The Forgotten Coast

By Richard Shaw and Richard Shaw

'You approach family stories with caution and care, especially when a thing long forgotten is uncovered in the telling.'

In this deft memoir, Richard Shaw unpacks a generations-old family story he was never told: that his ancestors once farmed land in Taranaki which had been confiscated from its owners and sold to his great-grandfather, who had been with the Armed Constabulary when it invaded Parihaka on 5 November 1881.

Honest, and intertwined with an examination of Shaw's relationship with his father and of his family's Catholicism, this book's key focus is urgent: how, in a decolonising world, Pakeha New Zealanders wrestle with, and own, the privilege of their colonial pasts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0995143145
• ISBN13: 9780995143142
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Massey University
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.7" x 7.1"