Supporting Young Authors: Learn about Life on the Chatham Islands!

I am posting on behalf of Kaingaroa School which is located in the Chatham Islands, about 800km east of the South Island of New Zealand.

Map showing location of Chatham Islands and Kaiangaroa School

Some of their students have been busy creating digital books on their iPads, sharing what life is like in their very remote community. They even had their parents on board helping them capture the content. 😁 They would now love to share their creations with other students all over the world!

Example from a page of the book


I suggested our Apple Education Community may be a great place to start. If you are keen and willing to share their ePubs with your own students, they would be ever so excited! We are sharing just a couple to start with. They can be downloaded to your Apple Books library via this shared folder

The students and their teacher will be monitoring the comments in this post. If you have any feedback or questions about their community, they would absolutely love to hear from you!

Ngā mihi!


1 reply

March 21, 2025

Kaingaroa School has 6 stunning pupils and we have loved making these books. We want to show children in New Zealand and around the would what a stunning place the Chathams are and especially our village, Kaingaroa. Download the books and read them to your class and email us if you want. We have a movie coming out soon too about our "Life on the Chathams" It is pure gold and will be great to share with your pupils too.

Thanks, Roger Hornblow.... Acting Principal and their teacher.

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