Kia Kaha
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Kia Kaha
Kia Kaha
Kia kaha! Kia kaha! Together standing strong. We join our hands in friendship, that’s how we get along.
From singer-songwriter June Pitman-Hayes comes this rousing and fortifying new waiata for Kiwi children from all backgrounds, celebrating the strength in community, with the focus from a child’s everyday viewpoint.
This book features an accompanying CD of the heart-warming song, with its catchy, easy-to-learn melody, sung in English and Māori by June Pitman-Hayes, with harmonies by popular NZ entertainer, Pio Terei.
By the creator of the popular Kia Ora You Can Be a Kiwi Too and Tāwhirimātea: A Song for Matariki.
Perfectly paired with the charming illustrations of Minky Stapleton, Kia Kaha exhibits diversity in race, culture, and ability. It is perfect for all the children and whānau of Aotearoa and universal in its message.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781775436225
Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 March 2020
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Scholastic New Zealand
Illustration: Full colour illustrations throughout
Contributors:
- Translated by Ngaere Roberts
- Illustrated by Minky Stapleton
- Assisted by Pio Terei
- Translated by Ngaere Roberts
- Illustrated by Minky Stapleton
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 240.0mm
Height: 250.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 32
About the Author
June Pitman-Hayes is a creative writer, singer-songwriter, teacher, lyricist and poet of Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Pūkenga and Ngāti Maniapoto descent. June is now one of Aotearoa’s best-known jazz singers, having performed at many events and festivals throughout the country. June has sung on Joy Cowley’s Hush: A Kiwi Lullaby and is the author/musician behind Kia Ora – You can be a Kiwi Too and Tāwhirimātea: A Song for Matariki, all Scholastic NZ titles. She lives near Wainui, Auckland.;Minky Stapleton is a multi-faceted illustrator with a range of styles, all with a heavy dash of dark humour. She spent her formative years as an award-winning Art Director and later Creative Director in Johannesburg, working in some of South Africa’s best advertising agencies. After many years of corporate life, she threw it all in to follow her first love, illustration. She now resides in Auckland, NZ, where she balances a number of local and international illustration projects with running classes for kids on how to design scary monsters.
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