Haare Williams
Subtitle: Words of a Kaumatua
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781869409043
Subjects: English literature
Description: "A kaumatua reflects in poetry and prose, in te reo and English, on his journey from te ao Maori on the East Coast to contemporary Auckland. Ko te kopara anake e tarere ki te puihi o te makauri. Oti rawa! Kia oti rawa e!.. This book edited and introduced by Witi Ihimaera brings together Haare Williams's poetry, talks, writings, and photography to produce a work that is a biography of the man--and his times--in poetry and prose. The book is in four sections: poems from the world Haare was born in; poetry from the world he began to live in; poems of the world he confronted; and poetry from the world he lives in now. The book is a celebration of the Kaumatua as well as an exemplar of his wisdom."--aotearoabooks.co.nz.