How I wrote and illustrated it... without an illustrator and no AI! The concept had been swirling around in my head for a while and I knew I wanted to make a book predominantly for 'Kiwi' kids, and one step further from that was that I wanted to introduce some common te reo Māori words and phrases too. 'Turn on your taringa' is one phrase I really like! My whānau loved the concept too so I felt it could be something to persevere with. I wrote/rewrote/edited/and started the st