Kāinga
![Kāinga. Kāinga.](/var/tki-eesoll/storage/images/instructional-series/school-journal/school-journal-level-3-november-2022/kainga/484625-1-eng-NZ/Kainga_resource_image.png)
by Paul Mason; illustrations by Leilani Isara
We push up the slope, hands held tight, the sweat like oil between our palms. I squeeze harder. If Grace gets away, she’ll break free and dash up the track. The ground’s hard as concrete. She can run faster than me.