Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa, by Tina Makereti (Huia Publishers, 2010)
Kia ora mo tenei pukapuka Tina. Ka nui te pai tau pakiwaitara kei konei.
Landfall Review Online: Aotearoa New Zealand books in review
Time escapes Wulf, leaps and bounds and bubbles and weaves between the words on the pages. This is no armchair narrative, you don’t get to cosy-up in a warm blanket sipping hot chocolate, a semi-conscious passive recipient of a predictable, orderly narrative. Thinking is compulsory. Even little knowledge of New Zealand history is a passport to thrive on Wulf and if you don’t know, here’s a fine way to enter the conversation. Wulf rewards the diligent reader. Dive into the ancient, imagine a time before time, the origin of time, words heavy-laden with ancestors treading deep into the infinite as you read.