Twitter and 'Tangata Whenua'
The online response to Tangata Whenua has been phenomenal and we've already featured Morgan Godfrey's summary of the book in five Tweets. It's one of the first New Zealand books to be promoted on Twitter and here's just a few of our favourite responses to date.
'Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History' - launching 14 November
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— BridgetWilliamsBooks (@BWB_NZ) October 27, 2014At the launch for #TangataWhenua pic.twitter.com/839xOKSi6h
— Hirini Kaa (@revhirini) November 14, 2014Sir Tipene O’Regan launching #TangataWhenua pic.twitter.com/OSDYK1f8VQ
— BridgetWilliamsBooks (@BWB_NZ) November 14, 2014Ta Tipene does an amazing korero on our ability and need to constantly reimagine ourselves #TangataWhenua
— Hirini Kaa (@revhirini) November 14, 2014And awesome poem by Patricia Grace #TangataWhenua
— Hirini Kaa (@revhirini) November 14, 2014Published today! We have stock.
This long-anticipated, much-needed and attractive book achieves the near... http://t.co/AVxMA2hlWb
— Page & Blackmore (@PageBlackmore) November 15, 2014I'm still exploring Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History but I can assure you it's a magnificent work. Both art and scholarship.
— Morgan Godfery (@MorganGodfery) November 16, 2014Amazing turnout at @UnityBooks WGTN for the @BWB_NZ Tangata Whenua event. My review should be up this weekend. pic.twitter.com/Engb7aTXQz
— Briar Lawry (@briarlawry) November 21, 2014"A book like this can be a bridge... New Zealand is a better place now than it was last week" says Joe Williams #TangataWhenua #BWBText
— History Programme (@HistoryatVic) November 21, 2014At the Wellington book launch for #TangataWhenua. So proud of my two babies and their kōhanga providing the waiata! pic.twitter.com/FlSkmVcHfR
— Maiki Sherman (@MaikiSherman) November 21, 2014WHAT A LAUNCH. Wow. Waiata and laughter and stories and many voices coming together to celebrate something beautiful. Ka pai, @BWB_NZ.
— Briar Lawry (@briarlawry) November 21, 2014Thank you to all who celebrated #TangataWhenua - esp. speakers, @UnityBooks & children from Te Kaahui Kohanga Reo!
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— BridgetWilliamsBooks (@BWB_NZ) November 24, 2014Dad saw me reading Tangata Whenua and said why would you bother reading that. I answered because people continue to say things like that.
— Jordan McCluskey (@prinnbanktce) November 26, 2014@BWB_NZ We provided some material for it, so lovely to see it. #AoteaUtanganuiMuseum Looks wonderful.
— Cath Sheard (@KiwiLibrarian) November 28, 2014@nzherald Xmas Books Special in Canvas was notable for excluding te reo Māori books & new masterpiece "Tangata Whenua" #MaoriReadBooksToo
— Graham Cameron (@mvlgrimace) November 29, 2014@reomaori @BWB_NZ oh bouquets to you & all that work with you to produce such intelligent& necessary readings - treasured in our place
— Chris Webster (@waikatopolitx) December 1, 2014Kua hokona ngā pukapuka #TangataWhenua hai koha mā ngā kaitautoko o te Kura Reo Kāi Tahu, he koha pai hoki i tēnei Kirihimete pea! @BWB_NZ
— Kotahi Mano Kāika (@kmk_reo) December 1, 2014Telling people who ask me what I want for xmas they can get me a copy of Tangata Whenua.
— Mr Salteena (@saniac) December 2, 2014My review of Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History is in this Saturday's Fairfax papers. In short: you should buy it (the book, I mean).
— Morgan Godfery (@MorganGodfery) December 3, 2014Tangata Whenua is a landmark book published by Bridget Williams Books which tells the history of our people and... http://t.co/kb2j5nrgYo
— MARAE (@maraetvnz) December 5, 2014Halfway through Tangata Whenua. An amazing book. Every chapter blows me away @BWB_NZ
— Jordan McCluskey (@prinnbanktce) December 5, 2014@BWB_NZ Thank you for publishing it @prinnbanktce
— Miriam Pierard (@miriampierard) December 5, 2014