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Pakiaka

Book Title: Pakiaka

Author: Gabrielle Huria

Publisher: Canterbury University Press

ISBN: 978-1-98-850344-8

Blurb:

Pakiaka, the lean, essential debut volume by Gabrielle Huria, is a timely reminder of how good poetry can be at storytelling. The stories Huria tells are local and cosmic, firmly rooted in Ngāi Tahu whakapapa and Te Waipounamu history but always attuned to the wide, interconnected world. These are accounts of stolen land and agricultural negligence, but also of tradition, connection, kaitiakitanga, birds, eels, rivers and winds. Of sharing kai and responsibilities. These are poems that scoff at our complacencies and ask a vital question: ‘Is this what Māori women do? Carry the world on their backs?’

RRP: $25.00

Format: Paperback

Size: 140 x 210 mm

Audience age range: General

Distributor in New Zealand: Nationwide Distribution