Simple children’s rhyming picture book promoting positive cultural identity, basic te reo Māori and whakapapa.

Teaching simple language and reading to young (0–7-year-old) Kiwi tamariki by Australian-based Māori children’s en­tertainer known as ‘Miss Nicky Says’.

She first aired on Youtube in 2001 and has captured the hearts of children, parents and educators since then with her colourful songs, educational content, graphics and use of Māori language.

Miss Nicky Says performs dozens of popular children’s songs ― pairing simple songs with basic actions and moves.

Available to listen and view on Spotify, iTunes and Amazon music.

Nicolla Hemi-Morehouse, a.k.a Miss Nicky Says:

• An award-winning children’s artist with a Youtube channel celebrating over 1 million views.
• Her song A Tuatara in my Gumboot was shortlisted for the APRA Best Children’s Song at the 2023 NZ Music Awards.
• In 2023 she won the title of Top Australian Kids Artist of the Year. Her nominated song ‘A Tuatara in my Gumboot’ was a finalist for Best Children’s Song at this year’s Interna­tional Songwriting Competition and her debut album ‘I Love Matariki’ will be released this autumn.
• Born in Aotearoa, Nicolla Hemi-Morehouse (Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toa) now resides on the Gold Coast of Australia.
• Story Hemi-Morehouse (Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toa Rangatira) is an award-winning writer-illustrator who burst onto the NZ literary scene during the Covid-19 lockdowns. She has nine books already to her name, including: The Greatest Haka Festival on Earth and Mokopuna Matatini, which were both finalists in the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.