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Oratia Media
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Oratia is a publisher of books based outside Auckland, with distribution across New Zealand and representation in many parts of the world. In addition, we offer our publishing and communications skills to organisations and authors wanting to publish privately.
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Oratia’ New Zealand Classics Series Reissues Award-winning Local History By Dick Scott
Monday, 11 October 2021, 10:55 am | Oratia Books
First published in 1987 and now back in print in its third edition, Seven Lives on Salt River is a local history that has transcended its boundaries along the northern Kaipara Harbour around Pahi to be a universal story of how European arrivals adapted ... More >>
Classic Māori Myths Collection Gets A Makeover
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 4:51 pm | Oratia Books
Publishing icon A.W. Reed’s renowned collection of Māori myths and legends, which has stood the test of time since it was first published in 1963, has been fully revised by esteemed editor Ross Calman. The new, third edition publishes this week as He ... More >>
First-time Author Draws On Her Experience For Bilingual Book That Shows Kids Adapting To Grandpa With Dementia
Monday, 6 September 2021, 6:11 pm | Oratia Books
Putting her career on hold to care for her husband provided Jill Bevan-Brown with the inspiration to write her first book for children. As a lecturer in education at Massey University Jill published widely, but it was appreciating the relationship ... More >>
Oratia Books To Publish NZ And Australia Edition Of International LGBTQI Books Banned In Hungary
Monday, 26 July 2021, 3:05 pm | Oratia Books
Two board books for pre-school readers that have provoked a storm in Europe will be coming to New Zealand and Australia next month. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/fe35a47b5b50047be56c.jpeg" width="720" height="360"> Hungary has fined a bookseller ... More >>
Concise Introduction To The New Zealand Wars In Latest Book In The NZ Series
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 9:32 am | Oratia Books
Respected historian Matthew Wright has condensed his years of research and writing on the New Zealand Wars into a concise guide for readers of all ages, released this week. Building on his major works on the subject including the masterful Two Peoples, ... More >>
Oratia Media Wins BOP Bologna Prize As Best Children’s Publisher Of The Year 2021
Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 12:16 pm | Oratia Books
Independent Kiwi publisher garners international award at the world’s largest children’s book fair West Auckland publishing house Oratia Media has won the BOP Bologna Prize as Best Children’s Publisher of the Year 2021, Oceania, at the Bologna ... More >>
Memoir Reveals Adventurous Life Of Dane With More Than 3000 New Zealand Descendants
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 5:46 pm | Oratia Books
First contact between Europeans and Māori was a haphazard affair that often led to misunderstanding and conflict, but also laid the basis for a nation. There at the outset was a man who had remade himself from Danish origins into a Pākehā-Māori. ... More >>
Respected Writer’s Last Book Records First European Contact In New Zealand
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 12:28 pm | Oratia Books
Respected former journalist, writer and publisher Gordon Ell passed away in Auckland last week, but not before he saw early copies of his most recent book, edited with daughter Sarah Ell. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2104/3af003ad87d7601a8313.jpeg" ... More >>
New Book On Māori Figures Of Speech Extends Oratia Books’ Successful Programme Of Te Reo Reference Titles
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 9:21 am | Oratia Books
Years of research into kupu whakarite (metaphors and similes) have borne fruit for young Massey University scholar, Hona Black. In He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes , he brings together nearly 500 figures of speech – the most comprehensive ... More >>
Kiwi Critters Star In Second Book In Bilingual Nature Story Series From Bestselling Author
Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 2:34 pm | Oratia Books
After the success of her first title in a new nature-driven series, There’s a Tui in our Teapot , bestselling author Dawn McMillan turns her attention to critters in her latest title, There’s a Weta on my Sweater , released this week. Weta and ... More >>
New Book Shares Memories Of The Golden Age Of Motoring As Kiwis Rediscover Local Road Trips
Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 6:28 pm | Oratia Books
In these pandemic days, when Kiwis are rediscovering road trips and domestic travel, the golden age of motoring depicted in Life with Cars: New Zealanders’ motoring memories 1950s–1980s – released this week – serves as a timely reminder of ... More >>
Bestselling New Zealand Duo Secures Simultaneous Worldwide Release For Latest Laugh-out-loud Picture Book
Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 9:17 am | Oratia Books
New Zealand author-illustrator duo Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird will see the latest in their bestselling series of hilarious ‘bum’ children’s picture books release simultaneously in North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand ... More >>
Distinguished Author Outlines Why The Musket Wars Still Matter, And Should Be Taught In Schools
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 9:57 am | Oratia Books
Ron Crosby couldn’t believe his eyes when the Ministry of Education’s released its draft curriculum for compulsory teaching of New Zealand history. Subjects to be covered included initial contacts between Māori and Europeans, and early colonial ... More >>
New Biography Focuses On Freyberg The Man To Reveal The Reality Behind A Towering 20th-century Hero
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 9:24 am | Oratia Books
The name Freyberg appears all across New Zealand, in streets, parks, schools, buildings, public spaces, pools and more. For much of the 20th century Bernard Freyberg was a household name: a swimming champion, an action-hero, military commander and Governor-General ... More >>
International Bestselling Duo Introduce Hilarious New Tale About Following Your Heart
Friday, 2 October 2020, 10:41 am | Oratia Books
Zany rhymes and crazy illustrations have become the staple diet for fans of Thames author Dawn McMillan and Birkenhead illustrator Ross Kinnaird, creators of the international bestseller I Need a New Bum! Their newest collaboration, Sir Singlet , continues ... More >>
Modern Version Of Rona And The Moon Myth Publishes For Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori
Monday, 14 September 2020, 8:47 am | Oratia Books
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2009/0be93da21a52f011e1fe.jpeg" width="555" height="720"> An imaginative bilingual retelling of the Rona and the Moon myth hits the bookstores of Aotearoa this week for Te Wiki ... More >>
Stunning Illustrated Guide To The Universe And Space Exploration Reaches New Zealand
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 5:30 pm | Oratia Books
There is no better way to fathom the immensity and mysteries of the universe than by following a map — and few space maps can compete in simplicity, colour and lucidity with those put together in Space Maps: Your Tour of the Universe , a beautifully ... More >>
New Bilingual Edition Of Book Retells The Fact-based Story Of The Huia For Young Readers
Monday, 13 July 2020, 5:33 pm | Oratia Books
First published in a hardback edition in 2016, Oratia Books has now released this beautifully illustrated story about the huia and its tragic extinction in a bilingual (English and Māori) paperback. Translated by Lois McIver with Kanapu Rangitauira, ... More >>
A crack-up tale about the Kiwi family holiday
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 9:10 am | Oratia Books
As New Zealand emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic the family holiday on the coast has a great attraction. More >>
Classic Paintings Of Kuia Bearing Chin Moko Return To Life In New Printing Of Celebrated Book
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 12:18 pm | Oratia Books
A revered selection of paintings of Māori women bearing moko kauae has returned to life in a new printing of Harry Sangl’s celebrated book Blue Privilege , published this week as Te Kuia Moko . Newly arrived in New Zealand in 1969, Prague-born artist ... More >>
