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Summary: Both fiction and fact, this book is an exploration of the Battle of Ōrākau during three days in 1864, when 300 Māori men, women and children fought an Imperial army. It marked the end of the Land Wars in the Waikato and resulted in vast tracts of land being confiscated for European settlement. This book takes a Māori perspective, centred around Witi Ihimaera's novella, Sleeps Standing, which views the battle through the eyes of a 16-year-old boy named Moetū. Alongside the novella are non-fiction narratives from Māori eyewitnesses, with images and a Māori translation by Hemi Kelly
Parallel text in English and Te Reo Māori