TY - BOOK AU - Hair,David TI - The bone tiki T2 - Aotearoa SN - 9781869507343 U1 - NZ823.3 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Auckland [N.Z.] PB - HarperCollins KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - Teen fiction KW - Māori (New Zealand people) KW - Hei tiki KW - reo KW - Pakiwaitara KW - Tāngata KW - Young adult fiction, New Zealand KW - Fantasy fiction N1 - Novel for young adults; Reprinted 2010, 2011; Book 1 in the Aotearoa series N2 - "Matiu Douglas has a bone tiki he stole from a tangi. His father's important new client wants it badly, and he has some very nasty friends. When Mat is forced to flee for his life, an unexpected meeting with a girl called Pania sets his world spinning. Suddenly he's running through the bush with a girl-clown, a dog who is way too human, and a long dead warrior. Fearful creatures from legend are rising up around him, and Mat faces a terrifying ordeal."--Back cover. Suggested level secondary ER -