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Te Kokorangi 3: A Aria Me Te Motu Pouakai

Ka Mau a Te Kokorangi I Te Wa

by Witi Ihimaera & Isobel Joy Te Aho-white (illustrator)

Join Te Kokorangi and her apprentices on a time travel adventure to Hawaiki and meet Ruapakanga and his tohora warriors!

'Katahi na te rapunga.' - Magpies
'Chock full of danger, heroes, old wisdom and new blood' - NZ Herald

Nau mai, hoki mai ki te ao o Te Kokorangi, ki te kainga tuturu o te purakau me ona hanga whakawehi . . .

Noho morearea ana te iwi o Te Kokorangi. Taihoa ratou ka urutomokia e te manomano kiore, a, kei te whakangarahu ano a Ruatapu te Pukurua. Ka hoki a Te Kokorangi raua ko te tore kai huruhuru nei, ko Iwihoia, ki Hawaiki, ki te tono awhina i tetahi tohunga o reira. Nawai i morearea te haere, ka tata mai ko Mate, i to raua kapohanga ake e te pouakai weriweri.

Riro ana ma te tino pia a Te Kokorangi, ma Aria e kimi ara ke atu hei whakatutuki i ta Te Kokorangi raua ko Iwihoia i timata ai. Waihoki, ki te tau wawe atu ia ki te motu o te pouakai, tera pea raua e taea e ia te whakaora . . .

A thrilling, large-scale Maori-language illustrated picture book in chapters, exploring legends of Polynesia. This is the third fantasy quest set in the realm of Te Kokorangi, lore-master of the stars, bringing the award-winning trilogy to a thrilling conclusion.

Read them all!
#1 Te Kokorangi - A Storylines Notable Te Reo Maori Book 2022 #2 A Aria me te Atua o te Kumara - Winner of Te Kura Pounamu Award 2025
Also available in an English-language edition, Aria and the Monster Island
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Pages:

64

Published:

Apr 2026

Format

Hardback

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Imprint

Picture Puffin

ISBN:

9781776953486

Join Te Kokorangi and her apprentices on a time travel adventure to Hawaiki and meet Ruapakanga and his tohora warriors!

'Katahi na te rapunga.' - Magpies


'Chock full of danger, heroes, old wisdom and new blood' - NZ Herald

Nau mai, hoki mai ki te ao o Te Kokorangi, ki te kainga tuturu o te purakau me ona hanga whakawehi . . .

Noho morearea ana te iwi o Te Kokorangi. Taihoa ratou ka urutomokia e te manomano kiore, a, kei te whakangarahu ano a Ruatapu te Pukurua. Ka hoki a Te Kokorangi raua ko te tore kai huruhuru nei, ko Iwihoia, ki Hawaiki, ki te tono awhina i tetahi tohunga o reira. Nawai i morearea te haere, ka tata mai ko Mate, i to raua kapohanga ake e te pouakai weriweri.

Riro ana ma te tino pia a Te Kokorangi, ma Aria e kimi ara ke atu hei whakatutuki i ta Te Kokorangi raua ko Iwihoia i timata ai. Waihoki, ki te tau wawe atu ia ki te motu o te pouakai, tera pea raua e taea e ia te whakaora . . .

A thrilling, large-scale Maori-language illustrated picture book in chapters, exploring legends of Polynesia. This is the third fantasy quest set in the realm of Te Kokorangi, lore-master of the stars, bringing the award-winning trilogy to a thrilling conclusion.

Read them all!
#1 Te Kokorangi - A Storylines Notable Te Reo Maori Book 2022
#2 A Aria me te Atua o te Kumara - Winner of Te Kura Pounamu Award 2025

Also available in an English-language edition, Aria and the Monster Island

$25.00