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1 gen 2001 · Witi Ihimaera. 3.84. 10,913 ratings1,249 reviews. Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he's focused on his duties as chief of the Maori in Whangara, New Zealand—a tribe that claims descent from the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief.
We sat down with iconic author, Witi Ihimaera, to talk about his impressive, fifty-year career, touring the world and what his next chapter will be. 9 Oct 2023. Even if you’re unfamiliar with his name, you’ll likely be acquainted with the significance and prose of Witi Ihimaera’s iconic book The Whale Rider. One of our country’s most ...
20 ott 2020 · From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama down into the land of the dead, Maui to ...
18 giu 2023 · Witi Ihimaera at The Garden Party Festival 2021. (Photo: Rebecca McMillan) The mana of Tangi cannot be underestimated, nor the fact that Ihimaera was just 29 when he wrote it.
10 set 2023 · Witi Ihimaera: An icon and an inspiration. This year marks 50 years since Witi Ihimaera’s novel Tangi was published. Here, five Māori writers look again to their favourite of his works and ...
1 lug 2018 · Witi Ihimaera - is one of the best known names in New Zealand literature - works such as Pounamu Pounamu, The Whale Rider and The Matriarch. He was the first Maori writer to publish both a book of short stories and a novel and was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004 for services to literature.
29 mag 2018 · Witi Ihimaera writes with a keen awareness of his cultural heritage, and a profound commitment to the values and traditions of his people. A central feature of his imaginative landscape is the whanau , or extended family community, an emotional and cultural bastion eroded by urbanization and social fragmentation.
