Read and Feed is one way we can help our Māori and Pacific LEGENDs see themselves reflected at kura. ll the pukapkua in this list are options for Read and Feed that incorporate contexts relevant to Aotearoa, te reo Māori and have positive Māori role models.

Pukapuka with LEGEND Values Links

Kaiako will be able to help their LEGENDs make links to our values through any pukapkua. The list below are some that particularly link to one value or all the values.

Picture Books

Watercress Tuna & the Children of Champion Street by Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa

Pukeko Power by Jahri Jah Jah

Myths and LEGENDs of Aotearoa: 15 timeless tales of NZ retold by Annie Rae Te Ake Ake

The Kuia and The Spider by Patricia Grace

Flit the Fantail and the Flying Flop by Kat Merewether

Ruru's Hāngi by Nikki Slade Robinson

Pita Pekapeka PP Acrobat Bat by Mary Kippenberger

The grandmothers of Pikitea Street by Renisa Viraj Maki (in English and Māori)

The Elves and the Cloakmaker by Chris Gurney

The Last of Maui's Dolphins by Maria Gill and Bruce Potter

Kia Kaha: Together Standing Strong by June Pitman-Hayes and Minky Stapleton

The path to Ponga Pond by Errol McLeary

Tama and the Egg by Winifred Owen

Weka's Waiata by Nikki Slade Robinson

The Whale Savers: Returning Wera to the Ocean by Linda Roberts and Bruce Potter

Woolly Wally by Dawn McMillan

Pee Wee the Lonely Kiwi by Blair Cooper

The Whale and the Snapper by Jo Van Dam

The story of Kakapo, Parrot of the Night by Philip Temple and Chris Gaskin

Hinemoa te Toa by Tim Tipene

Nanny Mihi and the Rainbow by Melanie Drewery

The Tuatara and the Skink by Yvonne Morrison

The Ugly Kiwi by Scott Tulloch

No Home for a Weta by Stephanie Thatcher

Little Hoiho by Stephanie Thatcher

Little Kiwi Finds Fantail by Bob Darroch

The Treasure by Melanie Drewery

Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi by Melanie Drewery

Little Kiwi and the Monster by Bob Darroch

Mere McKaskill's Boil-Up by Tracy Duncan

Colour the Stars/ Taea ngā  Whetū by Dawn McMillan, Keinyo White and Ngaere Roberts

The Ugly Hatchling By Yvonne Morrison

The Bomb by Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan

Chapter Books/ Longer Reads

Atua - Māori Gods and Heros by Gavin Bishop

The End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale (seniors only)

The Pōrangi Boy by Shilo Kino

Pipi and Pou and the Raging Mountain by Tim Tipene

Koro's Star by Claire Aramakutu

The Bone Tiki by David Hair

Ti Trap a Taniwha by Jane Cooper

Pukapuka Te Reo Māori

Ko Rāmā by Elizabeth Pulford, Jenny Cooper and Ngaere Roberts

He Flit te Tīrairaka me Ngā Hēke Muna

Ngā Mea Kei Rō Moana e Whakapā Mai Ana by Linda Jane Keegan and Naere Roberts

Pukapuka 

Pukapuka Set in Aotearoa or including Te Reo

Picture Books

Pukeko by Marie Langley

Grandpa Ngata and the Seagull by Dave Gunson

We're off to find a Kiwi by Juliette MacIver and Kate Wilkinson

Maraea and the Albatross by Patricia Grace

Grandma joins the All Blacks by Helen McKinlay

My Old Man, He Played Rugby by Peter Millett

The Little Blue Duck by Chris Gurney

The Frog Footy Player by Chris Gurney

Morepork Madness by Jahri Jah Jah

Kung Fu Kiwi by Jahri Jah Jah

Kori the Little Blue Penguin by Jahri Jah Jah

Little Blue Penguins by Rebekah Palmer

Down in the Forest by Yvonne Morrison and Jenny Cooper

Perky and his Chicks by Michelle Osment

Rāhui by Chris Szekely and Malcom Ross (note: sensitive topic)

