Sam Orchard

Thank you, yes indeed, I've still got some comics projects I'm working on, but 15 years of oversharing in this way just seems like enough for now. Hope you're doing well!

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Just letting you all know that I'll be shutting down Rooster Tails in the coming months. I want to do some different creative stuff, and I have been wrestling with this strip for a while. So. I'm retiring Rooster Tails.

You can read more here:
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If you wanna come say hello and see what we do at the National Library of New Zealand - feel free to come along to this: natlib.govt.nz/events/natio...

I'll be there with some cool cartoons and comics

The National Library is 60 years old... come along to their open day to celebrate

If you book for a back-of-house tour you may even get me as your tour guide 😊

natlib.govt.nz/events/natio...

If you want to do a fun family friendly school holiday thing, then I'd highly recommend this: www.facebook.com/share/1BZi7z...

Cartoon. Image shows NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Gaza’s ruins, talking to a gaunt woman, huddled with her two children. He’s saying, “New Zealand is a very principled nation. We won’t be rushed”

New Zealand prevaricates on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, or not.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza

Māui – Sun Catcher on Storytime by RNZ Māui the trickster and his brothers go on a very special adventure Music by Akash Dutta and Gus Reece

You can listen to the book on RNZ storytime - storytime.rnz.co.nz/book/maui-su...

But it's well worth checking out Zak's illustrations too so here's a video of Tim reading it and showing the illustrations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mii8...

Modern take on Maui A west Auckland author is using the legend of Maui to inspire kids.

It's a modern retelling of Māui, using rhyme (in both Reo Māori and English - which I am truly impressed by) and illustrations that feel relatable and fresh. Tipene (Ngati Kuri and Ngati Whatua) says he wanted to create a character to inspire bravery www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/loc...

Māui - te kaihao i te rā (Māui - Sun Catcher) Written by Tim Tipene, illustrated by Zak Waipara, and reo Māori translation by Rob Ruha is the next book on our list. natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/...

Yes! I feel like he's got such an incredible ability to bring a page to life - the colours and textures specifically are so wonderful and rich! Feels like something you can just sit and soak up for a long long time

YouTube video by NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults Gavin Bishop: Reading and Q&A session

And check out this lovely reading and Q+A: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSYP...

He’s the man: Gavin Bishop cleans up at the children’s book awards Results and analysis of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young People.

It was Bishop's FIFTH time winning book of the year. There's a nice little write up about the book awards here on the spinoff, which highlights Bishop's work: thespinoff.co.nz/books/10-08-...

Atua: Māori gods and Heroes - Māori author's efforts recognised

Gavin Bishop;s (Ngāti Pukeko, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Mahuta, Tainui) Atua swept the CYA book awards in 2022 winning the Margaret Mahy book of the year AND the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction AAAND the Russell Clark Award for Illustration.
www.teaonews.co.nz/2022/08/13/a...

It would be remiss of me to do a list of Māori comics and illustrated books (or other library items) and not mention Gavin Bishop. My problem is really which Bishop book to highlight! In the end I chose Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes: natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/...

If you're not a Te Whanganui-a-Tara resident you can check out our online exhibition that some of my colleagues have put together showing some of the amazing photos and ephemera in our collection to celebrate 50 years since the 1975 hīkoi:

natlib.govt.nz/collections/...

At the moment the Library is running a series of events form Aug-November called Mana Māori Motuhake: Māori rights and representation. There's a bunch of film screenings and some rolling exhibitions - well worth checking out:
natlib.govt.nz/events/mana-...

Sorry! I've been unwell - so have some catching up to do with this list... incoming updates ahoy

Mō te Rāpare nei, te rā tuawhā o Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, e whakanui ana mātou i tētahi rangatira nui whakaharahara: pānuihia tēnei Whakatauira nō Te Whaea o te Motu: Whina Cooper me Te Hīkoi Roa mō Te Manatika.
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!!!!!! Yes!!

Wellington hīkoi draws thousands to mark half a century of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Students, teachers and whānau filled Wellington's waterfront with waiata and banners in support of te reo Māori.

Wellington hīkoi draws thousands to mark half a century of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

I'm excited about an event that I have been helping organising - a panel discussion of Maurice Gee's contribution to children's literature. It'll be a mixture of readings and people speaking about his work

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Ngā Tānga Reo Māori project has digitised, and is continuing to digitise, publications from Ngā Tānga Reo Māori: ngā kohikohinga me ōna whakamārama’ (Books in Reo Māori). You can read a bit about the project here, and how to use this resource on papers past:
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/n...

Papers Past is a really helpful resource that the library offers (here's the site for it: paperspast.natlib.govt.nz) and the team have also been working really hard on a specific project to make sure that books and newspapers in te reo Māori are part of the collection, and accessible online

Today's resource isn't technically part of my portfolio area (cartoons, comics, illustrated books and children's literature) but it's a really amazing resource at the library, and so it feels appropriate to highlight on this thread...

YouTube video by Auckland Libraries Read along – Rere Atu Taku Poi! Let My Poi Fly! (Māori)

You can read along here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs1b...

Or in English here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yndt...

YouTube video by Auckland Libraries Author interview – Tangaroa Paul

The story is inspired by Tangaroa's own experience of kapa haka and is a beautiful celebration of gender diversity, but it's probably best to just listen to them in their own words: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq4l...

Cover of Rere Atu Taku Poi! Text on the Cover reads (top to bottom): "Rere Atu Taku Poi! Let My Poi Fly! Tangaroa Paul Nā Rebecca Gibbs ngā pikitia" (final line roughly translates as 'and Rebecca Gibbs drew the illustrations'). The cover is bright with bright colours swirling in the background mimicking the movement of the poi. Two white poi with black and red string fly in the foreground, there is a figure drawn from above with long brown hair, holding one poi and reaching for another, smiling

I got to see Tangaroa Paul (Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupouri, Ngāti Kuri, Ngāi Takoto, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Rēhia, Ngāpuhi and Marqueses Islands of Tāhiti) as the Same Same But Different Writers fest earlier this year, as they read Rere Atu Taku Poi! natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/...

Happy to help with ideas of people depending on the style you're thinking

He Toka Tū Moana a Robyn Kahukiwa Mya Morrison-Middleton reflects on the career of renowned Māori artist Robyn Kahukiwa, and her latest exhibition 'Tangata Whenua', which showed at Season Gallery in Auckland and Christchurch's Centre ...

And! of course! the illustrations by Robyn Kahukiwa (Ngati Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti) are wonderful. This article in Pantograph Punch explores her work and impact: www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/toka-t...

Writer Patricia Grace honoured Author Patricia Grace was honoured for her work at the recent Te Waka Toi Awards in Rotorua. Justine Murray sat down for a chat with Patricia in Rotorua, where she talked about her mission to complete...

When I first moved down to Te Whanganu a Tara I lived out in Cannons Creek and this book is a lovely reflection of the area. Here's a lovely interview with Patricia Grace (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Āti Awa ) from 2016: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...