Author

E mohio nuitia ana a J.K. ROWLING hei kaituhi mo nga pukapuka e whitu o Hare Pota, i whakaputaina ra i te tau 1997 ki te tau 2007. Kua neke atu i te 500 miriona nga tanga o nga haerenga matatoa o Hare ratou ko Rana, ko Heremaiani, e matatu nei te rongonuitanga, kua neke atu i te waru tekau nga reo i whakawhitingia ai nga korero, a, e waru nga hurihanga hei kiriata ina ke te nui o te matakihia. I te taha o te terenga o nga pukapuka o Hare Pota, i tuhi hoki ia i etahi pukapuka poto e toru hei tapirihanga ki era atu: Te Kuitiki i Roto i nga Tau me Nga Katuarehe me nga Wahi e Kitea ai, hei tautoko i a Comic Relief me Lumos, tae atu ki Nga Paki mo Pitara te Kaitito hei tautoko i a Lumos. I mahi tahi a J.K. Rowling ratou ko te kaihanga whakaari, ko Jack Thorne, ko te ringatohu, ko John Tiffany, kia haere tonu nga korero mo Hare ma roto i te whakaari i runga atamira, ko Hare Pota me te Tamaiti kua Kangaia, i timata i Ranana i te tau 2016, a, inaianei kei te ao whanui e whakaaturia ana. I taua tau ano, katahi ia ka timata hei kaituhi kiriata i a Nga Katuarehe me nga Wahi e Kitea ai, koia nei te tuatahi o tetahi terenga e kitea ai te kaimatai kararehe-tumatarau, a Nui Karamena, i puta ai na te pukapuka tapiri tuatahi. Kua tuhi hoki a J.K. Rowling i tetahi pakimaero takitahi, i a The Casual Vacancy, a, ko ia te kaituhi o te terenga puka-taihara, o Strike, i raro i tona ingoa huna, i a Robert Galbraith. Kua hurihia aua pukapuka e rua hei hotaka pouaka whakaata. E hia nei nga tohu me nga whakahonoretanga kua whiwhi ia, tae atu ki tetahi OBE me tetahi Companion of Honour mo ana mahi ki te ao tuhituhi me te ohaoha. Kei Koterangi ratou ko tana whanau e noho ana.

J.K. ROWLING is best known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were published between 1997 and 2007. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione have gone on to sell over 500 million copies, be translated into over eighty languages and made into eight blockbuster films. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also 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. J.K. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London in 2016 and is now playing worldwide. In the same year, she made her debut as a screenwriter with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander, which was inspired by the original companion volume.

J.K. Rowling has also written a standalone novel, The Casual Vacancy, and is the author of the Strike crime series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Both have been adapted for television. She has received many awards and honours, including an OBE and a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy. She lives in Scotland with her family.

Te Kaiwhakamāori / Translator

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.

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.

Ko Kotahi Rau Pukapuka te waka. Ko te pae tawhiti, kia 100 ngā pukapuka reo Māori ka pae ki uta.

Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust was launched in October 2019 with an audacious goal of producing 100 great books in te reo Māori.