TY - BOOK AU - Ihimaera, Witi, AU - Te Aho-White,Isobel Joy AU - Ihimaera, Witi, TI - Ariā and the kūmara god: the rising of Whānui SN - 9781776958085 U1 - NZ823.2 23 PY - 2024/// CY - Aotearoa New Zealand PB - Penguin Random House New Zealand KW - Girls KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Dogs KW - Apprentices KW - Animals KW - Rongomatāne KW - reo KW - Kurī KW - Matariki (Tātai whetū) KW - Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki KW - Pakiwaitara KW - Children's stories, New Zealand KW - Picture books for children KW - lcgft KW - Animal fiction N1 - Story for children N2 - "The future is looking bleak: not only is the Astromancer held captive by the wicked Ruatapu, but also the kūmara crops are dying. Ariā and her fellow apprentices -- and Kurī -- must repeat Tāwhaki's great feat and climb up into the heavens to ask the star Whānui for help. They have to act quickly because Matariki is drawing close, but the journey seems impossible"--Publisher information ER -