Author(s): J.K Rowling

Te Reo Māori | Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction

Ko tētahi o ngā tino kōrero mā ngā tamariki ā mohoa nei, ko tā J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, kua whakawhitia ki te reo Māori. Nō te huringa o te kōpaki, i tana ringa e wiri ana, ka kite iho a Hare i tētahi hiri-wākihi waiporoporo e whakaatu ana i tētahi tohu kāwai; he raiona, he īkara, he patiha me tētahi nākahi e karapoti ana i tētahi pū ‘H’ e rahi ana. Kāore anō a Hare Pota i paku rongo kōrero e pā ana ki Hōwata i te taenga haeretanga o ngā reta ki a Mita H. Pota, i Te Kāpata i raro i te Arapiki, i te 4 o te Ara o Piriweti. He mea tuhi ki te wai kānapanapa i runga i te kirihipi āhua kōwhai nei, i tere rā te kōhakina e ngā mātua kēkē wetiweti o Hare, e ngā Tūhiri. Heoi, i te huringa tau tekau mā tahi o Hare, ka papā mai tētahi tangata hītawe ake nei, a Rūpehu Hākiri, me ētahi kōrero whakamīharo: he kirimatarau a Hare Pota, ā, kua whai tūranga ia ki Te Kura Matarau o Hōwata. I te pukapuka tuatahi o ngā tino kōrero mā ngā tamariki ā mohoa nei, ka whakamōhio a Rāna rātou ko Heremaiani, ko Tāmaratoa, ko Ahorangi Makōnara i a Hare me te kaipānui ki te Kuitiki me Tērā-e-Mōhiotia-rā, ki te whāinga o te matarau me te oha mai i mua. I te whakaawenga o te whakawhitia ki te reo Māori e Leon Heketū Blake, ka tīmata te kōrero i konei. One of the greatest children’s stories of all time, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, translated into te reo Māori. Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter ‘H’. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when letters start arriving for Mr H. Potter, The Cupboard under the Stairs, 4 Privet Drive. In emerald-green ink on yellowish parchment, they are swiftly confiscated by Harry’s grisly aunt and uncle, the Dursleys. Then, on Harry’s eleventh birthday, a great giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the first volume of one of the greatest children’s stories of all time, Ron and Hermione, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall introduce Harry and the reader to Quidditch and You-Know-Who, to the promise of magic and the inheritance of the past. Now inspirationally translated into te reo Māori by Leon Heketū Blake, the story starts here.