August 21, 2023
Te Paa | Author of Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro,
Posted On August 21, 2023
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The ceremony for the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults were held last Thursday at Pipitea Marae in Wellington. We were joined by the winner of the Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori for her book Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro illustrated by Story Hemi-Morehouse
Brianne Te Paa
Other honorable mentions: Te Wehenga:
The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Illustrated and written by Mat Tait took out two categories the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction and the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award for 2023