Professor Tapsell’s Pūkaki book translated into te reo Māori
Professor Paul Tapsell‘s 2000 book, Pūkaki: The Return of the Comet is now available in te reo Māori as Pūkaki: Te Hokinga mai o te Auahitūroa. The book was translated by renowned linguist, Scotty Morrison.
Kua puta mai he whakamāoritanga o tā Professor Paul Tapsell pukapuka o te tau 2000, ko Pūkaki: Te Hokinga mai o te Auahitūroa te taitara hou. he mea whakamāori e te tohunga rāranga kupu, e Scotty Morrison.
More details of Pūkaki, the book, and the translation process can be found in a recent NZ Herald article.
Kei te wānangahia e te pukapuka nei a Pūkaki, te tipuna o Ngati Whakaue (he hapū nō Te Arawa), me te kōrero mō te whakairo, mō Pūkaki, arā, te take i whakairohia ai, te rironga atu i te Karauana, me te whakahokinga mai ki a Ngāti Whakaue i te tau 1997.
Ka pai, Pāora, kōrua ko Scotty.
