Because I'm Maori by Nicolla Hemi Morehouse

Simple children’s rhyming picture book promoting positive culturalidentity, basic te reo Māori and whakapapa.

Teaching simple language and reading to young (0–7-year-old) Kiwi tamarikiby Australian-based Māori children’s en­tertainer known as ‘MissNicky Says’.

She first aired on Youtube in 2001 and has captured the hearts of children,parents and educators since then with her colourful songs, educational content,graphics and use of Māori language.

Miss Nicky Says performs dozens of popular children’s songs ― pairingsimple songs with basic actions and moves.

Available to listen and view on Spotify, iTunes and Amazon music.

Nicolla Hemi-Morehouse, a.k.a Miss Nicky Says:

• An award-winning children’s artist with a Youtube channel celebratingover 1 million views.
• Her song A Tuatara in my Gumboot was shortlisted for the APRA BestChildren’s Song at the 2023 NZ Music Awards.
• In 2023 she won the title of Top Australian Kids Artist of the Year. Hernominated song ‘A Tuatara in my Gumboot’ was a finalist for BestChildren’s Song at this year’s Interna­tional Songwriting Competition andher debut album ‘I Love Matariki’ will be released this autumn.
• Born in Aotearoa, Nicolla Hemi-Morehouse (Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toa) nowresides on the Gold Coast of Australia.
• Story Hemi-Morehouse (Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toa Rangatira) is anaward-winning writer-illustrator who burst onto the NZ literary scene during theCovid-19 lockdowns. She has nine books already to her name, including: TheGreatest Haka Festival on Earth and Mokopuna Matatini, which were both finalistsin the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Delivery Rates

Standard Delivery starts from just $5.95 per shipment.

Delivery starts out at just $5.95 per shipment. As the size and weight of shipments increase, so does the freight price. To ensure every customer pays a fair price for delivery, an exact shipping price will be displayed to you in the checkout based on the size and weight of the products in your order and your delivery address.

Please note we have a $68-$98 rate for shipping heavy and bulky goods like chairs and desks which will be calculated at checkout.  

Most orders are shipped using New Zealand Post and these parcels are shipped with no-signature required. For our heavy and bulky goods, these are shipped via Mainfreight with signature required.