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E-books available on this site have been designed to facilitate specific language acquisitions. Learn how to write for a range of purposes.

Ka Oho te Manu ki te Ao Tuhituhi
He Manu Tuhituhi is a writing resource designed specifically to assist students who are learning to write in Māori.

He Kura Tuhituhi
A manual designed as a supplement for teachers to assist them when using this suite of books.

He Tuhinga Whakangahau
To uplift and stimulate mind, body and spirit.

He Tuhinga Taki
To relate, in sequence, an event or events that have already occurred.

He Tuhinga Mihi
To acknowledge and celebrate people or features of the natural world.

He Tuhinga Pūrākau Whakamārama
To explain the origin of aspects of world and the benefits of those aspects for people.

He Tuhinga Paki Whakamārama
To explain an aspect of the natural world.

He Tuhinga Takenga Pūtaiao
To explain a natural phenomenon, or a phenomenon caused by human activity, from the viewpoint of a scientist by answering a research question.

He Tuhinga Tautohe
To argue and to persuade the reader to see your point of view on an issue. The object is that the reader will agree with your point of view.

He Tuhinga Tūhono
To express writers' connections to their ancestors, their ‘place to stand’, their waka and to the land.

He Tuhinga Whakaahua
To describe the appearance and the characteristics of a person, an animal, or a thing and how it acts or is used.