Narena Olliver
Genre:
- Adult Fiction
- Adult Non-Fiction
Skills:
Branch:
Central Districts
Location:
Greytown
Publications:
Opotiki: The women's stories: Ngäa puräa kau a ngäa wahine
Stories first published in the Opotiki News. Published to celebrate the Women's Suffrage Centennial in 1993.
Te Tini o Toi, The Children of Toi, (book two)
Some twenty years, a generation, later from Book One. The survivors of Ranganui's massacre, Toi and the three women have had many children but they are aimless, drifting. A fleet of wakas arrives, led by Ohepe. The bird people, the Kaiwaiata, are forced to flee from the new arrivals. Ohepe becomes infatuated with one of the Kaiwaiata women. Trouble ensues with the great eagles attacking the newcomers.
Te Tini o Toi, The Children of Toi, (book one)
Polynesians, the Tauhou, arrive in Aotearoa, New Zealand, pursued by their high chief for crimes they have committed against him. In Aotearoa the Tauhou encounter the Kaiwaiata, the bird people, who fear that their world will be totally destroyed by these newcomers. However, the Kaiwaiata are not without defences against these fearsome marauders.