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Kaea, Issue 2, 1 March 1980, Page 20

7a . .a fascinating account of a significant period in the history of the Maori.”* THEY CALLED ME TEMAARI by Florence Harsant An unusual, highly readable autobiography of a pakeha girlhood spent among remote Maori tribes in turn-of-the-century New Zealand and of three remarkable journeys the author made in 1913-14 as Maori organiser for the W.C.T.U. Florence Harsant travelled through the lawless gumfields of the far north, around the east coast of the North Island and down the Wanganui River teaching hygiene and child care and forming temperance groups in isolated villages. 'Rich in human interest and historical observation . . *The Sunday Times. Illustrated. $9.95 CTO from good booksellers from good booksellers Whitcoulls Publishers