Waiora: Te Ūkaipō - The Homeland

by Hone Kouka

Genres: Plays, Fiction, Drama

117 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is more than a nice little read or a good story. The feelings of Rongo being separated from her turangawaewae, the striving of of Hone to succeed in a “foreign” world, the arrogance of Steve after 3 generations to say to his hosts that working the land is what matters - have these things changed materially from 1965?

[Melissa Tonkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice little read. Pretty simple dialogue though it successfully conveyed the author's intentions: displaying the struggle of two separate worlds coming together and the struggle of identity that this poses.

[Dang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story, but some more depth about the tipuna and some other elements of the story would have been appreciated