Amongst the many Maori stories we have posted, we still haven't had featured one about eel-hunting, and so we felt compelled to introduce to you this sweetly sad episode set most likely in the New Zealand highlands. The last days of a tribal elder cause his wife and descendents to rethink their attitudes not only to eel-hunting, but to life. Read by Scoot. Time 10:01.
Here's the entire Wikipedia entry about author Patricia Grace: "Patricia Grace QSO (born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1937) is a notable Māori writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She currently lives in Hongoeka Bay, Plimmerton." From an external link at that venerable site, we see that she has been a writer-in-residence at the University of Wellington in Victoria. (The "QSO" means "Queen's Service Order," a badge of merit for public servcie, by the way.) And elsewhere they say that Plimmerton, where Grace now lives, is quite lovely. Anyone have anything else to add?
Sunday, April 23, 2006
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3 comments:
I "EELY EELY" think that this story was washed away "At the River"... or it maybe it just "WRIGGLED" away!!
Sorry to say, no story to be found!! :-(
So sorry ourselves! Blogger was acting up earlier and apparently this new story didn't "stick." It should work now, however, so try again. Thanks for tuning in and being patient...
The story may need to shed its curent skin and find a new one to help smart it up a bit.
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