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Inspired to write about afterlife for our animals

Aug 31 2018 Updated March 21, 2023

Gisborne Herald

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RAINBOW ZOO: Former Gisborne woman Debz Pokai (Te Nahu) has written her first children’s book around the ‘at times’ difficult parenting subject - the death of a beloved pet. She and husband Shane were in Gisborne this week and introduced their book to Mason Blackwell (four) and Kaprece Hooper (eight) in the public library. The children thought it was wonderful! Picture by Liam Clayton

A children's book that deals with the often difficult subject of a pet’s death has been a labour of love for former Gisborne woman and Queensland police officer Debz Pokai (nee Te Nahu).

Debz is self-publishing her first children’s book “The Rainbow Zoo – Wild Afterlife” which will be available online from her business page www.lollipoprockpublications.com and in the H.B. Williams Memoria...