Maris O'Rourke

A colleaction of poetry by Maris O'Rourke.

Born on a small island in Scotland to a local girl and an Australian serviceman, and raised in a working-class, dysfunctional, often violent, itinerant household around the UK and Europe, O'Rourke rose to become the Secretary for Education for New Zealand, the Director of Education at the World Bank, an International Education Consultant, and an author of six books. It...

Birdsong / He Korihi is a charming bilingual, bicultural 1 to 10 counting book for 0-10 year olds. It is beautifully illustrated with a mix of familiar native and introduced birds, and the rhyming couplets in Māori and English introduce a range of interesting words and bird behaviours for readers and teachers. He pukapuka tatau i te 1 ki te...