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Hashtag Tumeke! Tumeke!
158 pages
illustrations (chiefly colour)
New Zealand author.
Summary: Plans for the Newtoun community's Waitangi Day celebrations are well under way. The Tape Orchestra's practising like mad. Monty and Mr Steve Vibrant are designing a poster. Rishi's trying to land Lil Yacht Shifty - and Ms Ropata's juggling it all because everyone wants in. There'll be curry and cake, kapa haka, halal sausages, foam blasters, the Naenae dirtman, and kiss-the-goat - if Constable Rutene can manage to chase one down. In the meantime, Dreadflock's considering a blog, Briony's Mum's being a helicopter, and everyone's eating a lot of lolly cake. #Tumeke! brings you the lives, loves and larrikin spirit of an inner-city neighbourhood. The story is told through texts, Instagram posts, emails, fliers, committee minutes, posters, diary entries, blog posts, chatrooms, school homework, raps and the reliably bonkers community noticeboard. (Publisher)
New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Finalist, 2020.