This year's Ngā Kupu Ora awards have been
announced by Massey University. All winning titles are held in the Sylvia Ashton-Warner Library and the General Library, University of Auckland. It is fantastic to see that Dame Kāterina Mataira was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Dame Kāterina's work is also very well represented in the Sylvia Ashton-Warner Library, and was the feature of an extensive memorial display in the library this time last year.
The winning titles are:
TE MAHI TOI – ARTS
Awhina Tamarapa (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Pikiao),
Whatu Kakahu: Māori Cloaks, Publisher: Te Papa Press
TE HĪTORI – HISTORY
Marina Sciascia (Ngāti Kahungungu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāi Tahu), Hilary Pedersen (Pākehā) and Brian Morris (Ngāti Kahungungu, Rongowhakaata),
Matatoa: Fathers & Sons, Publisher: Te Hanganui Partnership
TE PAKIMAERO – FICTION
Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai),
Rangatira, Publisher: Penguin New Zealand
TE REO MĀORI – MĀORI LANGUAGE
Hēni Jacob (Ngāti Raukawa),
Mai i te Kākano, Publisher: Te Tākupu, Te Wānanga o Raukawa
TE TOHU O KUPU ORA – LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dame Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira (Ngāti Porou),
Ngā Waituhi o Rēhua, Publisher: Huia