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Explore! Aotearoa features the amazing true stories of New Zealand’s explorers. It follows adventurers like: Kupe, Thomas Brunner and Kehu, Freda du Faur and the Graham Brothers, Tāne Tinorau and Kieran McKay, Kelly Tarlton and Wade Doak. Journey with them over the waves, across the land, up the mountains, beneath the earth, and under the sea.

The author, Bronwen Wall’s dynamic narrative has made these wonderful New Zealand explorers approachable and exciting. Bronwen is a regular contributor to the Ministry of Educations’ Junior Journal, School Journal and the Connected series. She has also edited and written several adventure books, including Harry Watson: the Mile Eater and the Tararua Adventure Guide.

Evocative illustrations, maps, photographs and paintings add a rich visual layer to the tales. Chapters begin with cliffhangers that draw readers into the history to learn how each explorer survived their ordeal. The stories are engaging for children and adult readers alike.

process

Our project managers divided up the roles of the two editors on this book, ensuring our work was equally shared. I concentrated on fact-checking and general copy-editing, making sure all the sources used were correctly referenced and backed up by other sources as best as I could. It was an ongoing process, going back and forth between the author and library books right till the very last day, haha!

I was also constantly checking the usage of Māori words and names, reading Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori – Guidelines for Māori Language Orthography, while also relying on the Māori Dictionary, H.M. Ngata's English-Māori Dictionary, Te Ara and whatever sources I could get my hands on.

credits

Author
Bronwen Wall

Publisher
Kennett Brothers

Illustrator
Kimberly Andrews

Designer
Luke Kelly

Project managers
Margot Sorensen and Helena Loy

Editors
Christine Ling and Beth Marriott

Production
Margot Sorensen and Eleonora Mignacca

Marketing & sales
Helena Loy and Laura Peckyno