Ringakōreko

He pukapuka whakakata a 'Ringakōreko', e pā ana ki tētahi poaka kāore ōna hiahia ki te kī, ‘oika’. Ka kī kē ia, “ringakōreko!” Ahakoa te akiaki o te kaiahuwhenua, ka kī tonu te poaka, “ringakōreko!” Hei te mutunga o te pukapuka, ka kanikani ngātahi ngā kararehe katoa o te pāmu.

He miramira, he mumura ngā whakaahua nā Josh Morgan. He pai ki a au tōna whakamahi o i ngā tae o te uenuku kia whakamārama atu i te hahaki o te kiripuaki o Poaka. Kāore e kore, ka pārekareka ngā pikitia ki ngā nohinohi.

He rauemi pai tēnei pukapuka a 'Ringakōreko' ki ngā whānau reo Māori, ki ngā tamariki o te Kōhanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa rānei.

“Ringakōreko” is a funny, book about a pig who doesn’t oink. Instead he says “ringakōreko / dazzlehands!”. Despite the farmer’s best attempts to make the pig say “oink / oika”, the pig continues to say “ringakōreko”. By the end of the book, the pig has all of the animals dancing with him.

Josh Morgan’s illustrations are bright and bold. I really enjoyed his use of colour to communicate the flamboyance of Pig’s character. This book will be very appealing to pre-schoolers.

'Ringakōreko' will be a great resource for whānau who have some fluency in te reo Māori, particularly whānau who have tamariki in Kōhanga Reo or Kura Kaupapa.