Book of the Week: Arise, Sir Tāme

Book of the Week: Arise, Sir Tāme

It’s a good read, the newly published autobiography of Tāme Iti. He has an easy, almost casual style that calmly melds Māori and English text together seamlessly in a way that adds to the narrative flow. You come to the conclusion that in this life memoir we hear the story of a man who has emerged from the tumult to a place where he is comfortable with his life. He says it himself: “That’s the thing with time; it gives you perspective.” The reco…