One tūī is singing his heart out from a thin branch of a kowhai tree. He is happy with the .....
Titch is apprehensive about moving away from Auckland and everything she knows. But her father has lost his job as .....
Far away in a small town, the people went to sleep, sure in the knowledge that something wonderful would visit .....
George? That’s not her name, but her mum tells her it will be when they reach New Zealand. “…you’ll be .....
Lucas knows he’s got to do something, and fast. His small rural school is going to close, and he and .....
A mum and young son walk down through sand dunes and beach grass to the beach. Mumma holds a bucket .....
Avis’ life has changed now that her mum and brother Bruno have moved to Australia to live with Mum’s new .....
Nine chickens in a tree, soundly sleeping as the sun begins to rise. The rooster lets them all know it’s .....
Atama is worried about his dad going away to Vietnam. Dad is a radio operator in the NZ Army, and .....
A teacher stands with her students under a vast skyscape, clouds skudding across it. She urges them to look up .....
After a dinner of cabbage and peas, there is a rumble. There is a roar. But this is something that’s .....
It’s Dad’s birthday – but there is a problem! Nova has been working hard on a portrait picture for her .....
Ruby the mouse was born small, even for a mouse. But she soon made up for it with her LOUD .....
Easter has arrived in Dog and Cat’s house. But where are the lovely, chocolate, Easter eggs? Dog is really worried .....
Besties Two penguins, one large, one small, hop over the rocks at their beach. Little Blue kicks off a game .....
Little Blue is looking for Big Blue. He searches all along the beach until he finds his friend lying in .....
Grimmelings are the beginning of the last gleams of the day. Ella has learnt this from her Scottish grandmother who .....
Big Blue and Little Blue meet on the sand. Little Blue is struggling with a rock and Big Blue asks .....
Let’s go! There is a special event to get to. We will begin with our own legs… This is .....
New Zealand is famous for our scientists. There was Ernest Rutherford and William Pickering. There was also a stellar woman .....
Rangi enjoys practising haka with the other boys in his class at school. They are preparing for their end of .....
A small boy gazes out over the water at a passing tugboat. He wants to play but the tugboat is .....
The sun is blazing and the beach is busy. The lifeguards are preparing the equipment they will need for the .....
Daisy McCray loves to surf, but when she reaches the beach the wind is all wrong and the waves are .....
Have you ever been to Pukekura Park in New Plymouth? There is so much to see. There is the boating .....
Things are warming up down under, and Christmas is on its way. There are lots Santa pictures around at this .....
Mophead has a problem. She has woken with a knot. It’s a big knot, and the more she ignores it, .....
A young boy lies in his bed, where worries have crept up on him. His stomach has begun to hurt, .....
Trevor the Duck is very curious. He spends lots of time looking under, over and around things to see what .....