Whakaorangia ana i te pukapuka nei e tona kaiwhakamaori e Te Haumihiata Mason te ao o Romeo raua ko Hurieta ki te reo whakaatu i te wairua Maori. Mauroa ana te kaingakautia o nga whakaari a Wiremu Hakipia i te ao Maori – mai i nga whakamaoritanga a Takuta Pei Te Hurinui o Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weneti, o Othello me Julius Caesar ki nga whakamaoritanga a Takuta Merimeri Penfold i nga oriori aroha a Hakipia. Whaia ana e Te Haumihiata tenei tikanga i tana whakamaoritanga o Toroihi raua ko Kahira i whakaaritia ki te Whare Whakaari o te Globe i Ranana i te 2012, tahuri ana ki te whakaari a Hakipia mo te aroha whaiaipo hinapouri e tino kaingakautia ana. Te aroha, te tuku matatahi, te towhare, te pakuha – katoa atu kei a Romeo raua ko Hurieta. Ka kawea ake te whakaari nei e tona whakamaoritanga ki te manawa o Aotearoa. In this book, acclaimed translator Te Haumihiata Mason brings the world of Romeo and Juliet alive in a language filled with wairua Maori. The plays of William Shakespeare have had an enduring appeal in te ao Maori – from Dr Pei Te Hurinui Jones's translation of The Merchant of Venice, Othello and Julius Caesar to Dr Merimeri Penfold's tran­slation of Shakespeare's love sonnets. Te Haumihiata Mason has been central to that tradition, translating Troilus and Cressida for a performance at London's Globe Theatre in 2012 and now taking on Shakespeare's most beloved romantic tragedy. Love, duels, murders, marriages – Romeo and Juliet has it all. This te reo Maori translation will bring the play into the heart of Aotearoa.