Hare Pota me te Whatu Manapou

About the Author

Te Kaituhi / Author

J.K. ROWLING is the author of the enduringly popular Harry Potter books. After the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a delayed train journey in 1990, she plotted out and started writing the series of seven books and the first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published in the UK in 1997. The series took another ten years to complete, concluding in 2007 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

To accompany the series, J.K. Rowling wrote three short companion volumes for charity, Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of Lumos. She also collaborated on the writing of a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which was published as a script book.

Her other books for children include the fairy tale The Ickabog and The Christmas Pig, which were published in 2020 and 2021 respectively and have also been bestsellers. She is also the author of books for adults, including a bestselling crime fiction series under the pen name Robert Galbraith.

J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honours for her writing. She also supports a number of humanitarian causes through her charitable trust Volant and is the founder of the children’s charity Lumos.

To find out more about J.K. Rowling visit jkrowlingstories.com.

Ko J.K. Rowling te kaituhi o ngā pukapuka o Hare Pota e matatū nei te rongonuitanga. I muri i te toko ake o te whakaaro o Hare Pota i tana hinengaro i tana haerenga mā runga i tētahi tereina tōmuri i te tau 1990, i whakaritea, i tīmataria hoki tana tuhi i te terenga o ngā pukapuka e whitu, ā, ko te tuatahi, arā, ko Hare Pota me te Whatu Manapou, i whakaputaina i Peretānia i te tau 1997. Ka pau te tekau tau anō, kātahi ka whakaotia te terenga, ā, ko te whakatepenga i puta i te tau 2007, ko Hare Pota me ngā Owha o te Mate.

Hei āpitihanga ki te terenga, i tuhi a J.K. Rowling i ētahi kōrero poto hei tāpirihanga atu ki ērā, hei kaupapa kohikohi pūtea hoki, ko Te Kuitiki i Roto i ngā Tau me Ngā Kātuarehe me ngā Wāhi e Kitea ai, hei tautoko i a Comic Relief me Lumos, tae atu ki Ngā Paki mō Pītara te Kaitito hei tautoko i a Lumos. I mahi tahi ia ki te taha o ētahi atu i te tuhinga o te whakaari i runga atamira, o Hare Pota me te Tamaiti kua Kangaia, i whakaputaina hei pukapuka whakaari.

Ko tētahi atu o ana pukapuka mā ngā tamariki, ko Te Ikapoki me Te Poaka Kirihimete, ā, i puta te tuatahi i te tau 2020; i puta te tuarua i te tau 2021, ka mutu, e mōhio nuitia ana hoki ērā pukapuka. Koia hoki tētahi kaituhi o ngā pukapuka mā te pakeke, tae atu ki te paki taihara i raro i tōna ingoa huna, i a Robert Galbraith.

E hia nei ngā tohu me ngā whakahōnoretanga kua whakawhiwhia ki a J.K. Rowling mō āna tuhinga. Ka tautoko hoki ia i te hia kaupapa tautāwhi tangata mā roto mai i tana tarahiti ohaoha, i a Volant, ā, nāna hoki a Lumos i whakatū, arā, te kaupapa ohaoha mā ngā tamariki.

E kitea ai ētahi pārongo atu anō mō J.K. Rowling, me toro atu ki jkrowlingstories.com.

Nō ngā iwi o Tūhoe, o Tūhorangi, o Ngāti Wāhiao, o Ngāti Whāwhākia, o Ngāti Porou, o Taranaki, o Ngāti Kahungunu, o Te Whānau a Apanui a Leon Heketū Blake, ā, kua roa ia e whakaako ana i te reo Māori ki ngā tamariki, ki ngā mātua, ki ngā kaiako anō hoki o te motu. He ika-a-Whiro a Leon nō Te Panekiretanga o te Reo. He kaiako hoki ia i reira, ā, ko ia tētahi o te hunga nāna i waihanga te tohu paetahi o Te Paritūtanga o te Reo me te tohu paerua o Te Reo Kairangi i raro i te maru o Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Ko Leon hoki tētahi o ngā mema o te ohu nāna i tiaki te kounga o te whakamāoritanga o te Ture mō te Reo, 2016. He mea whakawhiwhi ōna tohu mātauranga ki a ia e Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, i Papaioea.

Kua whakawhiwhia ki a Leon ngā tohu o te whakawhiti reo ā-tuhi, ā-waha hoki e whaimana ana i raro i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. I te tekau tau kua hipa ake nei, mā tana pakihi o Kounga Ltd, kua tukuna e ia ngā ratonga e pā ana ki te reo Māori. Ko te tikanga o Kounga, ko te eke o te pai ki tōna taumata e tika ana – e whai ana a Leon kia tae atu āna mahi katoa e whai wāhi ai te reo Māori ki taua taumata rā. Tuku ratonga whakawhiti reo ai ia ki ngā pokapū o te kāwanatanga, ā, kua noho ia hei kaitohutohu reo Māori i ētahi hōtaka pouaka whakaata, tae atu ki a SpongeBob TarauPorowhā me Tōra te Mātātoa. I te tau 2017, ka whakamāoritia e ia te pukapuka a Ahorangi Rangi Matamua e kīia nei ko Matariki: Te Whetū Tapu o te Tau. He pārekareka ki a Leon te whakatangi piana, te noho tahi hoki me ana mokopuna.

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Leon Heketū Blake (Tūhoe, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whāwhākia, Taranaki, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a long-standing teacher of te reo Māori to young people, adults and teachers across the country. Leon is a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo (The Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language) and went on to become one of its tutors. He has co-written a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Māori Language Excellence for Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Leon was on the Quality Assurance Group for Te Ture mō te Reo, 2016. He received his qualifications from Massey University in Palmerston North.

Leon is a certified translator and interpreter, registered with The Māori Language Commission in New Zealand. For the past decade, he has provided Māori language consultancy services through his company Kounga Ltd. Kounga means quality – and all of Leon’s endeavours work towards achieving this for the Māori language. He provides translation services to government agencies, and he has worked as a Māori language advisor on several television productions, including SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer. In 2017, he translated Professor Rangi Matamua’s book entitled Matariki: The Star of the Year. Leon enjoys playing the piano and spending time with his granddaughters.