{"product_id":"taniwha-by-gavin-bishop","title":"Taniwha by Gavin Bishop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaniwha \u003c\/em\u003eby Gavin Bishop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe amazing Gavin Bishop brings us a monster-sized book about the mythical monsters of Aotearoa!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning weaver of stories Gavin Bishop retells a variety of tales about the taniwha of Aotearoa, from the guardians who accompanied waka voyages to present-day inhabitants of the whenua and moana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaniwha are all around us.\u003cbr\u003eThey are good at hiding or changing their shape.\u003cbr\u003eThey can be very tricky.\u003cbr\u003eIf you want to meet one,\u003cbr\u003eyou have to know what to look for\u003cbr\u003eand where to look.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribing how the landscape was shaped, and exploring relations between Māori and the sometimes friendly, but more often terrifying, supernatural creatures, these traditional stories are taken to a new level of spooky visual splendour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 64 pages, published \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOctober 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frances Nation ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51182873346212,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2234\/8579\/files\/Taniwha.jpg?v=1768951607","url":"https:\/\/francesnation.co.nz\/products\/taniwha-by-gavin-bishop","provider":"Frances Nation ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}