Pounamu pounamu /
Ihimaera, Witi Tame, 1944-
Pounamu pounamu / Witi Ihimaerea. - [30th anniversary ed.] - North Shore, N.Z. : Penguin, 2010. - 180 p. ; 19 cm.
Originally published: Heineman, 1972. "Most of the stories have been reworked"--P. 4 of cover.
A game of cards -- Beginning of the tournament -- Makutu of Mrs. Jones -- Fire on greenstone -- Other side of the fence -- In search of the Emerald City -- One summer morning -- Child -- Whale -- Tangi -- Author's note.
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 theme in Ihimaera's future writing.
9780143205982 9780143567134 1877348023 0868636754
Paenga kōrero
Mana ake
Whanaungatanga
Māori (New Zealand people)--Fiction.
Pakiwaitara
Tāngata
Short stories, New Zealand.
NZ823.2
Pounamu pounamu / Witi Ihimaerea. - [30th anniversary ed.] - North Shore, N.Z. : Penguin, 2010. - 180 p. ; 19 cm.
Originally published: Heineman, 1972. "Most of the stories have been reworked"--P. 4 of cover.
A game of cards -- Beginning of the tournament -- Makutu of Mrs. Jones -- Fire on greenstone -- Other side of the fence -- In search of the Emerald City -- One summer morning -- Child -- Whale -- Tangi -- Author's note.
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 theme in Ihimaera's future writing.
9780143205982 9780143567134 1877348023 0868636754
Paenga kōrero
Mana ake
Whanaungatanga
Māori (New Zealand people)--Fiction.
Pakiwaitara
Tāngata
Short stories, New Zealand.
NZ823.2