Title: Rere Atu ki Poronihia Flight to Polynesia Author: Tangaroa Paul Illustrator: Luca Tu’avao Walton ISBN: 978-1-99-004297-3 RRP: $22.99 Specs: PB, 270 x 210 mm portrait, 32 pp, colour Published : 10 March 2026 For Teacher Resource: click here In this sequel to Tangaroa’s popular Rere Atu Taku Poi! / Let My Poi Fly!, Rangi and his kapa haka group fly from Aotearoa to Hawai’i for a cultural festival. While sharing the group’s culture with others from around the Pacific, Rangi makes friends with young people like him from Hawai’i, Sāmoa and Tonga. who combine male and female energy. And so on with the show, as their performances take the foreground while in the background Rangi ponders how Māori define gender and identity. Written in te reo Māori with English translation, and illustrations by emerging Tongan-Kiwi artist Luca Tu’avao Walton, Rere Atu ki Poronihia is an uplifting story that lets young readers explore the varied cultures of Polynesia.
