Āwhina’s People

“After tomorrow you will walk in fear on your own land. You will always be watchful and alert for attack. You will wake in the morning with fast-beating heart, and if you hear a strange sound or the alarmed cry of a kākā in the night, you will know the terror of the hunted.”

Tight bonds of kinship and the power of the ancestors are called on, as all stand together to defend their hilltop fortress. But will courage and stockade walls be enough against an enemy wise in the arts of warfare and well versed in treachery …?

Suzanne Clark has brought to life the customs and culture of the Māori people some 400 years ago. It is a work of fiction based on available research. We trust it will be read in the spirit in which it was written and enjoyed by all, regardless of their race, creed or culture. Adrienne Morris