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The story of Walter Mantell's 1848 journey down the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand, to set aside reserves for Ngai Tahu within a large land-block purchased by the government, is countered with a modern woman's very different story of violence on a South Island farm. This evocative and finely observed novel reveals different ways of seeing the land as well as the deals made in politics and in love.

The Fossil Pits

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    A Paperback / softback by Tim Corballis

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      Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/07/2005
      ISBN13: 9780864735089, 978-0864735089
      ISBN10: 0864735081

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      Book Synopsis
      The story of Walter Mantell's 1848 journey down the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand, to set aside reserves for Ngai Tahu within a large land-block purchased by the government, is countered with a modern woman's very different story of violence on a South Island farm. This evocative and finely observed novel reveals different ways of seeing the land as well as the deals made in politics and in love.

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