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HokowhituaTu is named after the Maori god of war, and thus it makes sense that he follows his brothers Pita and Rangi into the midst of WWII and joins the Maori Battalion.
His story begins with a letter, and with enclosed journal entries from overseas, and "there are details in them that none of us ever speak about".
In many senses, this story could belong to any solider of WWII, Yet this story is uniquely different, as it follows three brothers and uncovers deeper secrets than those harbored in the war.


When Tu's family relocates to Wellington, they plan that Tu will be the brother that goes off to school and takes on the task of being a lawyerthey've put their hopes in him.
It is already clear that Pita and Rangi are going to join the war efforts, and thus is becomes even more significant for Tu to remain at home with his mother and sisters.
Yet, Tu wrote that "At seventeen I just didn't want to be a boy any longer and felt a need to break out of the family protection that has always coated me".
There are many Maori men and youths that joined in the war effort, and because "casualties have been extremely high and replacements are needed" recruiters were signing the Maori up at high numbers, even without proof of age.
Even though there were cases where "younger brothers could be sent home in cases where they are more than two from the same family," Tu himself talks about knowing "of where there were five but three have died already".
Undoubtedly, the conditions of WWII were awful, but the one thing the brothers have going for them is that they all found each other, at one point, in the same company.
They also meet up with several cousins and other important Maori chiefs,

There are many culturally specific moments in the text, including the art of the taiaha, that are discussed and add unique dimensions to the story.
The authenticity is something Patricia Grace should be praised for, and in a bleak novel about war, it is good to see some of the positive attributes of Maori culture shining through.
The chiefs Hemi and Gary are seen carving into their rifles, as well as painting their faces, with ornate Maori art.
They are also seen showing traditional warriorhood "We heard him shout, telling us to charge saw

the arms splayed, the dropped tongue, the whites of eyes as we burst out from the room at a crouching run, firing our guns and making as much noise as we could".
Hoki atu ra' is also talked about in terms of giving "you leave so you can march out and go off to join the ancestors in that other dimension".


Yet, be warned that like most novels about war, there will be many characters that you connect with on various levels that are killed.
Three notable deaths are one of the chiefs, Pita, and Rangi.
And, towards the end you uncover a family secret that Tu has been keeping, Throughout the novel there are different stories and different narrators speaking, including ard person omniscient that gives background to the family's life in Wellington.
It is in Wellington that the brothers meet Jess, who later drops off a baby that belongs to one of the brothers.
The children and family believes that Pita is the father, which implies he cheated on his wife within three months of marrying her, and that his own child is now the halfbrother to Jess's child.
Yet, it is revealed through Tu's letter and journal that Rangi is actually the father of the child, making the two children cousins instead.


The end of the novel takes on an antiwar sentiment, one that is both heartbreaking and reaffirming.
I will post this brilliantly written passages below, but will leave it as a spoiler in case you would like to be surprised:

Freedom was what was being talked about, loud, loud, with a sound like banging on mess tins, But what if reasons were to do with freedom, the freedom we meant was our own freedom, the freedom and status of the people.


Our citizenship.

It was our citizenship that was discussed by our elders, by Maori politicians, by Maori in authority in the cities or back in our home places, round the gatherings of the time.
There was a sense that if the Battalion didn't do well our people would die, would be shamed to death and not be worth of a good life.
That's how it was. We would be doomed, scrapwood, unable to be citizens in our own land,

But now the question being asked is, was the price too high, this price of citizenship of which our elders spoke It's the price that has left our small nation beheaded, disabled, debilitated.
That's what they're saying now, I want you to know this,

Well, Niece and Nephew, a charge without delivery of goods A price without gain, or with minus return Of course it was too high.
It was too high. We took full part in a war but haven't yet been able to take full part in peace.

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It would've been the end of all of us if it weren't for the existence of the two of you.

