Around and About Aotearoa – Read NZ Te Pou Muramura

So, what’s this book all about? Well, it covers a lot of the interesting stuff around and about Aotearoa, aka New Zealand…

Reviewed by Nadine Molloy, Library Assistant, Remarkables Primary School

In his own words, the author details this book as having “heaps of weird, odd, funny and amazing facts, figures, bits and pieces of history, events and happenings” as well as “important and helpful information”.

I initially started at the back, reading the six-page timeline, which in itself was very informative. Did you know that Old Russell was the capital in 1840, or that frozen meat was exported as early as 1882? The first Moro bars went on sale in 1967 – something that will be of interest to many of the young readers. The timeline gives just very brief information – perfect for those students who like small snippets of interesting knowledge.