Lali: A Pacific Anthology, ed. Albert Wendt, 1980
The Challenge, Ruperake Petaia, 2011
Well, that’s half an hour of my life I’m never going to get back.
Telesa: The Covenant Keeper, Lani Wendt Young, 2011
Where We Once Belonged, Sia Figiel, 1997
Leaves of the Banyan Tree, Albert Wendt, 1979
Tales of the Tikongs, Epeli Hau’ofa, 1988
An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, vol. 1, John Martin and William Mariner, 1827
While researching my post on Dreams of a Rainbow I read a fair amount of poetry from around Polynesia (both to try to situate Kauraka’s poetry more firmly in the Polynesian tradition and figure out whether it was objectively mediocre or whether I was just missing something). This is a bit of a long one, so links after the jump.
The Frigate Bird, Alistair Campbell, 1989
Dreams of a Rainbow, Kauraka Kauraka, 1987
Around the World in 2000 Books 