The Listening Library

Great New Zealand books to listen to whenever you want them.

Produced by Duncan Smith

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Harbouring (Part 1) by Jenny Pattrick

Bird Child (Part 1) by Patricia Grace

Season 5 / Episode 1
Bird Child is told through the eyes of an unborn child and a Kākā bird whose stories are entwined. Part 1 - We are with with an expectant mother, making a life or death escape through the forest, pursued by the hoariri - the enemy.
Supplementary image for episode: Bird Child (Part 1) by Patricia Grace

Bird Child (Part 2) by Patricia Grace

Season 5 / Episode 2
Set in pre-european Aotearoa as an expectant mother and her Iwi make a perilous escape through the forest pursued by the hoariri - the enemy.

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Bird Child (Part 3) by Patricia Grace

Season 5 / Episode 3
The story, told through the eyes of an unborn child and a Kaka bird is set in pre-european Aotearoa and involves an expectant mother and her Iwi as they flee through the forest and across a mighty awa pursued by the hoariri - the enemy.

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