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The Matriarch (The Mahana Family, #1) The Matriarch by Witi Ihimaera
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“All truth is fiction, really, for the teller tells it as he sees it, and it might be different from some other teller.”
― Witi Ihimaera, The Matriarch
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“Titiro ki te rangi tahuri rawa ake, kahore he whenua e . . . Kua riro." We looked up to heaven and before we knew where we were there was no land left . . . all gone.”
― Witi Ihimaera, The Matriarch
tags: king-ihaka, māori
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