TY - BOOK AU - Van de Weert,Renée Hapimarika AU - Petrov,Anton TI - Te tohorā whakamutunga SN - 1869487109 AV - GR760.W5V3616 2001 U1 - 899.442 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Tāmaki-makau-rau [Aotearoa] PB - Reed KW - Jones, Maaka KW - Māori (New Zealand people) KW - Children's picture books KW - Whaling KW - New Zealand KW - Wēra KW - reo KW - Pukapuka whakaahua KW - Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki KW - Pakiwaitara KW - Bay of Plenty (N.Z. : Region) KW - Children's stories, Māori KW - Children's stories, New Zealand KW - Picture books for children N1 - Picture story book for children; Published simultaneously in English N2 - "On a hot summer day Riwia and her classmates hear the call from the lookouts stationed around the village, a whale has entered the bay. As the men race to launch their boats and battle the whale, Riwia faces her own conflict and feelings she doesn't quite understand."--Back cover. Story set in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the 1920's, and based on the childhood memories of Maaka Jones of Whānau a Apanui. Suggested level: primary ER -