![]() ![]() Toko, her child is described as being “crooked” and different. We see that the young teenager Mary becomes pregnant from a man named Joseph Williams, which is a very European name. ![]() He realizes that they can never be together because their people would never allow it. This is relevant, but never explicitly stated when Hemi falls in love with the white girl, Sue. We gain suspicion about the intrusive European presence in their community that disrupts a peaceful community. ![]() Grace’s writing is very subtle throughout Part I of Potiki when addressing the numerous problems the Te Ope people have faced over their history. Through the stories each character is sharing a special part of themselves and of their people with the readers. We see their love of the land-how it essential for their survival their sense of community and spirituality which continuously unites a spread out people and also the hardships they endure within their families and against foreigners. Each story invites the reader to gain a better understanding of what is important to the Te Ope people. The stories which make up this novel are more than mere memories, but they in fact represent a Māori way of life. In the Foreword of Potiki, it is written that “…the story is never ‘told’ rather, and more subtly, we come to understand it as we read in another’s voice” (pg 9). ![]()
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