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Kurangaituku is the story of Hatupatu told from the perspective of the traditional 'monster', Kurangaituku, the bird woman. In the traditional story, told from the view of Hatupatu, he is out hunting and is captured by a creature that is part bird and part woman. The... Read More
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Kurangaituku

Kurangaituku is the story of Hatupatu told from the perspective of the traditional 'monster', Kurangaituku, the bird woman. In this version of the story, Kurangaituku takes us on the journey of her extraordinary life.

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Kurangaituku is the story of Hatupatu told from the perspective of the traditional 'monster', Kurangaituku, the bird woman. In the traditional story, told from the view of Hatupatu, he is out hunting and is captured by a creature that is part bird and part woman. The bird woman imprisons him in her cave in the mountains. Hatupatu eventually escapes and is pursued by Kurangaituku. He evades her when he leaps over hot springs, but Kurangaituku goes into them and dies.

In this version of the story, Kurangaituku takes us on the journey of her extraordinary life—from the birds who sang her into being, to the arrival of the Song Makers and the change they brought to her world, and her life with Hatupatu and her death. Through the eyes of Kurangaituku, we come to see how being with Hatupatu changed Kurangaituku, emotionally and in her thoughts and actions, and how devastating his betrayal of her was.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781775506560

Publisher: Huia Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 November 2021

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Huia Publishers

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 299.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 350

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About the Author

Whiti Hereaka (Ngati Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa, Ngati Whakaue, Tuhourangi, Pakeha) is an award-winning novelist and playwright. She holds a Master's in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) from the International Institute of Modern Letters. She is the author of three novels: The Graphologist's Apprentice, and the award-winning YA novels Bugs and Legacy. In 2019, Legacy won the New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Award for YA fiction. She is also co-editor, with Witi Ihimaera, of an anthology of Maori myths, Purakau, published in 2019. Whiti teaches Writing for the Young at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University.

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