Notes

Other Title: His best stories Originally published as: Ihimaera : his best stories. Reed, 2003 A game of cards -- The seahorse and the reef -- The Halcyon summer -- Tent on the home ground -- Masques and roses -- The boy with the camera -- A new year's story -- Big brother, little sister -- Truth of the matter -- Dustbins -- This life is weary -- The affectionate kidnappers -- The washerwoman's children -- Wiwi -- Short features -- Who are you taking to the school dance, darling? -- A history of New Zealand through selected texts -- Life as it really is -- Falling -- A 60 second story -- Life and death in Calcutta -- Someone is looking at me -- Beginning of the tournament -- Going to the heights of Abraham