A magical, mythical work, this novella (now a movie) follows the fate of a young Maori girl and her attempts to honor the traditions of her ancestors. Ihimaera takes as a point of imaginative departure his experiences growing up in the rapidly transforming Maori village of Waituhi, near Gisborne on the isolated east coast of New Zealand's North Island. Originally published in 1987 as a young adult novel, Ihimaera has written a series of librettos, novels, short stories and memoirs, many addressing the political and social reality of the Maori.  (NZL64, $8.00)

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