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Why Y? David Hill
Ursa Tina Shaw Walker Books, $23.00, ISBN 9781760651244 Invisibly Breathing Eileen Merriman Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143772859 Flight of the Fantail Steph Matuku Huia, $30.00, ISBN 9781775503521 An unspecified number of years back at a Going West Festival, I…
Tagged with: Eileen Merriman, Huia, Issue 126, Penguin Random House, Steph Matuku, Tina Shaw, Walker Books, Winter 2019
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Truths both bald and stretched, Eirlys Hunter
The Diamond Horse Stacy Gregg HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9780008124397 Grandad’s Wheelies Jack Lasenby Penguin Random House, $17.00, ISBN 9780143507338 Rona Chris Szekely Huia, $15.00, ISBN 9781775501985 The Impossible Boy Leonie Agnew Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143309062 Reading fiction allows…
Tagged with: Chris Szekely, Eirlys Hunter, HarperCollins, Huia, Issue 118, Jack Lasenby, Leonie Agnew, Penguin Random House, Stacy Gregg, Winter 2017
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Powerful peace, Robert Sullivan
Te Whiti o Rongomai and the Resistance of Parihaka Danny Keenan Huia, $45.00, ISBN 9781775501954 This account of the non-violent resistance movement founded by the prophets Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi at the Taranaki settlement of Parihaka begins…
Tagged with: Autumn 2017, Danny Keenan, Huia, Issue 117, Robert Sullivan
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
Devouring the monster within, Jon Johansson
Crossing the Floor: The Story of Tariana Turia Helen Leahy Huia, $45.00, ISBN 9781775501633 In Helen Leahy’s Crossing the Floor: The Story of Tariana Turia, a tale is told about Tūtaeporoporo, a taniwha taking the form of a shark. Tūtaeporoporo…
Tagged with: Helen Leahy, Huia, Issue 116, Jon Johansson, Summer 2016
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Walking in more than one world, Paula Morris
Being Chinese Helene Wong Bridget Williams Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780947492380 Going Places: Migration, Economics and the Future of New Zealand Julie Fry and Hayden Glass BWB Texts, $15.00, ISBN 9780947492694 The First Migration: Maori Origins 3000 BC – AD 1450…
Tagged with: Atholl Anderson, Bridget Williams Books, BWB Texts, Hayden Glass, Helene Wong, Huia, Issue 116, Julie Fry, Linitā Manu’atu, Marilyn McPherson, Mere Kēpa, Paula Morris, Summer 2016
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Tourism and real life, Abby Loader and Abby Simpson
Bugs Whiti Hereaka Huia, $25.00, ISBN 9781775501336 Bugs, by Whiti Hereaka, is an honest narrative that confronts the reader with the everyday life of Bugs, “as in bunny”. Sixteen-year-old Bugs is struggling to hold onto childhood pal Jez, as he…
Tagged with: Abby Loader, Abby Simpson, Autumn 2016, Huia, Issue 113, Whiti Hereaka
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, YA Reviewers, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, YA Reviewers, Young adults
Sex-free romance and YA cred, Paula Morris
Bugs Whiti Hereaka Huia, $25.00, ISBN 9781775501336 When We Wake Karen Healey Allen & Unwin, $22.00, ISBN 9781742378084 Awakening Natalie King Penguin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143570790 Bugs, the eponymous protagonist of Whiti Hereaka’s first YA novel, is unimpressed with much of…
Tagged with: Allen & Unwin, Huia, Issue 108, Karen Healey, Natalie King, Paula Morris, Penguin, Summer 2014, Whiti Hereaka
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
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