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 346
... iwi kainga sit up in alarm . He was an old man , in his eighties , and I could hear him calling out to a younger man among the paepae . I went down the stairs to the iwi kainga and I could hear them speaking among themselves in Maori ...
... iwi kainga sit up in alarm . He was an old man , in his eighties , and I could hear him calling out to a younger man among the paepae . I went down the stairs to the iwi kainga and I could hear them speaking among themselves in Maori ...
Page 349
... iwi kainga yelled . He began pushing his kai taiaha from the shadows to join the second kai wero . Indeed he was brave , the second kai wero , a strong - willed and fearless young man . Again he stood his ground . He felt the rushing ...
... iwi kainga yelled . He began pushing his kai taiaha from the shadows to join the second kai wero . Indeed he was brave , the second kai wero , a strong - willed and fearless young man . Again he stood his ground . He felt the rushing ...
Page 350
... iwi kainga . Her movements indicated that this piupiu was food enough . She lifted the piupiu to her lips . The laughter stopped as she spat on it . ' Come back ! ' the elder of the iwi kainga called . He moved on to the concourse . He ...
... iwi kainga . Her movements indicated that this piupiu was food enough . She lifted the piupiu to her lips . The laughter stopped as she spat on it . ' Come back ! ' the elder of the iwi kainga called . He moved on to the concourse . He ...
Contents
Return to Waituhi | 21 |
Beloved of Riripeti | 49 |
Ship of God | 79 |
Copyright | |
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