Puripaha

A Maori nslation of Witi Ihimaera's award-winning novel about two rival Maori families on the East Coast of Aotorea (New Zealand), Bulibasha. Bulibasha is the title given to the King of the Gypsies, and on the East Coast of Aotorea two patriarchs fight to be proclaimed as the king. Tamihana is the leader of the great Mahana family of shearers and sportsmen and women.
Rupeni Poata is his arch enemy.
The two families clash constantly, in sport, in cultural contests and, finally, in the Golden Fleece competition to find the greatest shearing gang in New Zealand.
Caught in the middle of this struggle is the teenager Simeon, grandson of the patriarch and of his grandmother Ramona, struggling with his own feelings and loyalties as the battles rage on many levels.Winner of the 1995 Montana Aotorea Book Award, brilliantly realised in the film Mahana and loved by generations of readers, this powerful te reo Maori translation of a New Zealand classic will stay with you long after you finish reading it.Includes Maori and minimal English text as part of its translation.