The Pārangi Boy (Porangi): A Contemporary Māori Coming-Of-Age Story By Shilo Kino

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• Twelve-year-old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring and a taniwha named Taukere. The government wants to build a prison over the home of the taniwha, and Niko’s grandfather is busy protesting. People call him pōrangi, crazy, but when he dies, it’s up to Niko to convince his community that the taniwha is real and stop the prison from being built. With help from his friend Wai, Niko must unite his whanau, honour his grandfather and stand up to his childhood bully.

• Shilo Kino (Nga Puhi, Tainui) is a journalist who works for Marae. She has had her work published in the New Zealand Herald, The Spinoff, The Pantograph Punch, Stuff and Huia Short Stories collections and was a participant in the 2018 Te Papa Tupu writing programme. Shilo is fluent in Mandarin, has lived in Hong Kong and is a member of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Leadership Network of young leaders strengthening ties with Asia.

• General Information
  ISBN	9781775503996
  Publisher	Huia Publishers
  Imprint	Huia Publishers
  Publication date	01 June 2020
  Product Type	books
  Other Specifications
  size	h210mm x w138mm
  Author	Shilo Kino
  Bind	Paperback
  Edition	2006
  Language	en
  Pages	220
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