BOOK REVIEWS

A Tohunga's Natural World
Plants, gardening and foods

Paul Moon
Published by David Ling Publishing
$NZ29.99

PAUL Moon, AUT University's senior lecturer in Maori Studies, talks to Tuhoe tohunga Hohepa Kereopa about the rich tradition and practice of gardening. Chapters also deal with food and recipes, flax and the medicinal uses of plants. An anecdotal and readable insight into a customary Maori perspective on the natural world.

Reproduced with permission from the former Weekend Gardener magazine. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of the RNZIH