Haruru mai
By: by Briar Grace-Smith. Strange resting places / by Paolo Rotondo and Rob Mokaraka
Contributors: Mokaraka, Rob; Rotondo, Paolo; Playmarket (Organization)
Series: New Zealand play series
Publisher: Playmarket
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780908607440
Subjects: Drama; Maori (New Zealand people); World War, 1939-1945; Maori Participation; New Zealand drama; Pakanga; Taua; Toi whakaari; Whanaungatanga; New Zealand. Army. Battalion, 28
Other titles: Strange resting places.; Strange resting places.
Description: "In Haruru Mai, a Māori Battalion veteran returns to his small Northland hometown after forty years. His arrival revives anxieties over land and family, and Māori participation in the war. He becomes romantically involved with Paloma and, haunted by the death of a fellow Māori soldier, he shelters a young man battling his own demons. Strange Resting Places is a hilarious and often poignant exploration of the collision of Māori and Italian culture during World War Two. Big band music, traditional waiata and bomber planes are woven together in this beautiful tale of unlikely friendship and impossible love"--Publisher information
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.