Join Tomairangi on his intrepid journey to the past where he discovers what happened to his people during the Waikato wars.

Tomairangi is gifted a special mahuri pounamu from his Koro Tom, and is transported back to the past, to the times of the wars in the Waikato. How is he supposed to get home? Who is this shadow that keeps following him? And what was the point of this war, where so many people, particularly tamariki, fought and died?

Tārūrū kau ana te tinana o Tomairangi, he hauaitū, he maiangi. Rongongia ana te mātao, te kūnāwiri, ka hinga anō nei he makere, taka ka taka ...

Oho ake ana a Tomairangi i tana moe, engari mō te whakaāhuru o tana moenga. I runga kē ia i te papa paruparu e takoto ana ki tētehi maioro. Ngāueue ana te whenua i te pahūtanga mai o te pū repo. Tāwiriwiri ana te tinana o Tomairangi i te kino o te mataku.

Paperback
Ages: 8 - 12
Language: Māori
Novelette

Original Māori Content

Author: Raukura Roa, Tom Roa
Illustrator: Hanuera Rawson