Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street

work by Grace and Kahukiwa

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Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street is a children's book by Patricia Grace and illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa. Published in 1984, it is a collaborative work that explores themes relevant to Māori culture and storytelling. The book features a magical eel, Watercress Tuna, and its interactions with a group of children on Champion Street, highlighting elements of fantasy and cultural narrative within a children's literature context. Grace, a foundational figure in Māori fiction, often incorporates Māori language and perspectives into her work, which Kahukiwa visually complements.1

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…figures in Māori legend; and Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street (1984), another children’s book, about a magical eel and its gifts to a group of children. Her books were written in an English peppered with untranslated Māori words. They were later translated into Māori as well as…
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…figures in Māori legend; and Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street (1984), another children’s book, about a magical eel and its gifts to a group of children. Her books were written in an English peppered with untranslated Māori words. They were later translated into Māori as well as…
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