Ko taku reo, ko taku ohooho, ko taku reo mapihi mauria.
My language, my awakening, my language is the window to my soul.
This sparkling new collection brings more than 40 languages together, story by story, highlighting the beautifully complex realities of Aotearoa's multicultural and multilingual society. Including microfictions and creative nonfictions, plus 12 essays from language practitioners and experts, Te Moana o Reo holds words to the light, examining, contemplating and declaring who we are. This is a 21st-century view of Aotearoa, a taonga for our world.
Writers include: David Eggleton, Airana Ngarewa, Melanie Kwang, Karlo Mila, Ghazaleh Gol, James Norcliffe, Robert Sullivan, Lynn Jenner, Harry Ricketts, Jana Grohnert, Serie Barford, Lynn Davidson, Renee Liang, Hemi Kelly