Grow Big
This story gives readers a vivid picture of daily life in a northern kāinga in Te Ao Tawhito (the old world) around 1770.
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Series: Connected 2022 Level 2 - Ki te hoe! - Let’s get going!
Reading year level: 4
Category: Fiction
Topics: food, gardening, growing, kai, kūmara, matauranga, Ngāti Wai, Northland, raumati, takurua, tūpuna, whakataukī
Grow Big
Words by Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua)
Illustrations by Josh Morgan
This story is told through the eyes of a child and is woven with details of traditional kūmara growing methods.
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