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Once Were Warriors is a brutal story of a Maori family living in poverty in New Zealand. The author, Alan Duff, is also Maori, and he spent part of his childhood in low-income housing.

Our final book, the fourteenth in our series is Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff's harrowing vision New Zealand's indigenous people some two hundred years after the English conquest.

The Isanti County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution to symbolically become a Second Amendment dedicated county during Tuesday’s meeting. Four resolutions were presented to the board. The commissioners adopted a resolution that also expressed opposition to House File 396 and Senate File 1723. The Minnesota House legislation focuses on storage of guns and ammunition, and the Senate bill seeks to modify concealed carry restrictions. Vice chair Alan Duff said passing the resolution shows ...

Proposed library closures will impact society’s most vulnerable - experts.

Dont miss Victor Ashes long list of notable birthdays!

By the end of counting votes for the local Primary election, there were mainly predictable results, but with a few mini surprises. Below are the unofficial results of voting:

Kurangaituku, 'an epic poem of a novel’, won the Jann Medlicott Acorn prize at a ceremony that delivered ‘loads of surprises’

OPINION: The life, works and loves of New Zealand’s first full-time professional writer. 

OPINION: The life, works and loves of New Zealand’s first full-time professional writer. 

A relatively quiet weekend coming up with the main focus on the Cork v Galway game in hurling, while the Ladies Footballers and under 20 footballers are also in action.