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A powerful examination of the writer as witness
the thirty LGBTQIA+ New Zealanders in this book are remarkable individuals
’ — Peter Wood
and many others
‘A stunning book
Ngātokimatawhaorua A powerful examination of theThe power of mana waka to inspire a people Shortlisted for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards This is the biography of the mighty ceremonial waka taua Ngtokimatawhaorua that rests on the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. The inspiration for its construction came from Te Puea Hrangi. In the late 1930s the Waikato leader held a dream to build seven waka taua for the 1940 centennial commemorations at Waitangi. By 1937 two waka had been commissioned.