First published in 2009 by Huia Publishers
39 Pipitea Street, PO Box 17–335
Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
www.huia.co.nz
ISBN 978-1-86969-363-3
Copyright © Albert Wendt 2009
Cover painting: Black Star 6, 2008 by Albert Wendt. Photograph courtesy of
McCarthy Art Gallery.
Drawings on pages 90—93 by Albert Wendt
Cover design: Tangerine Design Limited
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National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Wendt, Albert, 1939-
The adventures of Vela / Albert Wendt.
ISBN 978-1-869693-63-3
I. Title.
NZ823.2—dc