Mira’s whole world is contained on her island of Rosevear, where the people live simply and her father protects her. But now a young woman, Mira’s curiosity about the world ...
Lucas knows he’s got to do something, and fast. His small rural school is going to close, and he and all his friends and classmates will have to catch a ...
A mum and young son walk down through sand dunes and beach grass to the beach. Mumma holds a bucket to hold the pipi she wants to find for their ...
The day had gone so well. Lily had spent it checking out her dream college, but now her transport home had vanished. Wild fires had sprung up between her and ...
Artezan – a combination of: Artisan – skilled craftsperson & Artesian – A spring or well that flows upwards Join these words with a Z instead of an S ...
Avis’ life has changed now that her mum and brother Bruno have moved to Australia to live with Mum’s new partner. Her Dad has left her for a week while ...
Nine chickens in a tree, soundly sleeping as the sun begins to rise. The rooster lets them all know it’s time to get up, and they hop and flutter down ...
Atama is worried about his dad going away to Vietnam. Dad is a radio operator in the NZ Army, and Atama’s Koro was also a soldier. Koro didn’t come home ...
Liam King (17) can’t believe his luck. A guy from school has chosen him to be his boyfriend. This isn’t just any guy. Tristram is good looking, popular, the lead ...
Venus Stoneheart lives in a world of humans and witchers. Witchers like Venus and her family have different magical powers and now aged 18, Venus has been using hers for ...
A teacher stands with her students under a vast skyscape, clouds skudding across it. She urges them to look up to the magnificence of The Majestic Sky Father. As the ...
After a dinner of cabbage and peas, there is a rumble. There is a roar. But this is something that’s happened before. A family stands in shock. They can’t quite ...
She’s home. Her parents are gone and Brooke has returned to live in her childhood home after 10 years away. She has a son who will attend the local middle ...
Nolan Hawker is used to moving around a lot with his mum being a travelling IT consultant. He’s been in lots of schools over the years, but luckily finds schoolwork ...
It’s Dad’s birthday – but there is a problem! Nova has been working hard on a portrait picture for her Dad. She has spent hours and hours on it, and ...
Ruby the mouse was born small, even for a mouse. But she soon made up for it with her LOUD voice. Everything she did was LOUD. Talking, singing, humming and ...
Easter has arrived in Dog and Cat’s house. But where are the lovely, chocolate, Easter eggs? Dog is really worried as he looks at the empty basket, but his buddy ...
Ann lives alone. She tries not to think of the last time she saw her family. Now, she just has to get on with the chores of living, because there ...
Besties Two penguins, one large, one small, hop over the rocks at their beach. Little Blue kicks off a game of Guess What? When Big Blue takes too long to ...
Little Blue is looking for Big Blue. He searches all along the beach until he finds his friend lying in the sand. At first Little Blue wonders what Big Blue ...
Grimmelings are the beginning of the last gleams of the day. Ella has learnt this from her Scottish grandmother who loves to leave Ella little notes with special ancient words ...
Holly is excited for the holiday camp to begin. It is her first time as a camp counsellor, and the first time the camp has been run in the UK ...
Big Blue and Little Blue meet on the sand. Little Blue is struggling with a rock and Big Blue asks him what he is trying to do. On Little Blue’s ...
Misty can’t wait to get back to school after the school holidays. She missed her two best friends, Ruby and Jasmine and is keen to get back into normal school ...
Olivia likes nothing more than being in her garden with her butterfly friends. They are the only friends she has near her country cottage home, but she is perfectly content. ...
It was hard being away from Bear. Living back in the UK with her dad in a house by the coast and near her grandmother, April tried to fit back ...
Let’s go! There is a special event to get to. We will begin with our own legs… This is the way we walk along, walk along, walk along, This ...
New Zealand is famous for our scientists. There was Ernest Rutherford and William Pickering. There was also a stellar woman named Beatrice Hill Tinsley who transformed the world’s thinking and ...
It’s Marion’s first day of school. We travel with him through his day, experiencing all his emotions with him. Our guide is Coffee the Cat, asking us to watch Marion ...