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The Aotearoa Series

The Aotearoa Series is a teen fantasy series set in New Zealand. It switches between modern New Zealand, and a magical parallel world named ‘Aotearoa’, where mythic beings and the ghosts of dead New Zealanders and people from our past reside. Aotearoa is beautiful and scary, a place of unspoiled natural beauty, but also of dark shadows and creatures from our worst fears. A place where dragon-like taniwha swim the lakes and rivers, extinct creatures like the moa roam the forests, and long-dead Maori tribes still dwell in hill-forts. A place where settlers from our early history still grapple with a new and untamed land.

The series follows the exploits of young Matiu Douglas, a part-Maori boy from Napier, whose life becomes entangled with the secret conflicts of Aotearoa. When he suddenly finds himself the target of an age-old evil magician, he must flee or die. His journey from fugitive to hero will change Aotearoa and our own world.


The Bone YTiki

The Bone Tiki

- Winner: ‘Best New Book’ at the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards, 2010
- Notable Book (honorary): Storylines YA fiction list 2010
- Published April 2009, through HarperCollins New Zealand 

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The Taniwha's Tears

The Taniwha's Tears

- Notable Book (honorary): Storylines YA fiction list 2011
- Published April 2010, through HarperCollins New Zealand 

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The Lost Tohunga

The Lost Tohunga

- Published April 2011, through HarperCollins New Zealand 

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Justice and Utu

Justice and Utu

 - Published April 2012, through HarperCollins New Zealand

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Ghosts of Parihaka

 - Published March 2013,  through HarperCollins New Zealand

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Magic and Makutu

 - Published March 2014,  through HarperCollins New Zealand

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