{"title":"Tainui Stephens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTainui Stephens\u003c\/strong\u003e offers deeply personal and reflective works that explore identity, heritage, and the nuances of life through the lens of biography and memoir. His writing invites readers into intimate stories that resonate with cultural insight and emotional honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect narratives that blend personal experience with broader themes, providing thoughtful perspectives on the ties that bind us to place and community. \u003cem\u003eKua Tau\u003c\/em\u003e exemplifies this heartfelt approach, capturing moments of self-discovery and reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kua-tau-by-stephens-tainui-9781991301819","title":"Kua Tau","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcross five decades of filmmaking, broadcasting and cultural advocacy, Tainui Stephens has been finding stories — in people, in place and in the shifting shape of Māori life in Aotearoa. Drawing especially on his much- loved essays for E-Tangata, this collection gathers a lifetime of reflections on the era of Māori reclamation, moving with ease between personal memory\u003cbr\u003eand political insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the turbulence of the 1970s and 1980s to the powerful iwi Māori of today, Stephens writes with an eye for the people who shaped him: kaumātua of the old world, marae aunties, rangatahi finding their place, activists, artists and friends. The essays range across reo and tikanga, identity, leadership, racism, joy and grief — touching on the Springbok Tour, commercial Māori television, kapa haka, a beloved family piano and the digital rituals of a new tangihanga era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm, direct and deeply grounded, Kua Tau is a memoir from a superb storyteller — a collection for anyone curious about their own sliver of time on earth, and the stories that make us whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47873128202476,"sku":"9781991301819","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781991301819-kua-tau.jpg?v=1782964240"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/tainui-stephens.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}