The Dream SwimmerContinues the odyssey of Tama Mahana, grandson and heir to the matriarch, as he takes up the mantle of leadership, along with his grandmother's battles with the Pakeha. But at every step Tamatea is thwarted, by deceit, deception and intrigue, and by the woman whose destiny has intersected Riripeti's and his. She is the enigmatic Tiana, his mother, the 'woman of no account' |
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Page 119
... Aotearoa , Bishop Bennett , knew trouble was brewing when he saw Mum com- ing across the lawn with our iwi . ' Mum went straight through the middle of the crowd and stopped in front of the Prime Minister . " " You are on my ground , Sir ...
... Aotearoa , Bishop Bennett , knew trouble was brewing when he saw Mum com- ing across the lawn with our iwi . ' Mum went straight through the middle of the crowd and stopped in front of the Prime Minister . " " You are on my ground , Sir ...
Page 137
... Aotearoa . By 1909 , where there had been nothing , now there was a City of God . And God himself came to dwell within . Maungapohatu was like unto an Emerald City . Within the wild forest it emerged , an oasis of 2,000 acres of sown ...
... Aotearoa . By 1909 , where there had been nothing , now there was a City of God . And God himself came to dwell within . Maungapohatu was like unto an Emerald City . Within the wild forest it emerged , an oasis of 2,000 acres of sown ...
Page 159
... Aotearoa , the people of Te Tira Maka were already there . They lived on the East Coast at the foot of Hikurangi mountain . When the canoe voyagers asked them which canoe they had arrived in , the people of Te Tira Maka said they had ...
... Aotearoa , the people of Te Tira Maka were already there . They lived on the East Coast at the foot of Hikurangi mountain . When the canoe voyagers asked them which canoe they had arrived in , the people of Te Tira Maka said they had ...
Contents
Return to Waituhi | 21 |
Beloved of Riripeti | 49 |
Ship of God | 79 |
Copyright | |
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