Paraiti is the healer and midwife of her rural, tribal people in New Zealand. But new laws prohibiting unlicensed healers, make the practice of much Maori medicine illegal. She gets approached by Maraea (Rachel House, *Hunt for the Wilderpeople*), the servant of a wealthy woman, Rebecca, who seeks her knowledge and assistance in order to hide a secret which could destroy Rebecca’s position in European settler society. This compelling story tackles...