Mutuwhenua is the story of Ripeka, who leaves her extended family and its traditional lifestyle to marry Graeme, a Pakeha schoolteacher. In the strange world of the city, Ripeka discovers that she cannot make the break from her whanau, that the old ways are too strong. The first novel by a Maori woman ever published, Mutuwhenua is a powerful, moving story of contrasts between old and new, young and old, Maori and Pakeha.
- ISBN10 0704349116
- ISBN13 9780704349117
- Publish Date 1 September 1988
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 13 November 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Women's Press Ltd
- Imprint Livewire Books for Teenagers
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English