Before George

Deborah Robertson

When Marnya immigrates to New Zealand from South Africa in 1953 with her mother and sister, her mother cuts off Marnya's hair and changes her name to George to hide her identity as a girl. Hours later, their Christmas Eve train plummets into the Whangaehu River and George loses not only her family and n...

Te Rā Kura ki Aotearoa

Donovan Bixley (Illustrator)

Starting school is a big step up. Ta te Kiwi Ro Kura familiarises children and their parents with the structure of the kiwi school day and puts them at ease with elements of the New Zealand curriculum: What do you do at school?, Who will be there?, What will I learn?, What will my classroom be like? Aut...