‘My story with taonga begins in 1984’: an excerpt from Books of Mana

By The Spinoff - Jeanette Wikaira Guest writer | Posted: Monday Feb 10, 2025

Books of Mana: 180 Māori-Authored Books of Significance, edited by Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla and Jeanette Wikaira has just been released by Otago University Press.

In this essay, Books are Taonga, Jeanette Wikaira explores her personal relationship to books and their value.

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