This Collection combines Kathleen's first three books of poetry - Tara, Gypsy and Twilight Burns the Sky - with 171 new pages for which the collection is named: Kotuku Shining Flight. A total of 340 pages of beautiful and heartfelt poetry. *** “I have seen you at dawn walking, the sun naked at your feet” Kathleen weaves together te ao mauri and her experiences of te ao wairua — giving resonance to the multiple feathers worn by manu kaitiaki Kotuku. Whether you wade in the foreshore or seek the heights of flight Kathleen’s poetic korero will find you whispering ‘ae tika, I understand’. — Te Awhina Arahanga