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A review by emmalemonnz
Where the Rekohu Bone Sings by Tina Makereti
5.0
Sometimes a book comes into your life and you know it will stay a long while.
Makereti's ability to make highly crafted sentences seem effortless is some kind of magic.
I grew up on the lie that the Moriori lived in New Zealand when Maori arrived and were wiped out except for the last few who fled to the Chathams (Rēkohu). That somehow makes what really happened worse. I am grateful to all the people who have done the mahi and research and untangled fact from falsehood so that I can learn about the history of my country. I am grateful to Tina Makereti for writing this story and bringing the history to life with characters and language that have lived within me as I read it, and will continue to do so for a while.
I am so glad this book exists.
Makereti's ability to make highly crafted sentences seem effortless is some kind of magic.
I grew up on the lie that the Moriori lived in New Zealand when Maori arrived and were wiped out except for the last few who fled to the Chathams (Rēkohu). That somehow makes what really happened worse. I am grateful to all the people who have done the mahi and research and untangled fact from falsehood so that I can learn about the history of my country. I am grateful to Tina Makereti for writing this story and bringing the history to life with characters and language that have lived within me as I read it, and will continue to do so for a while.
I am so glad this book exists.