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Picturebook retelling of a local, Tauranga story with a wealth of additional resources in the back; glossary, physical and social facts, detailed historical timeline, karaia and other oral traditions, quiz, discussion ideas and creative ideas.

BLURB: Māia wants to help his favourite Aunty, who has Type 2 diabetes. He is going to learn as much as he can about diabetes, hold his Aunty's hand through her tests, and help her to choose healthy food and exercise more. Māia will get his whole whanau involved! Type 2 diabetes is the fastest growing chronic health condition in New Zealand today. Zespri and author Debbie McCauley have teamed up to bring you this informative story about a charming boy who supports his Aunty during her diabetes journey.

Sarah Hart was pregnant with her second child when her husband, bricklayer Edward Hart, stole food to feed his hungry family. On the run for 17 months, when captured he served six years on board prison hulks. After his release the family searched for a better life and found it offered by the New Zealand Company. They arrived the year after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi after a four month voyage. Eliza was their first New Zealander, born in 1846. A mother of 12, she became a suffragist and actively sought the vote for women, which was granted after a ‘monster petition’ was presented to Parliament in 1893. This bilingual book spans Eliza’s life, from poverty, emigration, elections, illegitimate children, women and the vote, the trial of Minnie Dean and the formation of the National Council of Women, concluding the month following the start of World War I. “Proud to be a part of the Suffrage 125 national event programme.” #suffrage125 #suffrage125tauranga #whakatūwāhine

The history of Mauao, along with the legend, is one of heartbreak and struggle, but also one of endurance, strength and unity. Mauao stands guard at the entrance to Te Awanui, the Tauranga Harbour. At over two million years old, he is a tipuna and sacred taonga, manifesting both the past and the present, as well as giving us hope for the future. Ko Mauao te Maunga: Legend of Mauao was released during Matariki Tauranga Moana 2018 to commemorate the return of Mauao to Tauranga iwi in 2008, the creation of joint management under Ngā Poutiriao ō Mauao in 2013, the recognition of Mauao as wāhi tapu in 2014, and the signing of the Mauao Historic Reserve Management Plan on 11 June 2018. This bilingual big book version is ideal for reading aloud in the classroom and kura kaupapa (Māori-language schools). A smaller picture book available separately includes a glossary and pronunciation guide, Mauao facts, a Mauao timeline, important places on Mauao, oral traditions and activities for children. #mauaopublishing #legendofmauao #komauaotemaunga #debbiemccauley #debbietipuna

The history of Mauao, along with the legend, is one of heartbreak and struggle, but also one of endurance, strength and unity. Mauao stands guard at the entrance to Te Awanui, the Tauranga Harbour. At over two million years old, he is a tipuna and sacred taonga, manifesting both the past and the present, as well as giving us hope for the future. Ko Mauao te Maunga: Legend of Mauao was released during Matariki Tauranga Moana 2018 to commemorate the return of Mauao to Tauranga iwi in 2008, the creation of joint management under Ngā Poutiriao ō Mauao in 2013, the recognition of Mauao as wāhi tapu in 2014, and the signing of the Mauao Historic Reserve Management Plan on 11 June 2018. This bilingual picture book includes a glossary and pronunciation guide, Mauao facts, a Mauao timeline, important places on Mauao, oral traditions and activities for children. There is also a big book version ideal for reading aloud in the classroom and kura kaupapa (Māori-language schools). #mauaopublishing #legendofmauao #komauaotemaunga #debbiemccauley #debbietipuna #taurangamoanalegends

BLURB: The story of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Tauranga is a fascinating one, told for the first time in this bilingual picture book. The document arrived in Tauranga after many years of violence and bloodshed had decimated the local population. Just days before the Treaty’s arrival, a Tauranga chief was tricked into attending peace talks before being murdered and eaten. Not all the chiefs of Tauranga Moana signed the Treaty; those who didn’t wanted to govern themselves, those who did were looking for protection against their enemies. However, just two years after the signings, three Tauranga Treaty signatories were murdered and eaten in what was one of the last cannibal feasts near Tauranga.

CONTENTS: Otamataha Pā massacre and Herald visit; Treaty of Waitangi; Te Papa Mission Station; Murder of chief Pōnui; Tauranga Treaty (Sheet 5); Nuka Taipari and Maungatapu Pā; Hōri Kingi Tūpaea and Ōtūmoetai Pā; Missionary James Stack; Sack of Ōngare Pā; Peace Treaty; Golden Age of Māori enterprise; New Zealand Wars; Tauranga Treaty of Waitangi settlements; Text of the Tauranga Treaty; Tauranga Treaty signatories; Tauranga Treaty witnesses; Tauranga Moana timeline (Early history, Musket Wars, New Zealand Wars, Treaty of Waitangi settlements) Glossary; Treaty activities; Index; Acknowledgements and picture credits.

BLURB: On 5 October 2011 a large container ship grounded on a reef off the coast of the Bay of Plenty, spilling an estimated 350 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the ocean. The impact was devastating, not only for the people of the area, but for the many thousands of birds and sea creatures who were covered in the toxic oil. One of these oiled birds, a little blue penguin we’ve named Mōtītī Blue, was rescued and treated at the Te Maunga Oiled Wildlife Response Centre. This is the story of his recovery and release. Includes colour photographs, fact boxes, maps, graphics and a timeline.

Best Non-Fiction category winner at the 2015 New Zealand Children and Young Adult Book Awards.

This children's picture book tells a story from the Battle of Gate Pā at Pukehinahina (29 April 1864) which was a pivotal point in the history of Tauranga Moana. It was illustrated by the author's 15-year-old daughter. In the early 1860s people around the world were reviewing methods of warfare and how to improve the way wounded soldiers from all sides were treated. Prior to the Battle of Gate Pā at Pukehinahina (29 April 1864), Tauranga Māori were pondering the same ideals as notable reformers Henry Dunant and Florence Nightingale. Māori gathered to discuss leader Rāwiri Puhirake's ideas about the treatment of wounded in a battle they knew was inevitable. Hēnare Taratoa, a mission educated lay preacher and teacher, was one of those warriors, and it is he who wrote the Code of Conduct. After the battle British were stunned, not only by their defeat at Gate Pā, but by Māori compassion. Māori chose not to mutilate or kill wounded soldiers, but instead gave water. Seven weeks later the British won the Battle of Te Ranga during which most Tauranga leaders, including Puhirake and Taratoa, were killed. This defeat led to Māori surrender and confiscation of land in Tauranga Moana. This bilingual book tells the story of Taratoa's Code of Conduct and the compassionate actions that resulted. Fact boxes and a timeline are included and add historical detail to Taratoa's story which is commemorated in a chapel at Lichfield Cathedral in England, as well as on a marble frieze at Tauranga's Mission Cemetery.

BLURB: IN 1876, JOHN McCAULEY (SNR) arrived in New Zealand on board the ship Jessie Osborne with his family. During the arduous journey one grandchild died and was buried at sea, another being born nine days out from Auckland. They left their native Ireland to take up George Vesey Stewart’s challenge ‘transplanting of a little corner of Ulster upon a Garden of Eden in New Zealand’ and, more specifically, in the Katikati Special Settlement in the Bay of Plenty. Published in conjunction with a special McCauley family reunion bringing together John McCauley’s descendants, the book offers an insight into the lives of our forebears. This is a family history telling the story of one of the pioneering families who helped to carve out the New Zealand we know today.

Debbie McCauley, great great great granddaughter of John McCauley, is a librarian at Tauranga City Library with an interest in New Zealand history. She started researching the story of the McCauley family 20 years ago.