Tauranga Girls' College

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Kawai - For Such a Time as This

By Monty Soutar

4 stars

I began this last year but wasn't quite in the head space for some of the brutality in the book...but I'm so pleased I revisited it. Although confronting at times, the novel is rich in historical detail and emotional depth. Filled with history, whakapapa (ancestry), and Maori traditions, it was an enlightening and compelling read that I'll be thinking about for some time to come.
The songbirds of Florence

By Olivia Spooner

4 stars

Masterful writing of a beautiful and heartfelt story about the Tui's (a group of women from New Zealand) who served overseas in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. The story was the perfect blend of love, trauma and friendship, and I loved the Kiwi aspect of the story. I never knew about the Tui's before reading this book - so I always love learning something new. But for me, this novel had a particularly big impact on me as it contained glimpses of our NZ soldiers and gave me an insight into what life would have been like for my Grandad who was fighting in the same areas as the soldiers mentioned in the book.

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