Old Time Story Time brings you a public domain New Zealand book one chapter at a time.
Sir Julius Vogel published Anno Domini 2000; or, Woman's Destiny in 1889. It is considered Aotearoa New Zealand's first science fiction novel, and has utopian protofeminist themes.
CW for ableist language, a few instances of violence (brief and fairly non-graphic), and a poorly conceived comparison of poverty and slavery.
17 Apr 2022
Deep Read: The Whale Rider
The film based on Witi Ihimaera's 1987 novel The Whale Rider was a huge international success. But what does reading the novel offer that the film doesn't? Join Claire Lacey on a meander through The Whale Rider via family, humour, ecology, and language.
Notes:
The Taringa Podcast is a conversational approach to learning about te ao Māori: https://www.taringapodcast.com (https://www.taringapodcast.com)
Witi Ihimaera answers questions about The Whale Rider for the World Book Club: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00mn5ln (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00mn5ln)
Witi Ihimaera in conversation about Indigenous Storytelling and his memoir Māori Boy: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/witi-ihimaera-and-ali-cobby-eckermann-on-the-power-of-indigenous-storytelling-1.4474374
(https://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/witi-ihimaera-and-ali-cobby-eckermann-on-the-power-of-indigenous-storytelling-1.4474374)
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3 Apr 2022
Reading Kiwi Trailer
Introducing Reading Kiwi, a podcast about books from Aotearoa New Zealand! This is the trailer. It's a work in progress! First episode coming soon!
Coming up on season one:
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Wednesday's Children by Robin Hyde
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
To The Is-land by Janet Frame
No Ordinary Sun by Hone Tuwhare
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