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The Whale Rider
Author | : Witi Ihimaera |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0152050167 |
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Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe. Basis for the 2003 feature film.
Singing Home the Whale
Author | : Mandy Hager |
Publsiher | : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2014-09-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781775536581 |
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An award-winning and extraordinary story of a boy who protects a baby whale that locals believe is threatening their livelihood. Winner of the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015 Young Adult Category Winner New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015 Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction Award 2015 Will Jackson is hiding out, a city boy reluctantly staying with his uncle in small town New Zealand while he struggles to recover from a brutal attack and the aftermath of a humiliating YouTube clip gone viral. After he discovers a young abandoned orca whale his life is further thrown into chaos, when he rallies to help protect it against hostile, threatening interests. This threatens to tear apart the small fishing community and forever changes Will’s life. The boy and the whale develop a special bond, linked by Will's love of singing. With echoes of classic book and film The whalerider this powerful connection is utterly convincing on the page. An exciting plot-driven story full of drama, tension and romance, this magical book captures both heart and mind to hold the reader enthralled from start to finish. These qualities, along with its lyrical use of language and its compelling and persuasive exploration of many global concerns, makes this a beautifully touching, rich and multi-layered story by an award-winning writer for young adults. Singing Home the Whale will appeal to all readers of high-quality New Zealand fiction.
Paikea
Author | : Robyn Kahukiwa |
Publsiher | : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1994-01 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 0140509127 |
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This is Kahukiwa's resplendent retelling of the age-old myth (popularised by Witi Ihimaera in his The Whale Rider, in which the protagonist, Paikea, travels from Hawaiki, and atop a whale, to Aotearoa - indicating, in many ways, the genesis of so many other great Maori folktales.
Analysis of Witi Ihimaeras The Whale Rider on the Basis of Postcolonial Theory
Author | : Nancy Reinhardt |
Publsiher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature |
ISBN | : 9783640372164 |
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Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,3, Technical University of Darmstadt (Institut für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft), course: Postcolonial Literature, language: English, abstract: The Whale Rider novel is a positive and sensitive representation of Maori culture and several terms of postcolonial theory can be determined within the novel. That is why it appears worth analysing this text in the context of postcolonial literary studies which is the purpose of this term paper. In chapter 1 I will give a short summary about the colonial and postcolonial history of New Zealand and its postcolonial literature tradition. Chapter 2 deals with the novel ́s main characters and the narrative structure while chapter 3 detects the features of postcolonial theory which are embedded in the story.
Ruby Moonlight
Author | : Ali Cobby Eckermann |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of |
ISBN | : 0990340724 |
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Tells the story of a young Aboriginal woman in the late nineteenth century who survives the massacre of her entire family. Wandering alone through Ngadjuri land, in South Australia, she encounters a luckless Irish trapper whose loneliness matches her own. Drawn together for comfort, they discover a momentary paradise along riverbanks and across arid plains that proves fragile in the face of frontier violence and colonization.
The Whale Rider 16pt Large Print Edition
Author | : Witi Ihimaera |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2012-05-31 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0369304713 |
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Eight - year - old Kahu craves her great - grandfather's love and attention. But he is focused on his duties as chief of a Maori tribe in Whangara, on the East Coast of New Zealand - a tribe that claims descent from the legendary 'whale rider'. In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir - there's only kahu. She should be the next in line for the title, but her great - grandfather is blinded by tradition and sees no use for a girl. Kahu will not be ignored. And in her struggle she has a unique ally: the whale rider himself, from whom she has inherited the ability to communicate with whales. Once that sacred gift is revealed, Kahu may be able to re - establish her people's ancestral connections, earn her great - grandfather's attention - and lead her tribe to a bold new future.
Bulibasha
Author | : Witi Ihimaera |
Publsiher | : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 1998-08-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781742288109 |
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Caught in the middle of the clash between two great Maori clans, Simeon, grandson of Bulibasha and Ramona, struggles with his own feelings and loyalties as the battles rage . . . This award-winning novel is being reissued to tie in with the release of Mahana, the stunning film adaptation of the novel. Also available as an eBook
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
Author | : Christina Thompson |
Publsiher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781408820797 |
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A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter 'A highly unusual blend of personal memoir, travel writing and anthropology' Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'This book stands out because of its sharp, fine writing ... strong and compulsive' New Statesman _______________________________ Come On Shore and We Will Kill And Eat You All is a sensitive and vibrant portrayal of the cultural collision between Westerners and Maoris, from Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 to the author's unlikely romance with a Maori man. An intimate account of two centuries of friction and fascination, this intriguing and unpredictable book weaves a path through time and around the world in a rich exploration of the past and the future that it leads to.