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Bird Child and Other Stories by Patricia Grace
$37.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction
Mythology and contemporary Māori life are woven together seamlessly in this spectacular collection by Aotearoa’s foremost short story writer. The titular story ‘Bird Child’ plunges you deep into Te Kore, an ancient time before time. In another, the formidable goddess Mahuika, Keeper of Fire, becomes a d ...Show more
Chappy by Patricia Grace
$38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
A literary milestone: Patricia Grace's first novel in ten years. Uprooted from his privileged European life and sent to New Zealand to sort himself out, twenty-one-year-old Daniel pieces together the history of his Maori family. As his relatives revisit their past, Daniel learns of a remarkable love sto ...Show more
Cousins by Patricia Grace
$26.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Now a feature film, this is the unforgettable story of three women's intersecting lives. Makareta is the chosen one - carrying her family's hopes. Missy is the observer - the one who accepts but has her dreams. Mata is always waiting - for life to happen as it stealthily passes by. Moving from the forti ...Show more
Earth Sea Sky - Images and Maori Proverbs From the Natural World of Aotearoa New Zealand by Patricia Grace; Waiariki Grace
$24.99 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
Patricia and Waiariki Grace's lyrical translations and explanations of Maori poetry and traditional wisdom are presented alongside Craig Potton's evocative New Zealand landscape photographs. This stunning result of this collaboration will appeal to New Zealanders and visitors alike who will appreciate a ...Show more
From the Centre - A Writer's Life by Patricia Grace
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
'We live by the sea, which hems and stitches the scalloped edges of the land.' Renowned writer Patricia Grace begins her remarkable memoirs beside her beloved Hongoeka Bay. It is the place she has returned to throughout her life, and fought for, one of many battles she has faced- 'It was when I first we ...Show more
Mutuwhenua (Popular Penguin) by Patricia Grace
$13.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins
Mutuwhenua is the story of Ripeka, who leaves her extended family and its traditional lifestyle to marry Graeme, a Pakeha schoolteacher. In the strange world of the city, Ripeka discovers that she cannot make the break from her whanau, that the old ways are too strong. The first novel by a Maori woman e ...Show more
Potiki (Penguin Award Winning Classics) by Patricia Grace
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction
"Patricia Grace's classic novel is a work of spellbinding power in which the myths of older times are inextricably woven into the political realities of today.In a small coastal community threatened by developers who would ravage their lands it is a time of fear and confusion - and growing anger. The pr ...Show more
Potiki (Popular Penguin) by Patricia Grace
$15.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction
A Māori community on the coast of New Zealand is threatened by a land developer who wants to purchase the community property, move the community meeting hall, and construct many new buildings, including an "underwater zoo." The story is told in several chapters that switch narrators. Sometimes, it is ...Show more
Potiki (Popular Penguin) by Patricia Grace
$13.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: Near Fine
In a small coastal community threatened by developers it is a time of fear and confusion - and growing anger as the people begin to respond. The prophet child Tokowaru-i-te-Marama shares his people's struggles against bulldozers and fast money talk. When dramatic events menace the marae, his grief and r ...Show more
Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere/The Kuia and the Spider by Patricia Grace
$19.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Who's the best at weaving, the kuia or the spider? They decide to ask their grandchildren . . . Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's 1981 classic story The Kuia and the Spider returns in a dual reo Maori and English text, with Hirini Melbourne's original translation. A bilingual Maori and English editi ...Show more
Te Tuna Wātakirihi me Ngā Tamariki o Te Tiriti o Toa (Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street) by Patricia Grace
$19.99 NZD
Category: Maori
A bilingual Maori-English edition of Patricia Grace and Robin Kahukiwa's classic story of an eel who brings children together to celebrate their diverse cultures, translated into te reo by Hirini Melbourne.He aha nga koha whakahirahira a te tuna korokoro huna kura ma nga tamariki o te Tiriti o Toa?Kei r ...Show more
The Kuia & the Spider by Patricia Grace
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children's books | Reading Level: good-very good
Absorbing New Zealand tale of the Kuia (a grandmother) and the spider. Ideal for reading aloud.
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