Mat Tait

For the rugby player, see Mathew Tait.

Mat Tait (born 1970) is a New Zealand author, illustrator, artist and cartoonist.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4]

Mat Tait
Born	1970 (age 54–55) Christchurch, New Zealand
Language	English
Genre	Cartoons, illustration
Website
mattait.com

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)^[5]
• The Heading Dog who Split in Half: Legends and Tall Tales from New Zealand by Michael Brown (Potton & Burton, 2015)^[6]