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163 pages ;20cm

Novel for children.

'New Zealand version of Hatchet.'--Cover.

Includes appendices on search and rescue, maps, preparation for going bush and edible plants.
lower age: 0
'When River meets his cousin, Huia he realises how little he knows about tikanga Maori. He can't speak the language, he doesn't know the protocol, and he hates it. And he resents her. Why couldn't his father have stayed around and taught him these things? But then something happens that changes everything. He needs Huia now, and everything she knows. If they are to surview'--Back cover.