Mat Tait

Mat Tait (born 1970) is a New Zealand author, illustrator, artist and cartoonist. His book Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year at the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Tait was a judge for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2025.

Publications

As writer and illustrator

• Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku (Allen & Unwin, 2022)

As illustrator

• The Adventures of Tupaia by Courtney Sina Meredith (Allen & Unwin, 2019)
• The Heading Dog who Split in Half: Legends and Tall Tales from New Zealand by Michael Brown (Potton & Burton, 2015)

References