic design business and has been involved with many interesting illustration projects.
Each series available at Poi Princess:
The Chronicles of Paki – Junior series
The Chronicles of Paki – NZ’s untold story: Series 1
The Chronicles of – NZ’s untold story: Paki Series 2
The Chronicles of Paki – NZ’s untold story: Series 3 – The Treaty of Waitangi + He Whakaputanga
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