In Auē eight-year-old Ārama was taken by his brother, Taukiri, to live with Kat and Stu at the farm in Kaikōura, setting in train the tragedy that unfolded. Ārama’s Aunty Kat was at the centre of events, but silenced by abuse her voice was absent from the story. Becky talks about how and why she re-entered her beloved novel and wrote the sequel, Kataraina.