num_pages: 160
description: Cowrie boards a ship bound for Moruroa Atoll during the French nuclear tests. She is in for a rough ride. As international attention is focused on the Pacific and the environment, the stakes rise sharply. Dive into a luscious feast of language and imagery, laced with Maori proverbs. This is the novel as haka.
language: English
title: Manawa Toa
titlecomplete: Manawa Toa
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Spinifex Press