Kerr, Martin D.,

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.

NZ823.3