Three Kiwi Tales It was a failed attempt

It was a failed attempt to capture previous civilisations’ failed attempts to preserve whatever was valuable to them: waka huia

Academy of New Zealand Literature

and Gregory O’Brien

the imperfections that distinguish this memoir

To write poetry in New Zealand as a Pacific migrant is an act of wayfinding

Three Kiwi Tales It was a failed attemptThree more endearing stories of helping New Zealand wildlife from the case files of Wildbase Hospital Shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Wildbase Hospital in Palmerston North is a very special hospital for very special animals, and in this follow up to the hugely successful How to Mend a Kea, author Janet Hunt focuses on the tales of three kiwi who have been treated there. The stories are fascinating and touching