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Pacific voices : an anthology of Maori and Pacific writing

Title
Pacific voices : an anthology of Maori and Pacific writing / selected by Bernard Gadd.
Publication
Auckland [N.Z.] : Macmillan New Zealand, 1989.

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Additional Authors
Gadd, Bernard, 1935-2007
Description
viii, 109 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"An anthology of prose and poetry which presents the distinctive voice of Polynesia in NZ. All the writers are of Maori or PI Polynesian origin. Most of them either live or were educated in NZ"--Publisher's description.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • New Zealand literature > 20th century
  • Pacific Island literature (English)
  • New Zealand literature
  • Tuhinga kōrero
Genre/Form
  • short stories.
  • novels.
  • poetry.
  • Novels
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Short stories
  • Short stories.
  • Fiction.
  • Poetry.
  • Novels.
  • Nouvelles.
  • Romans.
  • Poésie.
Note
  • Short stories and poems, most previously published.
Contents
Whenua / land (Under the tamanu tree / Alistair Campbell ; Omoko / Alistair Campbell -- Trade winds / Alistair Campbell ; Okahu Bay / Michael O'Leary Okahu / Michael O'Leary, Alan Nopera ; A fall of rain at Mitimiti : Hokianga / Hone Tuwhare ; Spirit of the land / Makiuti Tongia ; Under Mount Welcome / Alistair Campbell -- Aroha / family love (The tasks of Laufoli / Niue Education Department ; Child growth / Hinewirangi ; Grandmama's funeral / Konai Helu Thaman -- Anytime is wrong time and so is in-between time / Witi Ihimaera ; My sister / Konai Helu Thaman ; Scenes of my childhood / Maata Shelford ; It used to be green once / Patricia Grace ; Granddaughter, Polly Peaches / Hone Tuwhare ; Kingfisher come home / Witi Ihimaera -- Bread!! / Albert Umaga) -- Te ao hou / The new world (An apology to Tipuna / W.H. ; Fried bread / Hinewirangi -- Whakatu / Keri Hulme ; Sad joke on a marae / Apirana Taylor -- A descendant of the mountain / Albert Wendt ; Plea to the Spanish lady / Chérie Barford ; He tauwhare kawa, he kawa tauwhare / Keri Hulme ; Feelings and memories of a kuia / Apirana Taylor ; Me a Niuean / Niu Togakilo ; Me, the labourer / Eti Sa'aga ; Royal Samoa Country Club / Momoe Malietoa von Reiche ; Gulf Takeaways / David Eggleton) ; Ngakau / Feelings (We, who live in darkness / Hone Tuwhare -- To an old friend in the King Country / Talosaga Tolovae ; The streets of Apia / Talosaga Tolovae ; Nostalgia / Momoe Malietoa von Reiche -- Uncle Frederich's last story / Chérie Barford -- For my father in prison, 1965 / Michael O'Leary ; Number two / Athiana Johns ; My first ball / Witi Ihimaera -- I am brave for tattooing / J.D. Copp and Faafouina I. Pula ;The Bible class teacher / Momoe Malietoa von Reiche ; Miss Lockhart and the bad boy / Rowley Habib -- The dream / Patricia Grace ; Noa/Nothing I (an irony) / Michael O'Leary -- Sleep / Hinewirangi).
ISBN
  • 0333416309 (pbk.)
  • 9780333416303 (pbk.)
LCCN
90137597
OCLC
  • ocm21904914
  • 21904914
  • SCSB-1949938
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library