AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

Children and YA writer Steph Matuku (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Te Atiawa) was a finalist at the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for Whetu - Toa and the Magician. She is also the author of Flight of the Fantail, Falling into Rarohenga and The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke.

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