About James Waerea
Lived 1940 – 2019 (aged 78–79). James Waerea was a cartoonist.
James Waerea (1940 – 2019) was a New Zealand Māori cartoonist, author and illustrator of Ngati Kahungunu and Te Arawa descent.
While Waerea was a primary school teacher, he began writing and illustrating the series of children's books Pukunui.
Diamond notes that Waerea called 'Maori to account' but his cartoons deployed 'a whimsical humour' which defused 'tension around sensitive issues'.
Waerea died in 2019.
Selected works
Pukunui (1976) Pukunui and his friend Moata Moa (1981) Pukunui the astronaut (1982) Pukunui's hangi (1986)
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New Zealand cartoonist
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James Waerea was born in 1940.
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James Waerea died in 2019.
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