Dawn Raid

Written by Pauline Vaeluaga Smith and Mat Hunkin

Narrated by Tameka Sowman Vahatau

Told through diary entries, this is the story of how one twelve-year-old girl learned to stand up and fight as her family gets involved with the Polynesian Panthers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Mar 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9781666536386

Pauline Vaeluaga Smith

Pauline Vaeluaga Smith is the author of Dawn Raid, for which she received Best New Author at the New Zealand Book Awards and a NZ Storylines Notable Book Award. Her writing is influenced by her experiences growing up in the 1970s, her roles as a teacher and university educator, her passion for civil rights and justice, and her deep interest in uplifting NZ Maori culture. She lives in a small seaside town at the bottom of the South Island of Aotearoa-New Zealand.