Mat Tait (born 1970) is a New Zealand author, illustrator, artist and cartoonist. His book ''Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku'' won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year at the 2023

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a series of literary awards presented annually to recognise excellence in children and young adult's literature in New Zealand. The awards began in 1982 as the New Zealand Governm ...

Publications

As writer and illustrator

* ''Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku'' (

Allen & Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an ...

, 2022)

As illustrator

* ''The Adventures of Tupaia'' by

Courtney Sina Meredith Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986) is a poet, playwright, and short story author from New Zealand. Background Born in 1986, Meredith grew up in Glen Innes and is of Samoan, Cook Island and Irish descent. She attended Ponsonby Primary Schoo ...

(Allen & Unwin, 2019) * ''The Heading Dog who Split in Half: Legends and Tall Tales from New Zealand'' by Michael Brown (

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, 2015)

References

Living people 1970 births New Zealand comics artists New Zealand illustrators New Zealand children's writers New Zealand children's book illustrators {{NewZealand-writer-stub