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Absolutely Revolting
New Zealand

A busy and noncanonical anthology

by Brian Matthews •
June 2013, no. 352

The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature by Jane Stafford and Mark Williams

Auckland University Press (Inbooks), $65 hb, 1162 pp

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To begin at the beginning. ‘When the first Pakeha ship came,’ Te Horeta told the explorer Charles Heaphy, ‘I was a lad … [about twelve years old].’ Watching the ‘white people’ row ashore, ‘paddling with their backs to the way they were going’, the boy and his companions ‘thought they must have eyes behind their heads’.

 


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The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature by Jane Stafford and Mark Williams

Auckland University Press (Inbooks), $65 hb, 1162 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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