Patu
the new zealand wars
$35.20
- Hardcover
64 pages
- Release Date
2 October 2023
Summary
Patu: A Visual Journey Through the New Zealand Wars
Discover the key people, perspectives, and battles of the New Zealand Wars in this award-winning, powerfully told, and richly illustrated visual history by Gavin Bishop.
Auē! Te mamae!
Navigate the defining moments of the wars, visit the battle sites, and explore the sweeping change that took place in Aotearoa during the 19th century.
Guiding readers through the bitter armed clashes over land and so…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761048616 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761048619 |
| Author: | Gavin Bishop |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Picture Puffin |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 957g |
| Dimensions: | 346mm x 287mm x 14mm |
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About The Author
Gavin Bishop
Gavin Bishop (Tainui, Ngati Awa) is an award-winning children’s picture book writer and illustrator who lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand. Among the numerous fellowships and national book prizes that have been awarded to Gavin throughout his career, highlights are his Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement - Non-fiction in 2019; his Te Waka Toi Nga Tohu a Ta Kingi Ihaka/Sir Kingi Ihaka Award in 2018 recognising lifetime contribution to strengthening Maori art and culture through his children’s books; The Arts Foundation’s Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award in 2013; and the 2000 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for lifetime achievement and his distinguished contribution to children’s literature in New Zealand. Gavin was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013, and President of Honour of the NZ Society of Authors. He has won the supreme Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award a record five times - and most recently in 2022 with his ATUA- Maori Gods and Heroes, which also won the Elsie Locke Award for Non-fiction and the Russell Clark Award for Illustration.
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