Te Ruanuku

He purakau whakamiharo te pukapuka a Paulo Coelho mo Hanatiako, mo tetahi taitama hepara no Anaruhia e koingo ana ki te haereere ki te kimi i nga kura huna o te ao. I roto i tana haerenga, ka kite ia i etahi kura tino rereke nei i tana i pohewa ai e ea ai tana koingo. Ka whakaako mai Te Ruanuku i te pumanawa o te whakarongo ki o tatou ngakau, o te kite i nga huarahi, o te ako hoki ki te whakamaori i nga tohu ka puta mai i te wa o te ora me te akoranga nui katoa o te whai i o tatou moemoea. Nuku atu i te waru tekau ma rima miriona nga pukapuka kua hokona puta noa i te ao, a, he nui ake hoki te whakawhitihia o te pukapuka nei ki reo ke i to etahi atu pukapuka na tetahi kaituhi e ora tonu ana. Kua noho mai a Te Ruanuku hei pukapuka e kore nei e herea e te wa, penei i te reo Maori e newanewa nei tona rere i roto i tenei whakamaoritanga na Hemi Kelly.

Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. The Alchemist teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts.

Hemi Kelly is of Ngati Maniapoto and Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa descent. He started learning te reo Maori as a young teenager and naturally progressed into teaching roles after study. Hemi is a full-time lecturer in te reo Maori at the Auckland University of Technology. His academic research and writing focus largely on the revitalisation of the Maori language and translation studies. Hemi is a licensed translator and graduate of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (The Institute of Excellence in the Maori Language). In 2017, Hemi translated Witi Ihimaera’s novella Sleeps Standing. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, the Brazilian author Paulo Coelho was an actor and rock musician until, at thirty-nine, a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago led him to begin his life as a writer. Slow initial sales of his second book, The Alchemist, convinced his publisher to drop the novel, but Coelho’s masterpiece grew with readers over time to become a huge global bestseller. Paulo Coelho’s books have now sold more than 230 million copies worldwide and have been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 427 consecutive weeks.