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Where's Waari? A History of the Maori through the Short Story
269 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
About the author
Witi Ihimaera
87 books365 followersWiti Ihimaera is a novelist and short story writer from New Zealand, perhaps the best-known Māori writer today. He is internationally famous for The Whale Rider.
Ihimaera lives in New Zealand and is of Māori descent and Anglo-Saxon descent through his father, Tom. He attended Church College of New Zealand in Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand. He was the first Māori writer to publish both a novel and a book of short stories. He began to work as a diplomat at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973, and served at various diplomatic posts in Canberra, New York, and Washington, D.C. Ihimaera remained at the Ministry until 1989, although his time there was broken by several fellowships at the University of Otago in 1975 and Victoria University of Wellington in 1982 (where he graduated with a BA).[1] In 1990, he took up a position at the University of Auckland, where he became Professor, and Distinguished Creative Fellow in Māori Literature. He retired from this position in 2010.
In 2004, his nephew Gary Christie Lewis married Lady Davina Windsor, becoming the first Māori to marry into the British Royal Family.
Ihimaera lives in New Zealand and is of Māori descent and Anglo-Saxon descent through his father, Tom. He attended Church College of New Zealand in Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand. He was the first Māori writer to publish both a novel and a book of short stories. He began to work as a diplomat at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973, and served at various diplomatic posts in Canberra, New York, and Washington, D.C. Ihimaera remained at the Ministry until 1989, although his time there was broken by several fellowships at the University of Otago in 1975 and Victoria University of Wellington in 1982 (where he graduated with a BA).[1] In 1990, he took up a position at the University of Auckland, where he became Professor, and Distinguished Creative Fellow in Māori Literature. He retired from this position in 2010.
In 2004, his nephew Gary Christie Lewis married Lady Davina Windsor, becoming the first Māori to marry into the British Royal Family.
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January 26, 2023
It is dark, it is funny, it is full of little gems of Kiwi language. The stories are arranged more or less chronologically. Every single one was well worth reading, but three of them stood out:
* Along Rideout Road That Summer by Maurice Duggan (a white boy meets a brown girl and has to make up his mind)
* Redemption by Phil Kawana (teens do drugs)
* Rongomai Does Dallas by Briar Grace-Smith (love, hurt and fear of rejection)
And I've just reread those three stories while writing this very brief review.
Surprised at how much I missed in the first pass. I might read the whole book again :)
* Along Rideout Road That Summer by Maurice Duggan (a white boy meets a brown girl and has to make up his mind)
* Redemption by Phil Kawana (teens do drugs)
* Rongomai Does Dallas by Briar Grace-Smith (love, hurt and fear of rejection)
And I've just reread those three stories while writing this very brief review.
Surprised at how much I missed in the first pass. I might read the whole book again :)
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