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.
Summary:
A collection of the author's favourite Maori myths and legends - from the creation and ever-popular mischief-making of Maui, to the great love stories of Hinemoa and Tutanekai, and Turongo and Mahinarangi. Beautifully illustrated.
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