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Americans New Zealand Biography Gay men Fiction Interracial marriage New Zealand Case studies Maori (New Zealand people) Biography Maori (New Zealand people) Fiction New Zealand Fiction New Zealand Race relations History 18th century New Zealand Race relations History 19th century Siblings Fiction Thompson, Christina 1959- MarriageBennett, Michael
Summary: "A tenacious Māori detective, Hana Westerman juggles single motherhood, endemic prejudice, and the pressures of her career in Auckland CIB. Led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man ritualistically hanging in a secret room and a puzzling inward-curving inscription. Delving into the investigation after a second, apparently unrelated, death, she uncovers a chilling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BENReilly, Rebecca K.
Summary: "Valdin is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who used to drive around Auckland in a ute but now drives around Buenos Aires in one. Greta is in love with her fellow English tutor Holly, who doesn't know how to pronounce Greta's surname, Vladislavljevic, properly. From their Auckland apartment, brother and sister must navigate the intricate paths of modern romance as well as weather the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2024
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Summary: "After the perils of a case that landed much too close to home, Hana Westerman turned in her badge and abandoned her career as a detective in the Auckland CIB. Hoping that civilian life will offer her the opportunity to rest and recalibrate, she returns to her hometown of Tātā Bay, where she moves back in with her beloved father, Eru. Yet the memories of the past are everywhere, and as she goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: As her beloved grandfather, chief of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, struggles to lead in difficult times and to find a male successor, young Kahu is developing a mysterious relationship with whales, particularly the ancient bull whale whose legendary rider was their ancestor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC IHIThompson, Christina
Summary: Relates the author's marriage as an American middle-class student to a Maori tradesman from a background of rural poverty, and explores their relationship within the wider context of the cultural clash between Europeans and Maoris throughout New Zealand's history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2008