TY - BOOK AU - Grace,Patricia AU - Gunson,Brian AU - Grace,Waiariki TI - Ko Maraea me ngā toroa =: [Maraea and the albatrosses SN - 0143502670 U1 - 499.44286 22 PY - 2008///] CY - North Shore, N.Z. PB - Penguin KW - Albatrosses KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Māori language KW - Readers KW - Children's stories, Māori KW - Picture books for children KW - Kuia KW - reo KW - Toroa ingoingo N1 - Picture story book for children; Published simultaneously in English N2 - "Kei te taha moana te kuia Māori nei a Mararea e noho ana. Mai i neherā, ko te tino mahi ō ōna whanaunga katoa ko te tiaki i ngā tōroa i ngā wā ō tō rātou hokitanga mai ki te whenua. Inaianei, kua wehe atu ōna whanaunga ki wāhi kē, ka noho ko ia anaek kei te tiaki i ēnei manu ataahua. Nā wai rā, ka tīmata e ia tōna ake hikoi whakahirahira [= Maraea is an elderly Māori woman who lives by the sea. For generations, her whānau has had a special relationship with the local albatrosses, who always return home after their long sea journeys. Now Maraea is alone. Left to care for these beautiful birds, she begins a wonderful journey of her own]"--Cover ER -