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Katarina

Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

Published2008 · Random House
ISBN9781869790646
Physical1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations, colour map ; 26 cm.
McKay, Katarina, 1842-1935 -- Juvenile literature. McKay, Katarina, 1842-1935 -- Juvenile fiction. Women, Māori -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women, Māori -- Biography -- Juvenile fiction. Homesickness -- Juvenile literature. Frontier and pioneer life -- New Zealand -- Juvenile fiction. Māori (New Zealand people) -- Juvenile fiction. Ringa kaha Wāhine Pakiwaitara Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki Māori language materials New Zealand -- History -- Juvenile literature. New Zealand -- History -- Juvenile fiction.

Based on the true story of a young Māori woman's life in the early 1860's. Describes Katarina's journey from Waikato to Otago to join her Scottish husband giving an insight into the conflicts between the old Māori ways and the pakeha pioneers, the land wars and the gold rush in Gabriel's Gully, Otago.

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