TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bennett,Paul Mathew
TI  - Walking with the taniwha
SN  - 9781927199282
PY  - 2012///
CY  - [Mount Maunganui]
PB  - Oceanbooks
KW  - Bennett, Paul Mathew,
KW  - Drug abuse
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Biography
KW  - Drug addicts
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Mana ake
KW  - reo
KW  - Mana tangata
KW  - Rongoā whakairangi
KW  - Hauora hinengaro
KW  - Hauora tinana
KW  - Tāngata
N1  - Not recommended for use on the libraries' public computers; "Messed up my life ... cos I got high"--Cover; Electronic reproduction; Available from Wheelers Books
N2  - Paul Bennett was a fit, staunch young man with the world at his feet. He was a top New Zealand surfer. He was also a party animal with fringe gang association, who lived a life of hard-core drug and alcohol abuse. On the outside he may have given the impression he was a carefree Maori warrior, but on the inside he was sad, angry and empty. In 1999 Paul was given two months to live. Through a course of events, he fought the conventional medical system that had given him no hope and he found natural therapies that put him on the slow road to recovery. With the healing of his body and his mind came the necessary (and sometimes painful) healing with his family, his Maori heritage and the mainstream system. In this completely revised edition, Paul tackles the challenges of addiction and of overcoming mental and physical ill-health, and describes the options available that can lead to rehabilitation and wellness
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