Witi Ihimaera
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Nanny Flowers gave an anguished sob and reached out to hold Kahu tightly. Koro Apirana tottered to the bedside and looked down at the sleeping girl. He began to say a prayer, and he asked the Gods to forgive him. He saw Kahu stir. Oh yes, grandchild. Rise up from the depths of your long sleep. Return to the people and take your rightful place among them. Kahu drew another breath. She opened her eyes. ‘Is it time to wake up now?’ she asked. Nanny Flowers began to blubber. Koro…-
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After Kahu’s departure, Nanny Flowers collapsed. She was taken to the hospital where, five days later, her eyelids flickered open. She saw Koro Apirana sitting next to the bed. Me and the boys were also there. Nanny Flowers shook herself awake. The nurse and Koro Apirana helped her to sit up. Once she had gotten comfortable she closed her eyes a second time. Then she peeked out of one eye and sighed. ‘Hmm,’ she said sarcastically. ‘If you lot are still here that must mean I haven’t gone…
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Apotheosis. In the sunless sea sixty whales were sounding slowly, steeply diving. An ancient bull whale, twenty metres long and bearing a sacred sign, was in the middle of the herd. Flanking him were seven females, half his size, like black-gowned women, shepherding him gently downward. ‘Haramai, haramai e koro,’ the women sibilantly sang. ‘Tomo mai i waenganui i o tatou iwi.’ Come old one. Join us, your whole tribe in the sea. The sea hissed and sparkled with love for the ancient bull…
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