By DAVID HILL
On the horizon, blue-and-white shapes shouldered upwards; the peaks of Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, Tongariro. Corey thought of Riki, the other DOC Field Officer. From Riki, he'd heard how Mt Taranaki once stood beside those other volcanoes, fought with them for the love of beautiful Mt Pihanga, then marched away in anger after losing the fight. Hardly any Maori people lived along the lines between Ruapehu and Mt Taranaki; they believed that one day, Taranaki would head back in fire and smoke to find his love again.
Corey stood listening to the silence. A puff of wind slid past. A pebble, loosened by the morning sun probably, dropped from an icy bank nearby.
'Awesome day,' Corey said.
His father nodded. 'Pity Dean couldn't make it.'
Publisher: Puffin
Age group: 6-10 yrs
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