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1) Whale rider
Description
The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by her grandparents. Learning the skills of chiefdom from her uncle, Pai...
2) Whale rider
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Although disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the village people, twelve-year-old Pai remains certain of her calling and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people. With remarkable grace, Pai finds the strength to challenge her family and embraces a thousand years of tradition in order...
3) Uproar
Description
"In 1981 New Zealand, 17-year-old Josh Waaka navigates rugby-centric St Gilbert's College. Amidst the Springboks' tour and national protests, he embraces acting and his Maori heritage. Josh faces a choice: conform or stand up for family, future, and identity. "Uproar" is his heartwarming journey against a nation's struggle.
4) River Queen
Pub. Date
©2006
Description
"Where the forest meets the river ... a young Irish woman has grown up amongst soldiers on Te Awanui - The Great River. Too young, and pregnant by the son of a Māori chief, she gives birth to a son, who is kidnapped by his Māori grandfather. Abandoned by her soldier father, Sarah's life becomes a search for her son as she finds herself torn between Doyle, the broken-down soldier, and Wiremu, the son of a Māori warrior. As the conflict escalates...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. How did the earliest Polynesians find and colonize these far-flung islands? How did a people without writing or metal tools conquer the largest ocean in the world? For author Christina Thompson, this mystery is personal: her Maori husband and their sons descend directly from these...