TY - BOOK AU - Gossage,Peter TI - How Maui defied the Goddess of Death SN - 0143504630 U1 - 428.6 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Auckland [N.Z.] PB - Puffin KW - Maui (Polynesian deity) KW - Juvenile literature KW - Maori (New Zealand people) KW - Folklore N1 - Originally published: Lansdowne Press, 1985; Picture story book for children N2 - The story of how Maui wonders what it would be like to live forever. He enters the Goddess of Death and discovers stars, heavens and the gods. Missing his people, he is sent home by the highest god, Rehua, who gives him the special gift of being able to transform himself. Suggested level: junior, primary ER -