Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten ...

"The themes of Woman far walking involve the survival, struggles and resilience of the Maori people, as shown through the life of one woman"--Introd.

A humorous tale with a surprising ending, Witi Ihimaera's inaugural children's book is set in a Grimm-fairytale forest in New Zealand.

In his introduction to this anthology, Witi Ihimaera describes Auckland, Tamaki makau rau, as the place desired by many. The variety in this absorbing collection of short ...

"Anthology ... which ... represents the ways in which Māori identity has been constructed by our writers"--P. 9.