Haare Williams
Words of a Kaumatua
Haare Williams author Witi Ihimaera editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Auckland University Press
Published:14th Nov '19
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Haare Williams grew up with his Tuhoe grandparents on the shores of Ohiwa Harbour in a te reo world of Tane and Tangaroa, Te Kooti and the old testament, of Nani Wai and curried cockle stew - a world that Haare left behind when he learnt English at school and moved to Auckland. Over the last half-century, through the Maori arts movement, waves of protest and the rise of Maori broadcasting, Haare Williams has witnessed and played a part in the changing shape of Maoridom. And in his poetry and prose, in te reo Maori and English, Haare has a unique ability to capture both the wisdom of te ao Maori and the transformation of that world. This book, edited and introduced by Witi Ihimaera, brings together the poetry and prose of Haare Williams to produce a work that is a biography of the man and his times. The book is a celebration of a kaumatua and an exemplar of his wisdom.
`In this collection, we are privileged to obtain the wisdom of a Maori elder of the old school. And how fortunate we are to hear his songs in a life where, like the kopara he, too, has often had to beat against the storm.' - from the introduction by Witi Ihimaera
ISBN: 9781869409043
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Weight: unknown
260 pages