Poorhara

Name: Poorhara
Brand: Upstart Distribution
SKU: 9781776921287
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By Michelle Rahurahu

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Poorhara is the story of nineteen-year-old Erin, her older cousin Star/Whetu and an impromptu road trip taken over a few days. With the demands and heartbreaks of whanau, poverty and trauma nipping at their heels, Erin and Star trace the path back to their whenua, in... Read More

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Poorhara

Michelle Rahurahu's debut novel Poorhara is both compelling and profound.

Description

Poorhara is the story of nineteen-year-old Erin, her older cousin Star/Whetu and an impromptu road trip taken over a few days.

With the demands and heartbreaks of whanau, poverty and trauma nipping at their heels, Erin and Star trace the path back to their whenua, in the hope of salvation – something they ultimately find in each other.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781776921287

Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 October 2024

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Te Herenga Waka University Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 300

Collections

2025 Auckland Writers Festival 2025 Ockham NZ Book Awards Featured Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Michelle Rahurahu New Release Fiction New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Fiction New Zealand Published NZ Award-Winners

About the Author

Michelle Rahurahu (Ngati Rahurahu, Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa) is a writer who was raised by tangata turi. She is a co-editor of Te Rito o te Harakeke, an anthology of Maori voices for Ihumatao. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from the IIML where she won the Modern Letters Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Michael Gifkins Prize for Poorhara.