bush hawk

Glossary

ATC: Air Training Corps, or Air Cadets.
Iwi: The largest Maori social unit, commonly translated as tribe. Ngaio's is Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti.
Kiwi: Pluralized with an S at the end - New Zealanders. Used as a plural without an S - flightless birds. With "fruit" at the end - the fruit.
Mana: Personal prestige, honor.
Pakeha: New Zealander of white European descent.
Pounamu: Greenstone/jade.
Taonga: Treasure, in a spiritual rather than material sense.
Whanau: Extended family.

Ngaio's family

Parents: Miria and Tipene Travers (motel co-owners)
Siblings: In descending order of age but all older than Ngaio - Kahurangi (restaurateur), Awhina (primary school teacher), Te Akau (grocery store manager), Hine (Central Pulse netball player), Rawiri (fisher)
Grandparents: "Koro" (grandfather), "Kuia" (grandmother), "Nana" (grandmother), Ropata (grandfather; deceased)
Cousins: LOTS