First Flight : A Collection of Stories from Ngati Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa

Description

Title: First Flight : A Collection of Stories from Ngati Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa
Author: Maxine Hemi
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10/10/2016
Imprint: HUIA PUBLISHERS
ISBN: 9781775503033

This is a collection of short stories for children and young adults about people and events of Ngati Kahungunu. The majority of the stories focus on key events in the life of Ngati Kahungunu chief Nukupewapewa.

The other stories in the collection tell about Kahungunu himself, the battle with the wheke (octopus) across the Pacific to Aotearoa, and the dolphin kaitiaki (guardians).