My name is Laura.
Nan sent mum away to live in Auckla.
He is bitter, mean and jealous.
Eventually Nan accepts an arranged marriage.
But it was a love that could not be.
They fell in love.
To his surprise she could see and talk with him.
Tane Mahuta, god of the forest appears to her.
Her story begins as a young girl.
My grandmother was brought up in the old ways of tikanga (Māori customs, lore, values and protocols).
I come from a line of women who have the gift of matakite (clairvoyancy).
My name is Laura