In this stunning collection, poet Briar Wood reimagines the lives of Rongo and Te Rangahau, nineteenth-century wāhine toa, tūpuna of Ngāpuhi, in radiant verse. The collection also stretches across time into today’s world with poetry about contemporary Te Tai Tokerau.

Poet, fiction writer and essayist Briar Wood (Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu) grew up in South Auckland, worked as a lecturer in Britain and now lives in Whangārei. Her previous book with Anahera Press, Rāwāhi (2017), was shortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

978-0-473-62998-4, 148mm x 210mm, pb, colour illus, 85pp.