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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 partiesย to heightened internecine warfare; fromย the influx of whalers, traders and Christianย missionaries to the signing of The Treaty ofย Waitangi,ย Kฤwai: Tree of Nourishmentย strikesย hard and deep into the heart of the impactย of colonisation on Mฤori, and is guaranteedย to leave readers stunned.
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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 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 Mฤori 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 Mฤori, 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
โThe themes which arise in this book will be recognisedย by indigenous people the world over. In many waysย the colonial experience for them has been similarย regardless of who the colonising power was.โ
โ Monty Soutar
Dr Monty Soutar (Ngฤti Porou, Ngฤti Awa, Ngaiย Tai ki Tฤmaki, Ngฤti Kahungunu) has workedย as a Senior Historian for the Ministry of Cultureย and Heritage, as Director of the Tairฤwhitiย Museum in Gisborne and as the World Warย One Historian in Residence at Auckland Warย Memorial Museum. In 2015, he was awardedย the New Zealand Order of Merit for services toย Mฤori and historical research. He continues toย serve on the Waitangi Tribunal.
Dr Soutar is the author of Whitiki Whiti Whitiย E! Mฤori in the First World War, Ngฤ Tama Toa:ย The Price of Citizenship: C Company 28 (Mฤori)ย Battalion 1939โ1945 and Kฤwai: For Such a Time asย This, the first title in the Kฤwai series, which wasย shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize forย Fiction at the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Bookย Awards. In 2021, Soutar was awarded the Creativeย New Zealand Michael King Writerโs Fellowship toย write the Kฤwai series. Soutar lives in Tairฤwhitiย with his wife and youngest daughter.
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