Tamariki and the whales /
Martin Kerr.
- 141 pages ; 21 cm
Novel for young adults. New Zealand author.
"Story about shore whaling in a fjord region of Aotearoa. Set in the 1950s, Māori and Pakeha are involved with a creative, sometimes destructive partnership with the environment. Roera Nashburn and her brothers, Rangiho and Ansek, adapt to the whalers' lethal technology and challenge the warnings of the taniwha." -- Back cover.
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Whaling--New Zealand--Fiction Māori (New Zealand people)--Fiction Young adult fiction, New Zealand Taiohi Tamariki Wēra Taniwha. Pakiwaitara.
New Zealand--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.