{"product_id":"paku-manu-ariki-whakatakapokai","title":"Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapokai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold and multi-layered picture book about self-determination narrated by a young boy full of ideas and questions about growing up, belonging, spirituality, culture and who is the boss.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaku Manu Ariki talks directly to the reader, drawing on the stories that spin around him—his father’s mātauranga, his mother’s politics, his many pet birds, and his best friend who is taller, even though he’s younger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is born from the experience of growing up in a strong Māori whānau in a country and wider world that offers a conflicting version of what is right and of value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaku Manu Ariki is trying to understand his role in his family, community and the larger world. His preoccupation is who is the boss—his nanna at the marae, his older siblings, or any number of atua? His steadfast dad, his Pākehā mum, the “leader of the free world”, or Paku Manu Ariki himself? Paku Manu bumps up against authority, trying to reconcile the kind and just rules of nanna and the unjust power of leaders he sees every day on the TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThoughtful, funny and confronting, \u003cem\u003ePaku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai\u003c\/em\u003e is about the hustle for belonging, and our place in the epic spiral of space, time and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45519012036831,"sku":"9781776574582","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781776574582.jpg?v=1744078742","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/paku-manu-ariki-whakatakapokai","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}