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{{Short description|New Zealand author, illustrator, artist and cartoonist}}
{{For|the rugby player|Mathew Tait}}
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| birth_place = [[Christchurch]], New Zealand
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'''Mat Tait''' (born 1970) is a New Zealand author, illustrator, artist and cartoonist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mat Tait : comics, art, illustration |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/36427353 |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=National Library of New Zealand}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annualannual.com/mat-tait|title=Mat Tait|website=Annual Annual &#124; NZ}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/495551/bilingual-book-takes-top-honours-at-children-s-book-awards|title=Bilingual book takes top honours at Children's Book Awards|date=August 10, 2023|website=[[RNZ]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/132723772/bilingual-book-wins-new-zealand-book-awards-for-children-and-young-adults|title=Bilingual book wins New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young adults|first=Eda|last=Tang|date=August 11, 2023|website=Stuff}}</ref>

== 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)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018713143/the-adventures-of-tupaia|title=The Adventures of Tupaia|date=September 13, 2019|website=[[RNZ]] }}</ref>
* ''The Heading Dog who Split in Half: Legends and Tall Tales from New Zealand'' by Michael Brown ([[Potton & Burton]], 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/lifestyle-entertainment/76474644/comic-artist-brings-tall-tales-legends-to-life|title=Comic artist brings tall tales, legends to life|date=February 2, 2016|website=Stuff}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:New Zealand comics artists]]
[[Category:New Zealand illustrators]]
[[Category:New Zealand children's writers]]
[[Category:New Zealand children's book illustrators]]


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