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So I ask one thing because there'll be other wars, It's my plea. I ask you not to follow in our footstepts, your fathers' and mine, That's all I'll ever ask,

This is a beautiful narrative, one that can speak to those of us that have/have not been to war, those of us that are/are not Maori.
It has a rich culturally inclusion of Maori specific content and context, but also allows for outsiders to come and read more about the Maori Battalion.
Simply put, one of my favorites, despite its moments of sadness, رواية عن عالم الحرب تدور أحداثها فى العقد الخامس من القرن العشرين و كانت المؤلفة باتريشيا جريس " الكاتبة النيوزيليندية " فى المن عمرها عندما التحق والدها بالكتيبةالماورية و هى كتيبة التعزيز فى ايطاليا عامو ترك ابوها مفكرة صغيرة و بعض الصور اعتمدت عليها فى روايتها كما رجعت للارشيفات و المتاحف و مكتبات الموسيقى و الاغانى الشعبية لتصوغ لنا رواية نابضة بالمشاعر الإنسانية
تتناول الكاتبة الحرب فى هزائمها و انتصاراتها
مؤكدة فى كل سطورها أن الحرب شرخ فى الحياة الطبيعية فلا شئ يعود مطلقا كما كان قبل الحرب.

كرمت باتريشيا كأيقونة حية للفن النيوزيلندى
و حصلت روايتها " تيو " على ميدالية " ديوتيز " للرواية عامو جائزة مونتانا للرواية عامI know, I know, . another war novel. No it is not. This is a story set during WWII, featuring the Maori Battalion of New Zealand, This is more than a war story, This story is told via the protagonist's journal kept during the war and afterwards, This is the story of brothers and cousins bound together by blood and culture, This is the story of loves found and lost, This is the story of the cost of war, This is the story of a culture which was used and manipulated, This is the story of a proud culture with rich, joyful traditions, This story is about being a Maori warrior, a Maori man, a lover, a son, a brother, a cousin, an uncle, and ultimately about being a human being whose life is battered and broken and then tries to heal.


The author's prose is lyrical, joyful and profoundly moving, The narrator for the audiobook was fantastic!! I learned a lot and loved Tu's courage, joy, and attitude.
READ THIS! This book broke my heart, Tu, Pita and Rangi are brothers who join the Maori Battalion during WWII and end up fighting mostly in Italy, which I think is where a lot of New Zealand soldiers saw most of their action although one of my grandfathers spent most of the war in the Solomon Islands which I think was even more godawful than the war in Europe.
Tu explores the experience of army life as well as the family's life before the war the damaged father who never recovered from the trauma of World War, Pita's experience as the oldest child responsible for protecting his mother and siblings from his father, the family's decision to leave Taranaki and move to Wellington to seek out a better life.


At first, the switches in perspective between Tu, the happygolucky youngest brother, and Pita, the reserved, angry brother, are jarring, but as you get used to them, each begins to feed into the other so that you have a much richer understanding of the boys' reasons for going to war and their experiences of it.
I loved being reminded that many Maori joined up partly as a way to prove to Pakeha white New Zealanders that they, too, wanted to serve their country.


Grace captures the stoic male New Zealand voice perfectly in Tu's diary sections it reminded me of my grandfather, although he wasn't Maori.
I don't know how easy this would be to read if you weren't a New Zealander there are a few passages in Maori, and some of the cultural context might be a bit mystifying if you don't know anything about NZ history, but I would recommend giving it a try anyway.
This was a book recommended on a favourite podcast of mine and it did not disappoint, It is a brilliant depiction of an aspect of the second world war which does not get the story telling it deserves, namely the battle for Italy, from the perspective of a young maori man who follows his two brothers into the maori battalion.

The novel starts as Tu begins to write his memories of his two older brothers for his nephew and niece.

His brothers are two very different men whose lives have been dominated by managing the trauma and violence of a father returned from the first war.
Tu is lucky not having experienced much of his father's response to his own demons, When the family move to Wellington, Tu who goes to a fee paying school is destined for great things and his brothers are determined that he will not then get drawn into wwas his oldest brother, a man who enjoys risk joins up straight away.
We follow the other brother and his relationship with a vibrant young woman to whom he struggles to express his feelings.
The story of the family and brothers before they enlist is told with tenderness and having read the authors history that this is based on her father's life it is understandable.

The picture then of the war is a brilliant depiction of the horror of war, The writing here is perfect as it is written in the words of a soldier, there is no flowery description of the horror but that is the beauty as the soldier becomes deadened to the horror he experiences, that in itself becomes incredibly moving.
This is a front which seemed impossible to win as the three brothers sit in mud faced with a battle to take the monte cassino monastery.

The final part of the book is so poignant as the rest of Tu's life is shaped by what he has gone through and the losses he has the come to terms with, though as part of a generation spared serving in war I cannot imagine how an individual ever would be able to cope with the sights sounds and losses of battle, thus I put the book down overwhelmed by a truly magnificent piece of work.
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