Tahi, rua, toru, wha - join in with this readaloud celebration of kapa haka!
Angie Belcher (Author)
Angie Belcher is a writer, teacher and adventurer who has has
produced several books for children. Her now classic The Girls in
the Kapa Haka was published when she lived in the tiny seaside
settlement of Maketu, the landing site of the great Arawa canoe.
Angie was inspired to write the story after seeing one of the
village kuia making piupiu and watching the children from the
Maketu School kapa haka group perform at their local marae. Angie
lives in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Debbie Tipuna (Illustrator)
Debbie Tipuna is a full-time artist and children's book illustrator
who lives in the beautiful coastal city of Tauranga, New Zealand.
When she worked on The Girls in the Kapa Haka she lived in Te Puke,
a little inland from Maketu. For the illustrations she drew on her
experiences as a student at Waiariki Polytechnic, where she
developed her love of Maori arts and crafts, learnt to weave flax
and also learnt that the poi was not her forte!
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