Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The New Zealand Film Archive (
www.filmarchive.org.nz
)
is a great place to experience
Maori film, with most showings being either free or relatively inexpensive. It has offices
in Auckland and Wellington.
Maori Writing
There are many novels and collections of short stories by Maori writers, and personal taste
will govern your choices. How about approaching Maori writing regionally? Read Patricia
Grace
(Potiki, Cousins, Dogside Story, Tu)
around Wellington, and maybe Witi Ihimaera
(Pounamu, Pounamu, The Matriarch, Bulibasha, The Whale Rider)
on the North Island's
East Coast. Keri Hulme
(The Bone People, Stonefish)
and the South Island go together
like a mass of whitebait bound in a frying pan by a single egg (ie very well). Read Alan
Duff
(Once Were Warriors)
anywhere, but only if you want to be saddened, even
shocked. Definitely take James George
(Hummingbird, Ocean Roads)
with you to Auck-
land's West Coast beaches and Northland's Ninety Mile Beach. Paula Morris
(Queen of
Beauty, Hibiscus Coast, Trendy but Casual)
and Kelly Ana Morey
(Bloom, Grace Is
Gone)
- hmm, Auckland and beyond? If poetry appeals you can't go past the giant of
Maori poetry in English, the late, lamented Hone Tuwhare
(Deep River Talk: Collected
Poems)
. Famously sounding like he's at church and in the pub at the same time, you
can
take him anywhere.
