Illustrated Māori myths and legends /

Rikihana, Queenie, 1948-

Illustrated Māori myths and legends / Queenie Rikihana Hyland ; illustrated by Patrick Puru. - 104 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Previous ed.: Reed, 2003.

Introduction -- Māui, the demi-god. Māui's birth ; Māui meets his father, Makea-tū-tara ; Māui's magic weapon ; Māui tames the sun ; How Māui fished up Aotearoa ; How Māui stole fire from Mahuika ; The death of Māui -- Tautini-awhitia's journey in the seedpod canoe -- Ao-kehu and the taniwha Tūtae-poroporo -- Kōpūwai, the ogre of the Matau -- Te Kāpō the taniwha -- Patupaiarehe -- the fairy people. Te Kanawa encounters the patupaiarehe ; Tāwhaitū is abducted by Whanawhana ; How Kahukura learnt netmaking from the fairies -- Hinemoa and Tūtānekai -- Tūrongo and Māhinārangi.

Primary, intermediate, junior secondary.

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Māori (New Zealand people)--Folklore.
Legends--New Zealand
Folklore--New Zealand
Pūrākau.

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