Purple Heart

Ta'afuli Andrew Fiu

Andrew Fiu came to Ponsonby, Auckland as a three-year-old, part of the wave of immigration from Samoa that turned Auckland's inner city suburbs into a vibrant cultural melting pot. At 14 he was misdiagnosed as having flu when in fact he had rheumatic fever, a disease endemic in Pacific Island communitie...

Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?

BRIANNA CAPLAN SAYRES

The bedtime rituals of little diggers and dump trucks at a construction site should be quite familar to kids saying goodnight. Young readers will identify with fire engines, tractors and monster trucks as the vehicles ask for "one more story" while their mommy trucks tuck them in, and their daddy trucks...