Mana of the Pacific – Wisdom from Across Oceania

So many boats have young readers aboard. Or potential young readers (“I’m bored, Mum…”)

Here’s the answer for them – the perfect saloon-table pick-up colourful book. And filled with aphorisms and images to inspire all ages. And each of which would lead to lively discussion in the cabin. I can see it even leading to the writing of whakatauki specifically for the host boat.

The book includes terrific photographic images and proverbs from Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Tokelau, Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Federated sates of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Niue.

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This is not a book to review – rather to be absorbed in its vibrant look and feel. And, of course, with interesting boats and seascapes aplenty to linger over. As these page spreads show.

By Apisalome Movono & Regina Scheyvens

2021, Potton & Burton publishers NZ