The art of excavation / Leilani Tamu.

The Art of Excavation -- Midden Secrets -- The Art of Excavation -- Vaea's Progeny -- A Dispatch for Thomas Trood -- In Search of Dr Funk -- Sāmoa: 1905 -- A Kingfish for His Majesty -- The Alcazar -- The Beach -- People Language People -- Tagaloa's Lament -- Arohanui: The Love of the Gods -- Tsunami -- In the Hold of the M.V. 'Otuanga'ofa -- The Kermadec King Visits Nuku'alofa -- Avaiki Rain -- The Journey South -- Chasing the Sun's Rays -- A Tribute to the Black Ghost -- The Tears of 'Apa'ula -- Taisumalie -- Paradise Pasifika -- Down in Ma'ufanga -- Paradise Pasifika -- How to Make a Colonial Cake -- The Billfish Blues -- Just Another Game -- Vortex -- Aotearoa Runaway -- Mouths Wide Shut -- A Third Person Note (regarding Mr P. P. Pumpkin Eater) -- Post Script to a Third Person Note (regarding Mr P. P. Pumpkin Eater) -- Table of Contents -- Front Matter -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Ancestor Eyes -- Kahlei: My Beloved -- Siva Sāmoa -- Maka Uli -- You -- Kisivai -- Ancestor Eyes -- To Ola, with love -- Migration -- An Ancient Affair -- Beware the Sacred South.

Poems.