{"product_id":"living-on-the-fault-line-by-john-bluck-paperback","title":"Living on the Fault Line - by John Bluck - Paperback","description":"This book is about unfinished business. Travelling\u003cbr\u003earound the country to launch his successful\u003cbr\u003eBecoming P?keh?: A journey between two\u003cbr\u003ecultures (HarperCollins 2022), he met many\u003cbr\u003epeople who found the name P?keh? not fit\u003cbr\u003efor purpose and who were anxious about the\u003cbr\u003efuture of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. That anxiety has\u003cbr\u003etranslated into turmoil with our new coalition\u003cbr\u003egovernment’s policies on things Maori and a\u003cbr\u003ewider than ever ethnic divide.\u003cbr\u003eLiving on the Fault Line tries to address this\u003cbr\u003ecrisis time that’s triggering Maori anger and\u003cbr\u003ePakeha silence. It explores what a Kiwi identity\u003cbr\u003emight look like that keeps faith with Te Tiriti\u003cbr\u003eand celebrates the shared culture that makes\u003cbr\u003eand breaks us in Aotearoa.\u003cbr\u003eP?keh? themselves are divided between\u003cbr\u003ethose who dream of a tiriti-based future, with\u003cbr\u003eshared language and entangled cultures and\u003cbr\u003ethose who fear that future, branding it as unfair,\u003cbr\u003eunequal, imposed. John Bluck, speaking for\u003cbr\u003eand to P?keh?, makes what one early reviewer\u003cbr\u003ecalls “an eloquent and impassioned plea for a\u003cbr\u003eP?keh? voice that is confident enough to join\u003cbr\u003ethe debate about this country’s future without\u003cbr\u003ebeing defensive about or disconnected from\u003cbr\u003ethe history we have to own.\"\u003cbr\u003ePUBLISHER:\u003cbr\u003eQuentin Wilson Publishing\u003cbr\u003eAUTHOR:\u003cbr\u003eJohn Bluck\u003cbr\u003eBIND:\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePAGES:\u003cbr\u003e136\u003cbr\u003eDIMENSIONS:\u003cbr\u003e152 x 229 mm","brand":"NATIONWIDE BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41797990908037,"sku":"PR426745","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/volts9781991103758_0_TSM4R4VEJWSC.jpg?v=1786162188","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/living-on-the-fault-line-by-john-bluck-paperback","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}