My First Words About Tikanga Maori

Stacey Morrison (Te Arawa, Ngai Tahu) is a radio and TV broadcaster as well as a Maori language champion and bestselling author. Her first children’s book, My First Words in Maori, became a number-one bestseller. With co-author Jeremy Sherlock, she published Kia Kaha- A storybook of Maori who changed the world in 2021, which won NZ Booklovers Best Children’s Book Award and a Storylines Notable Non-fiction Award. As a winner of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori Champion Award in 2016, and the winner of Waipunarangi - Te Reo and Tikanga Award 2021, as well as a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (the Institute of Excellence in Maori Language), Stacey loves nurturing Maori communities and welcoming all people into our country’s beautiful indigenous culture.

Kurawaka Productions is a team of Maori artists and creatives. The studio began as a specialist arts programme offering emerging young Maori talent a gateway into animation and design work, and was co-developed by a veteran animator and a Ranui-based kura kaupapa. Since then Kurawaka and its team of young artists have completed a number of high-profile projects, including several animated shorts.