Potiki /
Grace, Patricia, 1937-
Potiki / Patricia Grace. - 185 pages ; 20 cm
Novel. Reprinted 2001.
In a small coastal community threatened by developers who would ravage their lands it is a time of fear and confusion - and growing anger. The prophet child Tokowaru-i-te-Marama shares his people's struggles against bulldozers and fast money talk. When dramatic events menace the marae, his grief and rage threaten to burst beyond the confines of his twisted body. His all-seeing eye looks forward to a strange and terrible new dawn.
Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award 1986. 3rd equal prize. New Zealand Book Awards Fiction 1987.
0140088032 9780140088038 067081055X 9780670810550
86221935
Māori (New Zealand people)--Fiction.
Short stories, New Zealand
Potiki / Patricia Grace. - 185 pages ; 20 cm
Novel. Reprinted 2001.
In a small coastal community threatened by developers who would ravage their lands it is a time of fear and confusion - and growing anger. The prophet child Tokowaru-i-te-Marama shares his people's struggles against bulldozers and fast money talk. When dramatic events menace the marae, his grief and rage threaten to burst beyond the confines of his twisted body. His all-seeing eye looks forward to a strange and terrible new dawn.
Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award 1986. 3rd equal prize. New Zealand Book Awards Fiction 1987.
0140088032 9780140088038 067081055X 9780670810550
86221935
Māori (New Zealand people)--Fiction.
Short stories, New Zealand