Tag Archives: Maori

Kia Mau Ki Tō Ūkaipō – Don’t forget your roots, my friend…

Calling all Kiwis and music lovers! And no, I am not talking about the fruit, but rather about Aoteoroa/ New Zealand, since this blog entry focuses on the music of this country’s biggest reggae rock fusion band Six60.  The single … Continue reading

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A Response to “In the Shadow Of Monte Cassino” by Lauren Keenan

It’s not easy to act according your parents’ will, especially when you do not know what secrets they live with. In the short story “In the Shadow of Monte Cassino”, published in 2017 in Huia Short Stories 12 by Māori … Continue reading

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“He looked at me like a cold and thirsty sailor might look at a long hot mug of coffee spiked with whiskey”: Gaze and desire in Tina Makereti’s The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke

Tina Makereti’s 2018 novel The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke tells the story of a young Māori boy who travels to London to become part of an exhibition that displays Māori culture to an audience of Victorian England. It’s a … Continue reading

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