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Te Hokowhitu a Tu: The Maori Pioneer Battalion in WWI
Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 5:08 pm | Libro International
Main history of Maori and Pacific Island role in the First World War makes welcome return More >>
Out on the Water: Twelve Tales of the Sea
Monday, 3 November 2014, 10:29 am | Libro International
Renowned children’s author Tessa Duder and illustrator Bruce Potter have combined to produce a stirring collection of twelve stories about kids out on the water around New Zealand. More >>
A History of Ngati Kahungunu
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 1:06 pm | Libro International
One of the pillars of Maori tribal history will be published tomorrow in a new hardback edition. More >>
New edition of Christopher Pugsley's Gallipoli
Friday, 10 October 2014, 12:18 pm | Libro International
Gallipoli The New Zealand Story Christopher Pugsley Classic account of Gallipoli campaign published in new NZ and UK editions today More >>
Hilarious NZ kids book out today
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 11:05 am | Libro International
Doctor Grundy’s Undies Dawn McMillan & Ross Kinnaird Popular author-illustrator pair returns with new book out today More >>
Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story
Monday, 22 September 2014, 3:40 pm | Libro International
Ahead of the Gallipoli centenary in April 2015, Libro International is proud to publish this redesigned edition of Gallipoli , fully revised by the author, and featuring a host of improved photographs, maps and drawings that really bring the campaign ... More >>
Doctor Grundy’s Undies
Wednesday, 10 September 2014, 5:10 pm | Libro International
M E D I A R E L E A S E 12 August 2014 More >>
The New Zealand Wars - A Brief History
Thursday, 10 July 2014, 12:13 pm | Libro International
The legacy of the New Zealand Wars is all around us, but for the most part we are ignorant of how it has shaped our society – and the remnants the conflict left on the landscape. More >>
Māori experience in First World War revealed in new book
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 11:47 am | Libro International
A new book on sale this Thursday provides unprecedented insight into the Māori experience of the First World War by retelling the life of Ngāi Tahu soldier Wiremu Maopo. More >>
The Last Maopo
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 12:08 pm | Libro International
Next month sees the publication of a unique and moving story that marks the centenary of the First World War. Wiremu Maopo was a young farm worker living at Taumutu, outside Christchurch, joined the second Māori Contingent in 1915 and went off to the war. More >>
Christmas classic from the author "I need a new bum"
Saturday, 19 October 2013, 2:42 pm | Libro International
‘One Christmas Eve, some years ago, a ginger kitten wandered along a street on the far side of town. He was hungry, and cold and wet.’ More >>
Kiwi publisher buys rights to Brazilian children’s classic
Monday, 16 September 2013, 5:17 pm | Libro International
Libro International will publish the first English edition of Branquinho, O Dognauta , a classic of Brazilian children’s literature, in mid-2014. More >>
Te Ara exhibition opens in Vancouver
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:44 pm | Libro International
Launches new trilingual book featuring Musqueam alongside Māori and English. The exhibition Te Ara: Māori Pathways of Leadership, opens today in Vancouver, Canada, in the final stage of its world tour before returning to New Zealand in February ... More >>
Favourite Māori Legends - A.W. Reed, revised by Ross Calman
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 1:22 pm | Libro International
Libro International is therefore proud to be bringing back into print a new edition of Favourite Māori Legends, a much-loved edition of legends published in 1965 by that great collector of stories and language, A.W. Reed. More >>
Patu by Tim Tipene - Release: 16 Nov 2012
Monday, 12 November 2012, 10:40 am | Libro International
12 November 2012 PATU Tim Tipene Hardhitting young adult novel young from awardwinning children’s author A powerful new novel out this week will challenge teenage readers to confront issues of identity, historical truth and life choices in contemporary ... More >>
Release of I need a new bum
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 10:42 am | Libro International
Should you get one that’s blue or yellow spotted? A rocket bum that’s all fire and thrust, or a robo-bum? More >>
Woolly Wally
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 10:15 am | Libro International
Popular book returns... Woolly Wally is back! Wally is a magnificent ram who is immensely proud of his fine fleece, and the effect it has on the ewes around him. But pride always comes before a fall – or in Wally’s case, before the shearing ... More >>
Introducing: The Treaty of Waitangi
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 12:22 pm | Libro International
New Zealanders in all walks of life need to have a basic knowledge about the the Treaty of Waitangi. But gaining an understanding of the treaty is not an easy matter, with information mostly available through textbooks. More >>
Warrior Kids: Warrior Training for Children
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 11:26 am | Libro International
Thousands of children around New Zealand have been empowered through Tim Tipene’s Warrior Kids programme over the past 17 years. With the launch of his new book Warrior Kids: Warrior Training for Children, this award-winning author and highly ranked ... More >>
Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand
Monday, 22 August 2011, 8:42 pm | Libro International
The discovery of New Zealand by Polynesian navigators represents the culmination of one of the great waves of world exploration. Without the modern navigational aids that Europeans used to reach New Zealand centuries later, the navigator Kupe and ... More >>
