Monty Soutar

Books on prize lists

• Kāwai: For Such a Time as This

  Written in English

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  NZ Book Awards 2023 · Shortlist

  Kāwai: For Such a Time as This

  Kāwai: For Such a Time as This

  Monty Soutar · 61 when first published

  Novel · 376 pages · Historical, War · Kāwai, book 1

  AIAI-generated summary:A young Māori man goes home to the marae of his people on the North Island's east coast to hear an old grand-uncle tell the story of their ancestor Kaitanga, a warrior in mid-eighteenth-century Aotearoa.