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A taniwha tale with children's author Gavin Bishop

From Saturday Morning, 11:05 am today

Award-winning children's book writer and illustrator, Gavin Bishop has over 70 books to show for the last five decades of his life including re-tellings of Māori myths, European fairy stories, nursery rhymes and original works. Gavin was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013 and President of Honour of the NZ Society of Authors.

His latest work is all about the mythical monsters of Aotearoa, Taniwha.

A pink and blue cover of a book 'Taniwha' by Gavin Bishop.

Photo: Penguin Random House