Huia come Home by Jay Ruka

Heather Gray

​Huia, your destiny is to bring everyone together.
- Māori Proverb - 
“ Once the sacred guardian of NZ’s native forests, the huia was a symbol of the land’s unique beauty & spirituality. The rare bird’s tragic extinction in the early 1900’s represents a shot to the heart of Aotearoa & is a potent metaphor for a country’s conflicted history.”
‘ Using the story of the untimely extinction of the huia, Jay Ruka offers a fresh perspective on the narrative of Aotearoa, a tale of 2 cultures, warring views, and the things we lost in translation.’
Revisiting the early missionaries, the transformative message of the gospel & the cultural missteps of the T of W ‘ Huia Come Home’ invites us to reconnect with the unique story offered by the indigenous Māori lens.
In relearning the history that lies in the soil of Aotearoa, we might just find a shared hope for the future & a recovery of national treasures once thought to be extinct.
I found this a marvellous book that offered a fresh perspective to my education and supposed learning of NZ history. Well done Jay Ruka for giving pakeha a truthful statement with advanced tangata whenua spirituality to complete one’s unbalanced previous viewpoint.
This is Andrew’s book and a must read for every kiwi. Thank you Andrew. Thank you Lord and thank you Jay.

2017.
Published by Oati.