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Mere Whaanga

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Mere Whaanga (Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungungu) lives in Napier. She is a writer, illustrator, historian and academic who may be best known as the author of several extremely successful children's books that have been finalists in book awards, notably The Legend of the Seven Whales, Te Pakiwaitara ō Ngā Tahora Tokowhitu (1988) and Tangaroa's Gift: Te Koha āTangaroa (1990). She has an MPhil in Māori Studies from Massey University and was awarded the 2001–02 Ministry for Culture and Heritage Fellowship in Māori History to complete A Carved Cloak for Tahu.

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Mere Whaanga

Mere Whaanga

A Carved Cloak for Tahu