Contemporary Polynesian Fiction & Poetry

(see the "Polynesia in Western Fiction" section for U.S. and European narratives about Polynesia)

Web Resources for Contemporary Polynesian Literature

General

http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/contemporary_pacific/v012/12.1tawake.html
http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/trout/trout.htm  

Alan Duff (Maori/New Zealand): Once Were Warriors (1990)

Wrestling … Patterns … Warriors

Reflections on Once Were Warriors

Alan Duff's Once Were Warriors  

Keri Hulme (Maori/New Zealand): The Bone People (1983)

Untitled (a short overview of The Bone People)
http://65.107.211.208/nz/kerihulme/hulmeov.html (miscellaneous information, but scattered site)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/show-interview/h-k-ulmeeri/104-2742908-3877544
(an inteview with K. Hulme)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140089225/qid=1003678970/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_11_1/104-2742908-3877544 (readers' opinions via amazon online site)

Kiana Davenport (Hawaii): Song of the Exile 

Kathleen Tyau (Hawaii): Makai

Lois-Ann Yamanaka (Hawaii): Heads by Harry