Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District. nā James Rebanks i tuhi. (Allen Lane £16.99) I te tau 2002, ka neke atu māua ko tōku whānau mai i Rānana ki te Raki ki te raki o Herefordshire, i kitea e mātau he hipi te nuinga o ō mātau hoa noho hou. Kāore au i hiahia kia rite ki te hunga o te tāone e neke ana ki te whenua, engari e noho ana i te pōhēhē ki ngā tikanga ā-rohe, nō reira i hanga e au he kaha ki te mōhio ki a rātau, ki te mōhio rānei ki te oranga i runga i te pāmu hipi. I te iti o aku tamariki, ka tono ahau ki te kaiahuwhenua whai whenua e tata ana ki to matou kari, mehemea ka taea e ratou te matakitaki i ana hipi i a rātau e kohuru ana. A he maha tonu aku korero ki a ia e hiahia ana ahau ki te noho tahi i a ia, kia kite i te āhua o ana rā. I nga wa katoa e ataata ana ia, kaore he ruarua, e miharo ana, ko ahau tonu te mea nui, me pehea e taea ai e au te tiimata wawe me te whakatipu tinana kore. Kua whakakiia e tēnei pukapuka mīharo te nuinga o ngā āputa i roto i taku mātauranga, me te kore he karanga whakaoho i te 4.30 o te ata. I ako a James Rebanks i te Whare Wānanga o Oxford i mua i tana hokinga ki ona pakiaka i te rohe o Lake, ka kitea ia i konei me ana hipi i tana pāmu i waho o Penrith i Cumbria. He kōrero whakamārama, he kōrero tino pai, he torutoru noa iho ngā āhuatanga o te kōrero, o tētahi tau i roto i te oranga o James Rebanks, nā tōna whānau i mahi ahuwhenua i te rohe o Lake mō te ono rau tau. I whānau mai ia ki roto i tētahi mahi, ā, ināianei, kei te whā tekau ōna tau, he tino whakapehapeha ia. Heoi anō, ehara i te oranga mō te hunga mataku. I ia tau, ko te puna me te ngahuru e rite ana ki te pukapuka roa ki te hotoke roa, pakeke, me ana hipi Herdwick <unk> i heke mai, e whakaaro ana ia, mai i nga kararehe i tae mai ki nga Vikings <unk> kua hangaia mo nga hipi i nga huarahi kaore ano nga hepara tino pakeke. Ko te hanga tarutaru, e honoa ana e tētahi whakataukī tawhito ki ngā whakaahua o ngā rā mahana nui, ka taea te "he mahi tino uaua". Ahakoa ko te mahi ki te kararehe he raupapa o ngā wero iti, e taea ana te matapae i ia rā, i ētahi wā he nui ake ngā wero, ā, kāore rawa e taea te matapae. Ma te tuhinga whaihua tino whaihua, he tino pai tana whakahua i te whakamataku o te 2001-a-kero-a-kero...
He kōrero tino pai tēnei pukapuka mō te āhua o te oranga ahuwhenua. Ko te kōrero mārō e whakahīhī ana i te whakamataku o te mate huka me te ngutu o te tau 2001. I ako a Rebanks mo tana tohu i Oxford i mua i tana hokinga ki ona pakiaka o te tuawhenua.