Bulibasha

Witi Ihimaera wrote  Bulibasha  while in Menton as the Katherine Mansfield Fellow in 1993.

Characters
This character list is incomplete. Main Characters Mahana family Poata family Others
 * Simeon Mahana, also known by the Maori transliteration of his name, Himiona.
 * Tamihana Mahana, also known as Grandfather Tamihana and Bulibasha.
 * Tamihana Mahana
 * Ramona Mahana
 * Matiu Mahana named for Matthew in the New Testament,
 * Mohi Mahana
 * Maaka Mahana named for Mark in the New Testament
 * Ruka Mahana named for Luke in the new Testament, married to Aunt Dottie
 * Hone Mahana named for John in the New Testament, married to Aunt Kate
 * Ruth Mahana married to Uncle Albie
 * Sarah Mahana married to Uncle Jack
 * Haromi Mahana (Salome)
 * Aperahama Mahana named for Abraham in the Old Testament
 * Ihaka Mahana named for Isaac in the Old Testament
 * Joshua Mahana married to Huria (Julia)
 * Faith, Hope, Simeon and Glory Mahana
 * Sephora Mahana
 * Miriam Mahana
 * Esther Mahana
 * Ihaka Mahana (Tamihana's brother, great uncle to Simeon)
 * Rupeni Poata
 * Maata Poata
 * Caesar Poata
 * Poppaea Poata aka "The Brute"
 * Poppy Poata
 * Zebediah Whatu, friend to Tamihana.
 * Andrew Whatu, friend and 'cousin' to Simeon.
 * Apirana Ngata, a real person in New Zealand history, written as part of the fictional world.
 * Miss Zelda, Miss Daisy and Scott, Pakeha shopkeepers
 * Pani, sheep shearer, suitor to Miriam although 6 years her junior.
 * Miss Dalrymple, Simeon's teacher.

Intertextuality

 * Refers to many Biblical stories
 * Shakespeare
 * Greek mythology
 * 1950s American pop culture
 * Zelda, Daisy and Scott - names from F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby