Leon Heketū Blake (Tūhoe, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whāwhākia, Taranaki, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a long-standing teacher of te reo Māori to young people, adults and teachers across the country. Leon is a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo (The Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language) and went on to become one ...

Leon Heketū Blake has tribal affiliations with Tūhoe, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Whāwhākia, Ngāti Porou, Taranaki, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Whānau a Apanui and has been a teacher of Māori language to children, adults and teachers around the country.

Leon Heketu Blake is the author of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (4.47 avg rating, 9450250 ratings, 150761 reviews, published 1997)

Leon Heketū Blake (Tūhoe, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whāwhākia, Taranaki, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a long-standing teacher of te reo Māori to young people, adults and teachers across the country.

I te whakaawenga o te whakawhitia ki te reo Maori e Leon Heketu Blake, ka timata te korero i konei. Although she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling.

Now inspirationally translated into te reo Maori by Leon Blake, the story starts here. One of the greatest children's stories of all time, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, translated into te reo Maori.

Nov 5, 2020 · As a single-mum, she continued to write in every spare moment she could find until Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published by Bloomsbury in 1997. It quickly became a bestseller and the Harry Potter books have since broken many records.

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