Pounamu, Pounamu

short stories by Ihimaera

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In Witi Ihimaera
…published his first short-story collection, Pounamu, Pounamu (“Greenstone, Greenstone”). It was written for secondary-school students and presents one of his characteristic themes—traditional communal Māori society confronted by mechanized individualistic Pākehā society. His Tangi (1973; “Mourning”) is the first novel in English by a Māori author. The novel Whanau (1974; “Family”)…
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