Битва на улице Маннерс

New Zealand, 1943. Pete Tau has tried to stay rooted to the whenua after the death of his parents, holding his family’s world together while war pulls others away. His sister Mere chooses service as a VAD nurse. His brother Willie has already gone overseas with the 28th Māori Battalion. When pressure from whānau, iwi, and duty finally draws Pete into uniform, training in Auckland gives him discipline, mates, and a place in 3 Section. But grief, old wounds, and rising tension with American servicemen follow him south. In Wellington, one night on Manners Street turns violent. As the city erupts around them, Pete and Mere are forced into choices neither can avoid. The Battle of Manners Street is a short historical novel about family, restraint, honour, and the cost of action in wartime New Zealand.