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Title: |
Te Kaikaukau | The Swimmer |
| Sub-title: |
I te Ao o te Reo |
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| By (author): |
Witi Ihimaera Smiler |
| ISBN10-13: |
1776712382 : 9781776712380 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Weight: |
.700 Kg. |
| Published: |
Auckland University Press - May 2026 |
| List Price: |
29.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Not yet Published
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| Novelist, memoirist and playwright Witi Ihimaera â author of Pounamu, Pounamu and The Whale Rider â decided, at the age of eighty, to dive back into the water and spend a year full time at Te WÄ nanga Takiura, immersing himself in his own language, in te reo MÄ ori. This book tells the story of this kaikaukau, this swimmer, and his year i te ao o te reo â of sinking and floating; of loss and shame, connection and wairua; of fathers and teachers, kuia and friends. A riveting and revealing memoir, Te Kaikaukau | The Swimmer sparkles with whaikÅ rero and whakataukÄ" and is written for all â MÄ ori and PÄ kehÄ , fluent reo MÄ ori speakers and those for whom the language is still a mystery, a dream, an aspiration. It is the story of a MÄ ori New Zealander reclaiming his voice, history and whakapapa in contemporary Aotearoa. Of becoming Witi Ihimaera Smiler and drawing closer to his desire to write a novel in te reo for his beloved father Tom and his tÄ"puna. |
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