The Last Living Cannibal by Airana Ngarewa - ISBN: 9781869718312
Paperback
Ghosts of the past return, seeking balance, in 1940s Aotearoa.
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The Last Living Cannibal

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    30 September 2025

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Summary

Muru is not revenge. Muru is about balance. You put your hands on one of theirs and they had every right to take from you and yours whatever they meant to take, short of a life.

Aotearoa in the 1940s, and the Maori men of Taranaki will not join the Maori battalion because they have lost too much already. Koko is the oldest man in the village, a legend who has lived through the land wars and imprisonment in Dunedin. They whisper of him as the Last Living Cannibal. Kok…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781869718312
ISBN-10:1869718313
Author:Airana Ngarewa
Publisher:Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
Imprint:Moa Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:30 September 2025
Weight:376g
Dimensions:26mm x 351mm x 229mm
About The Author

Airana Ngarewa

Airana Ngarewa (Ngati Ruanui, Nga Rauru, Ngaruahine) was born and raised in Taranaki. He is a schoolteacher and a former professional cage fighter.

His debut novel The Bone Tree, published in 2023, was the number-one bestselling work of fiction in Aotearoa New Zealand for 11 weeks. His second book, Patea Boys, was published in 2024 and is uniquely designed to be read one way in English and the other in te Reo Maori.

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