Taungaroa Emile

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.

When a Japanese pilot crash-lands on the tiny remote Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau, he is met with courtesy and traditional Hawaiian hospitality from the locals - until they discover he was part of the recent attack on Pearl Harbor.

A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor.