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Te Ao-Kapurangi

May 2, 2018 in Corrections

In which I mess up Maori terminology

A reader kindly wrote in to let me know that I'd messed up Maori terminology in book 2!
Te Ao-Kapurangi (19th century)
The Mother Who Stuffed Her House
Abducted from her tribe, this Maori woman managed to save her kinsmen and stop a war - by straddling a roof and cramming the house underneath.

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