$31.99
- Paperback
- Release Date
1 October 2024
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776890729 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1776890728 |
| Author: | Monty Soutar |
| Publisher: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Imprint: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 762g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Kāwai |
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Monty Soutar
‘The themes which arise in this book will be recognised by indigenous people the world over. In many ways the colonial experience for them has been similar regardless of who the colonising power was.’
- Monty Soutar
Dr Monty Soutar (Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa, Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, Ngati Kahungunu) has worked as a Senior Historian for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, as Director of the Tairawhiti Museum in Gisborne and as the World War One Historian in Residence at Auckland War Memorial Museum. In 2015, he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Maori and historical research. He continues to serve on the Waitangi Tribunal.
Dr Soutar is the author of Whitiki Whiti Whiti E! Maori in the First World War, Nga Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship: C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945 and Kawai: For Such a Time as This, the first title in the Kawai series, which was shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. In 2021, Soutar was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship to write the Kawai series. Soutar lives in Tairawhiti with his wife and youngest daughter.
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