Rata by Anne Holden Whitcombe and Tombs, 16s reviewed by Amy Mihi Hill This book, published with the aid of the New Zealand Literary Fund, is about a half-caste child, Rata, who is an orphan. Since her mother died Rata has lived in a succession of ‘foster’ homes, and we find her undergoing life with the well-meaning but rather dull Miss Carter. Rata finally finds this frugal existence impossible, and she decides that she will go back to the pa where her mother grew up. Surely someone there will love her and give her some fun. For Rata is a child, and just like any other child, she wants and needs love. So off she runs and finds a sort of happiness amongst her Maori people. However after a time she realises that she does not belong to the pa, and that she must go back to the realistic world of Miss Carter.
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Te Ao Hou, March 1966, Page 57
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153Rata Te Ao Hou, March 1966, Page 57
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