The Forgotten Coast
Author | : Richard Shaw |
Publisher | : Massey University Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2021-11-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780995146525 |
ISBN-13 | : 0995146527 |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Forgotten Coast written by Richard Shaw and published by Massey University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: &‘You approach family stories with caution and care, especially when a thing long forgotten is uncovered in the telling.'In this deft memoir, Richard Shaw unpacks a generations-old family story he was never told: that his ancestors once farmed land in Taranaki which had been confiscated from its owners and sold to his great-grandfather, who had been with the Armed Constabulary when it invaded Parihaka on 5 November 1881.Honest, and intertwined with an examination of Shaw's relationship with his father and of his family's Catholicism, this book's key focus is urgent: how, in a decolonizing world, Pakeha New Zealanders wrestle with, and own, the privilege of their colonial pasts.