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Maria Samuela’s collection - Beats of the Pa’u -  published by Te Herenga Waka University Press.

The stories in the collection are powerful, poignant and gently funny. Painting a vivid picture of life for first and second-generation Cook Island New Zealander’s living here in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Katarina is pregnant unbeknown to her mother Terepai.

Written by Maria Samuela

Told by Chantal Stowers

Recorded by Ben Peirce

Produced by Duncan Smith