"Through his own experience and the stories of his ti?puna, Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Tainui) charts the impact of colonisation on his people. Alienation from ka?inga and whenua becomes a wider story of environmental degradation and system collapse. This book is an impassioned plea to step back from the edge. It is now up to the Crown, Tapsell writes, to accept the need for radical change. The ecological costs of colonisation are clear, and yet those same extractive and exploitative models remain foundational today. Only a complete step-change, one that embraces ka?inga, can transform our lands and waterways, and potentially become a source of inspiration to the world"--Publisher information.