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Aria and the Kumara God by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Young Adult
In this exciting return to the world of the Astromancer, will Ariā manage to make the impossible climb up to the stars and free Te Kōkōrangi from Ruatapu's clutches before time runs out? The future is looking bleak: not only is the Astromancer held captive by the wicked Ruatapu, but also the kūmara cro ...Show more
Black Marks on the White Page by Witi Ihimaera; Tina Makereti
Category: Short Stories
A stunning collection of Oceanic stories for the 21st century. Stones move, whale bones rise out of the ground like cities, a man figures out how to raise seven daughters alone. Sometimes gods speak or we find ourselves in a not-too-distant future. Here are the glorious, painful, sharp and funny 21st ce ...Show more
Bulibasha by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Fiction
Caught in the middle of the clash between two great Maori clans, Simeon, grandson of Bulibasha and Ramona, struggles with his own feelings and loyalties as the battles rage ... This award-winning novel is being reissued to tie in with the release of Mahana, the stunning film adaptation of the novel. ...Show more
Maori Boy - A Memoir of Childhood by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Biography
This is the first volume of Witi Ihimaera's enthralling memoir, packed with stories of the formative years of this much-loved writer. Witi Ihimaera is a consummate storyteller - one critic calling him one of our 'finest and most memorable'. Some of his best stories, however, are about his own life. This ...Show more
Native Son: The Writer's Memoir by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Biography
This is the second memoir of a remarkable Maori writer and of the living myths that inspired him at the beginning of his career. Look at him, the young man on the cover. The year is 1972, he is 28, his first book is about to be published, and he has every reason to kick up his heels. But behind that joy ...Show more
Navigating the Stars - Maori Creation Myths by Witi Ihimaera
Category: History
From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama ...Show more
Ngā Kupu Wero by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Fiction
A powerful new collection of non-fiction by contemporary Māori writers. From over 60 Māori writers, Nga Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative nonfiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from cr ...Show more
Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Witi Ihimaera
Category: World
David Munro has everything a man could wish for - a beautiful wife, two adoring daughters, top academic position and a circle of devoted friends. But he also has another life, lived mainly at night and frequently in what he comes to know as
Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Fiction
David Munro has everything a man could want - a beautiful wife, two adoring daughters, a top academic position and a circle of devoted friends. But he also has another life, lived mainly at night and frequently in what he comes to know as 'The Gardens of Spain', the places where gay and bisexual men mee ...Show more
Pounamu, Pounamu by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Classic Fiction
First published in 1972, Pounamu Pounamu introduced an exciting new voice into New Zealand literature. Most of Witi Ihimaera's stories, based on the East Coast, describe a traditional rural, communal way of life facing huge pressures from the drift by many Maori to the cities. This was to be a constant ...Show more
Pounamu Pounamu by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Fiction
Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera. First published in 1972, it was immediately endorsed by Maori and Pakeha alike for its original stories that showed how important Maori identity is for all New Zealanders. As Katherine Mansfield did in her first collection In a German Pension(1911), and Janet Frame i ...Show more
Pounamu Pounamu by Witi Ihimaera
Category: Young Adult
Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera and also classic New Zealand literature. First published in 1972, it was Witi's first book, which as he says in the new introduction 'fulfilled a childhood vow- to write about Maori using his own self and home place'. The vivid stories in this collection not only expl ...Show more