TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holloway,Judith
AU  - Paea,Phillip
AU  - Everitt,Henare
TI  - Te kōpere ō Hine
SN  - 0908783612 (paperback)
U1  - NZ823.2 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Wellington [N.Z.]
PB  - Mallinson Rendel
KW  - Māori (New Zealand people)
KW  - Funeral customs and rites
KW  - Children's fiction
KW  - Death
KW  - Grief
KW  - Family life
KW  - Aituā
KW  - reo
KW  - Pūkatokato
KW  - Tangihanga
KW  - Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki
KW  - Pakiwaitara
KW  - Children's stories, New Zealand
KW  - Children's stories, Māori
N1  - Story for children in Māori
N2  - Ruby loves her half-sister, Hine, and treasures all the fun times they share together when she comes to stay every school holidays. Hine has suffered from a serious illness since her birth, and she dies a few months before her tenth birthday. Ruby attends Hine's tangi and creates a memorial garden for her back home. Both of these experiences help Ruby to come to terms with her grief. Based on a true story. Suggested level: primary
ER  -