Mahalo to:
Herb Kawainui Kane, for his inspiration and permission to use his superb Pele painting for the cover. Martha Beckwith and Katherine Luolama, for adding to my knowledge of Pele and Laukiamanuikahiki. Dr Trina Nahm-Mijo, University of Hawai‘i, Hilo, Fay Hovey— Volcano Arts Centre; Diane Aki; Jessie and Hanoa; Pele Aloha; Karen Anne (Maui); Andrei Codrescu—Hawai‘i, Hawai‘ian Petroglyphs, H.Cox, E.Stasack, Bishop Museum, Hawai‘i. Beryl Fletcher, Susan Sayer, Daphne Brasell, Geoff Walker, Susan Hawthorne, Renate Klein, Michelle Proctor, Keri Hulme and Doreen Dunsford— all of whom contributed comments at draft stages of writing. Special thanks for the support of the Broomsbury Writers, Powhiri Rika-Heke and Dr Sigrid Markmann; Orlanda Frauenverlag, Audre Lorde and Gloria Joseph for their encouragement in Berlin; Spinifex Press, especially Susan Hawthorne, Renate Klein and Michelle Proctor; and Tandem Press—Helen Benton and Bob Ross in Aotearoa.
Arohanui, Aloha
—Cath Dunsford, Tawharanui, May, 1994.