Contents

Contents : The last of the gold rush / Sophie Fern -- Pouakai the Man-eater / Pauline Cartwright -- Billie Blue / Adrienne M. Frater -- A feather in her hat / David Hill -- Whale watching / Lorraine Orman -- Taking the medicine / Elizabeth Pulford -- World on fire / David Hill -- Mei’s grand-mother / Chang Shih Yen -- Uncle Russell’s revenge / Sandy McKay -- The matau / D.C. Grant -- The day my mother kissed the hairy man of Moehau / Jennifer Maxwell -- A heroic tale / Barbara Else -- Bang! you’re dead / Lorraine Orman -- Suna the greedy giant / John Parker -- The perfect plum pudding plan / Elizabeth Pulford -- The legend of Hape / Ted Dawe -- Silly old goat / Pauline Cartwright -- Dr Clock and the moa eggs / James Norcliffe -- Tub / Ben Brown -- Train to terror / David Hill -- Franco’s gold / Melanie Drewery -- The clay boy / Ron Bacon -- Longitude / Peter Friend -- The fisherman’s tale / Ron Bacon -- The tip-off / Raymond Huber -- The vanishing warrior / Lindsay Wood -- Treasure deep / David Hill -- Anzac Day / Kelly Gardiner -- Der Abschied = The parting / Eric Dorfman -- The mystery of the Maungatapu murders / Lindy Kelly -- historical notes -- timeline -- acknowledgements -- index of stories by author.