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Bird Child and Other Stories by Patricia Grace
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Mythology and contemporary Māori life are woven together seamlessly in this spectacular collection by Aotearoa’s foremost short story writer. The titular story ‘Bird Child’ plunges you deep into Te Kore, an ancient time before time. In another, the formidable goddess Mahuika, Keeper of Fire, becomes a d ...Show more
Collected Stories: Patricia Grace ~ by Patricia Grace
30.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The collected edition of Patricia Grace's stories brings together all the work contained in her first three books of short stories. It is one of the finest collections of stories by any New Zealand writer. Also available as an eBook
Cousins by Patricia Grace
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Now a feature film, this is the unforgettable story of three women's intersecting lives. Makareta is the chosen one - carrying her family's hopes. Missy is the observer - the one who accepts but has her dreams. Mata is always waiting - for life to happen as it stealthily passes by. Moving from the forti ...Show more
From the Centre - A Writer's Life by Patricia Grace
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'We live by the sea, which hems and stitches the scalloped edges of the land.' Renowned writer Patricia Grace begins her remarkable memoirs beside her beloved Hongoeka Bay. It is the place she has returned to throughout her life, and fought for, one of many battles she has faced- 'It was when I first we ...Show more
Ned and Katina - A True Love Story by Patricia Grace
40.00 NZD
41.00 (2% off)
Category: NZ Non- fiction
A TRUE STORY OF LOVE IN WARTIME AND IN PEACE. In Crete during the Second World War a wounded Maori Battalion soldier and a young Cretan woman fall in love when the young infantryman is sheltered by her family. After marrying in Crete, Ned and Katina come back to live in New Zealand, settling in the Far ...Show more
Potiki by Patricia Grace
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
In a small coastal community threatened by developers who would ravage their lands it is a time of fear and confusion - and growing anger. The prophet child Tokowaru-i-te-Marama shares his people's struggles against bulldozers and fast money talk. When dramatic events menace the marae, his grief and rag ...Show more
Potiki (Penguin Award Winning Classics) by Patricia Grace
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
"Patricia Grace's classic novel is a work of spellbinding power in which the myths of older times are inextricably woven into the political realities of today.In a small coastal community threatened by developers who would ravage their lands it is a time of fear and confusion - and growing anger. The pr ...Show more
Potiki (Popular Penguin) by Patricia Grace
16.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins
A Māori community on the coast of New Zealand is threatened by a land developer who wants to purchase the community property, move the community meeting hall, and construct many new buildings, including an "underwater zoo." The story is told in several chapters that switch narrators. Sometimes, it is ...Show more
Small Holes in the Silence by Patricia Grace
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
This is a fine new collection of short stories by the much-loved Patricia Grace, probably never more popular since the great commercial success of the novel Tu. The feast of stories is varied- urban, rural, New Zealand, overseas, tribal, contemporary. An elderly woman, whose husband has died, gathers fi ...Show more
Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere/The Kuia and the Spider by Patricia Grace
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Who's the best at weaving, the kuia or the spider? They decide to ask their grandchildren . . . Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's 1981 classic story The Kuia and the Spider returns in a dual reo Maori and English text, with Hirini Melbourne's original translation. A bilingual Maori and English editi ...Show more
Te Tuna Wātakirihi me Ngā Tamariki o Te Tiriti o Toa (Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street) by Patricia Grace
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
A bilingual Maori-English edition of Patricia Grace and Robin Kahukiwa's classic story of an eel who brings children together to celebrate their diverse cultures, translated into te reo by Hirini Melbourne.He aha nga koha whakahirahira a te tuna korokoro huna kura ma nga tamariki o te Tiriti o Toa?Kei r ...Show more
The Kuia & the Spider by Patricia Grace
17.00 NZD
20.00 (15% off)
Category: NZ Picture Books
Absorbing New Zealand tale of the Kuia (a grandmother) and the spider. Ideal for reading aloud.