It's major festival day in Warkworth tomorrow with the annual Kowhai Festival Huge Day Out. So in honour of Warkworth and the Kowhai Festival (and because I am from this part of the district and am biased) here is this week's Top 5 celebrating all things Kowhai.
1. The Little Kowhai Tree by Witi Ihimaera A delightful little picture book which is extremely popular. A lonely little kowhai tree longs for a brother to keep her company. When her wish is granted, she is left to protect him in a forest crowded with fairy tale creatures, nosy weka, inconsiderate pigs and chainsaw-wielding woodcutters. Will he survive? Suggested level: junior.
2. Kowhai Gold chosen and edited by Quentin Poper. A classic anthology of New Zealand verse published in 1930. This is a real gem of colonial and early 20th Century poetry, with names such as Duggan, Fairburn and Mansfield.
3. Souvenir programme from Warkworth's First Kowhai Festival in September 1970. This is a Library Use only item but is a fascinating look at the area at the beginning of the seventies.
4. Kowhai and orchid : life on two islands by Robert Paterson. A little more obscure on the Kowhai theme but this 2009 book about "The life of a Kiwi Presbyterian minister in New Zealand and Indonesia" looks like an interesting read.
5. Find out how to grow your own Kowhai tree with The know, sow & grow kids' book of plants / Diana Noonan & Keith Olsen ; illustrated by Keith Olsen
If you want to visit Warkworth this weekend for the Kowhai Festival check out the official website here for what's happening and when.
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