Anne Kayes

Who can help when you're faced with vicious creatures that are meant to be extinct or people who don't care whether you live or die? The Tui Street kids are writing hero's journey stories at school, but soon find themselves involved in adventures more difficult than they could ever have imagined. From award-winning New Zealand author, Anne Kayes, creator of...

The Tūī Street kids are studying legends at school. After learning about the Loch Ness monster, an unusual light begins to glow through the hole in the hedge in Ella’s back yard. When they discuss Robin Hood at school, Tim discovers that the walls of a nearby house are covered with bows and arrows. Strangest of all, Harry and Gemma’s...

It's March 2020 and Liza, her husband, and two teenage children are at home in Auckland in level-four lockdown due to Covid-19. Reflections with her family around the dining table inspire Liza to reflect on another challenging time in history nearly forty years before, when the South African Springbok rugby team toured New Zealand. Casting her memory back to 1981,...