Zak Waipara
Location: Auckland
Preferred audience: Any
Zak Waipara (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Ruapani and Ngāti Kahungunu) is a senior lecturer in Digital Communications, at AUT, New Zealand.
He has worked in animation, newspaper graphics, written and drawn comics and illustrated a range of books.
Topics: Māori mythology, artistic process, comic making, storytelling, etc.
Websites:
Ki te Whai Ao, Ki te Ao Marama, A. Bird, Maori Pub. Unit 1996
Turongo and Mahinarangi, Q. Rikihana Hyland, Reed 1997
Te Kapo the Taniwha, Q. Rikihana, Reed 1997
Kopuwai the Monster, Q. Rikihana Hyland, Reed 1998
The Creation, Q. Rikihana Hyland, Reed 1998
Morgan's Cool Cat, S. Clover and H. Rapana Clover, Reed 1998
Super-Morgan, S. Clover and H. Rapana Clover, Reed 1998
Te Tautoko 36, Learning Media 1998
He Kohinga Kiwaha, Te Taura Whiri i te reo Maori, Reed 1999
Q's Course in Maori, Q. Hita, HarperCollins 2001
He Koha: A Gift of Maori Music, B. Taewa & S. Pearce, Reed 2001
Rongomai me Rongoatu, R. Hunia, Ngati Whatua 2004
Ko Rongomai me te Kahupokere, R. Hunia, Ngati Whatua 200, Scholastic 2004
Ka Kimi a Maui i Ona Matu, R. Wiri, Roadshow Ent. 2005
Horeta and the Waka, G. Campbell, Scholastic 2007
Whare Raupo: The Reed Books Story, G. McClean, Reed 2008
Te Reo Taketake, R. Wiri, Raupo 2012
Māui Suncatcher, T. Tipene, Oratia Press 2015
Stolen Stars of Matariki, M. Kamo, Scholastic 2017
Oh Boy: A Story of Epic NZ Men, S. Lipshaw, Penguin 2017
Ko Rongowhakaata: The Story of Light and Shadow, Te Papa Press 2018
E Nge! Pekepeke E!, Huia Publishers 2019
Kia Kaha, S. Morrison & J Sherlock, Penguin 2021
Comic, Anthology and Graphic Novel
ICONZ II Magazine Anthology, 1995
C.O.A.D.N, Creative NZ 1996
Contemporary New Zealand Comics, Fisher Gallery 1996
Nga Pakiwaituhi o Aotearoa: New Zealand Comics Catalogue,1998
Armageddon NZ Comic Megazine Anthology, Armageddon 1998
Armageddon Anthology, Armageddon 1999
Nga Tupuna: Ancestors Anthology Creative Communities, Creative NZ 2000
Otea: Rock of Ages 1, Tuakore 2014
Chroma Vol 2. Chromacon, Chromacon 2014
Chroma Vol 3. Chromacon, Chromacon 2016
Lockdown: Tales from Aotearoa, Chch Art Gallery 2020
Funtimes Comics #33 Tales From Pandemia, Funtime Comics 2020
Otea: Rock of Ages 2, Tuakore 2020
Pepeha: Words and Pictures, Tuakore 2020