Row, Kiwi, Row Your Boat by Pio Terei

Kākāriki and the Mīte by Julia Sloane and Kelvin Hawley

Maketū Tuna by Werohia

Toroa's Journey by Maria Gill and Gavin Mouldey

One Littley Fantail by Anne Hunter

The Kiwi go Marching one by one by Peter and Deborah

After Dark: Creatures of the NZ Forest by Julia Crouch

Shrek the Famous Hermit Sheep of Tarras by Tarras School Students

The Song of Kauri by Melinda Szymanik and Dominique Ford

Pepetuna by Denise Whitmore

Pukenui the Astronaut by James Waerea and Pat Hohepa

Nanny Mihi's Medicine by Melanie Drewery

Child of Aotearoa by Melanie Drewery

Te Rauparaha: Legend of Aotearoa by Maureen Cavanagh

Old Hu-Hu by Kyle Mewburn (note: sensitive topic)

The Sining Dolphin by Mere Whaanga

Kiwi and the Leprechauns by Erin Devlin

Harry Hobnail and the Pungapeople by Barry Crump

Kuwi's Huhu Hunt by Kat Merrewether

The Greatest Haka Festival on Earth by Hemi Morehouse

Mophead by Selina Tusitala Marsh

Roar, Squeak, Purr - A New Zealand Treasury  of Animal Poems - Edited by Paula Green

The Smelly Giant by Kurahau

Te Wehenga - The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku

Chapter Books/ Longer Reads

Aotearoa - The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop

Pūtangitangi Walks by Stephanie Thatcher

The Adventures of Tupaia by Courtney Sina Meredith and Mat Tait

Lopini the Legend by Feana Tu'akoi

This Land: the search for Maui by Mark Abnett

Para Pūkeko and the stupid time thingy by Book Ruffell

Hine and the Tohunga Portal by Ataria Sharman

Amorangi and Millie's Trip Through Time by Lauren Keenan

The Magnificent Voyagers of the Pacific by Rick Fisher and Andrew Crowe

Patu: the New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop

Pukapuka Te Reo Māori

Mahira  by Sally Sutton and Katerina Mataira

Kiwi Tahi rāua ko Kiwi Rua by Stephanie Thatcher and Ngaere Roberts

Te Aihe i  Waiata/The Sining Dolphin by Mere Whaanga

Ko Īhaka me te Manuwhiri, Puta Ohorere Mai by Kirsty Wadsworth and Pānia Papa

Ko Pekakiwi by Melinda Szymanik and Pānia Papa

Ka Hīkoi a Pūtangitangi by Stephanie Thatcher and Ngaere Roberts

Kokako Egg for Dinner... or Not! by D.H.A. McMillan

Pounamu's Stones by Dot Meharry

There 's a Moa in the Moonlight/ He Moa kei rō Atarau by Dawn McMillan

Mihi by Gavin Bishop

Koro by Gavin Bishop

Puanga/Matariki

Picture Books

The 7 Kites of Matariki by Calico McClintock

Matariki Around the World by Rangi Matamua and Miriama Kamo (short stories)

Tāwhirimātea - a song for Matariki by June Pitman-Hayes

The Stolen Stars of Matariki by Miriama Kamo

The Little Kiwi's Matariki by Nikki Slade Robinson

Flit the Fantail and the Matariki Map by Kat Quin

A Story for Matariki - The Promise of Puanga by Kirsty Wadsworth and Munro Te Whata

Dinner with Grandpa by Gillian Torckler and Nikki Slade Robinson

Chapter Books/ Longer Reads

The Astromancer, The Rising of Matariki by Witi Ihimaera

Marariki The Star of the Year by Rangi Matamua

Pukapuka Te Reo Māori

Matariki by Sharon Holt

He Pūrākau Matariki te ki Taurangi a Puanga by Kirsty Wadsworth and Ngare Roberts

Ko Flit te Tīrairaka me te Mahere Matariki by Kat Quin 

Ngā whetū Matariki whānakotia by Miriama Kamo 

Ngā Manu Tukutuku e Whitu o Matariki by Calico McClintock and Dominique Ford

Kirihimete

Picture Books

A pukeko in a Ponga Tree by Kingi M. Ihaka

A Kiwi Jingle Bells by Yvonne Morrison and Deborah Hinde

ANZAC Day

Picture Books

Lest We Forget by Feana Tu'akoi

ANZAC Biscuits by Phil Cummings and Owen Swan

The ANZAC Biscuit Man by Peter Millett and Shaun Yeo