King tana umaga biography book
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Tana Umaga : a tribute to a rugby legend / by John Matheson
- Bib ID:
- 3884276
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Matheson, John, 1968-
- Description:
- Auckland, N.Z. : Celebrity Books, 2006
- 152 p. : col. ports. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- Series:
- Celebrity portraits.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Tana Umaga, legend
- Available From:
- Forrester Books
- Copyright:
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Great new series of sports books in the library
David Riley
Some of the exciting new sports books
I was lucky enough to meet David Riley recently and hear him talk about reading and writing. He is a local author from Mangere (a suburb of Auckland) which according to the Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names means lazy, or laziness. This was because “When Ihenga journeyed northwards from the thermal regions he rested here for a while, leaving his followers to prepare a meal. They took so long to do so that their leader was angry and commemorated the event by this name.” Unsurprisingly the dictionary goes on to say that the name was objected to by Maori during the 1840’s and they suggested Queen’s Town as a substitute. It doesn’t tell us what the people of Queen’s Town thought about that!
However, David Riley is far from lazy because he has just published his fifth book. Each of these books are packed full of interesting stories about the lives of our New Zealand and Samoan sporting heroes and the challenging moments in their lives. In some cases we know about the fame and success that these sportsmen have achieved, but we don’t know about their struggles and dedication to their sport along the way to their su