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Kawai
Tree of Nourishment
Series: Kawai
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It's 1818 on the East Coast of Te Ika-a-Maui, Aotearoa. Hine-aute, granddaughter of the legendary warrior Kaitanga, is fleeing through the bush; a precious yet gruesome memento contained in her fishing net. What follows is the gripping tale of a people on the cusp of profound...
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From raids by musket-wielding war partiesΒ to heightened internecine warfare; fromΒ the influx of whalers, traders and ChristianΒ missionaries to the signing of The Treaty ofΒ Waitangi,Β KΔwai: Tree of NourishmentΒ strikesΒ hard and deep into the heart of the impactΒ of colonisation on MΔori, and is guaranteedΒ to leave readers stunned.
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Description
It's 1818 on the East Coast of Te Ika-a-Maui, Aotearoa. Hine-aute, granddaughter of the legendary warrior Kaitanga, is fleeing through the bush; a precious yet gruesome memento contained in her fishing net. What follows is the gripping tale of a people on the cusp of profound change that is destined to reverberate through many generations to come.
The Europeans have arrived, and they've brought muskets and foreign diseases, ushering in a whole new world of terror and trouble. They've also brought a new faith, which will cause MΔori to question everything they had believed to be true. Hine and her sons, Ipumare and Uha, are caught in the crossfire of change that is creating fractures in their close familial bonds and undermining everything they hold dear.
From raids by musket-wielding war parties to heightened internecine warfare; from the influx of whalers, traders, and Christian missionaries to the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi, Kawai: Tree of Nourishment strikes hard and deep into the heart of the impact of colonisation on MΔori, and is guaranteed to leave readers stunned.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781776890729
Publisher: David Bateman Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 September 2024
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: David Bateman Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
About the Author
βThe themes which arise in this book will be recognisedΒ by indigenous people the world over. In many waysΒ the colonial experience for them has been similarΒ regardless of who the colonising power was.β
β Monty Soutar
Dr Monty Soutar (NgΔti Porou, NgΔti Awa, NgaiΒ Tai ki TΔmaki, NgΔti Kahungunu) has workedΒ as a Senior Historian for the Ministry of CultureΒ and Heritage, as Director of the TairΔwhitiΒ Museum in Gisborne and as the World WarΒ One Historian in Residence at Auckland WarΒ Memorial Museum. In 2015, he was awardedΒ the New Zealand Order of Merit for services toΒ MΔori and historical research. He continues toΒ serve on the Waitangi Tribunal.
Dr Soutar is the author of Whitiki Whiti WhitiΒ E! MΔori in the First World War, NgΔ Tama Toa:Β The Price of Citizenship: C Company 28 (MΔori)Β Battalion 1939β1945 and KΔwai: For Such a Time asΒ This, the first title in the KΔwai series, which wasΒ shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize forΒ Fiction at the 2023 Ockham New Zealand BookΒ Awards. In 2021, Soutar was awarded the CreativeΒ New Zealand Michael King Writerβs Fellowship toΒ write the KΔwai series. Soutar lives in TairΔwhitiΒ with his wife and youngest daughter.
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