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  Tangata whenua the people, people of the land

  Tohunga priest, healer, spiritual leader, wise one

  Tūrangawaewae A highly important Māori concept. Literally ‘Tūranga’ (standing place) ‘waewae’ (feet), they are places where we feel empowered and connected – our place in the world.

  Waka canoe, transport

  Wairua spirit

  Whānau family

  The SHORTCUTS Series

  READ ON FOR MORE INFORMATION about current and upcoming SHORTCUTS ebooks, short science fiction and fantasy novellas from Aotearoa New Zealand.

  THE LAST | Grant Stone May 2015

  Forty years ago, Katherine St. John disappeared – briefly. Thirty years ago, she enacted a disappearance of another sort, stepping not just away from her music career but across the ocean to the other side of the world.

  Yesterday, Rachel Mackenzie’s flight touched down in Auckland. She’s travelled to New Zealand to interview the reclusive musician Katherine St. John about her first album in nearly thirty years. But strange things are happening at St. John's farm and soon Rachel finds herself caught up in something far larger than the world of music.

  BREE’S DINOSAUR | AC Buchanan June 2015

  Cam’s ambitions are straightforward: study Business English in Wellington for six months, then return to Vietnam to build a promising career. She doesn’t need any complications, least of all those created by Bree, her host-family’s secretive, troubled, teenage daughter. But when a dinosaur is being (very noisily) built in the bedroom next to yours, and a meteor-strike is threatening, it’s not always possible to avoid being sucked in – especially when there's an extinct animal in your own history. And one winter night in Karori, Bree's past resurfaces as well.

  POCKET WIFE | IK Paterson-Harkness July 2015

  Carl's work requires him to travel extensively, but he and his wife Jenny stay connected through their Tinys – four-inch-tall replicas of themselves which, when turned on, transmit whatever sensory information they are receiving directly into their living counterparts' minds. Through his Tiny, which Jenny keeps close beside her in Auckland, Carl can see his wife, speak to her, even feel her touch. But when Jenny's Tiny malfunctions and she can't turn herself off, Carl has a major problem. He’s having an affair, and he'd rather his wife wasn't around.

  LANDFALL | Tim Jones August 2015

  THE GHOST OF MATTER |Octavia Cade September 2015

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  Text copyright © Lee Murray and Piper Mejia 2015

  First published 2015

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