TY - BOOK AU - Kerr,Martin D. TI - Tamariki and the whales SN - 0980490324 U1 - NZ823.3 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Ravenshoe, Qld. PB - MaskiMedia KW - Whaling KW - New Zealand KW - Fiction KW - Māori (New Zealand people) KW - Young adult fiction, New Zealand KW - Taiohi KW - reo KW - Tamariki KW - Wēra KW - Taniwha KW - Pakiwaitara KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century N1 - Novel for young adults; New Zealand author N2 - "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 ER -