Battle of the Mountains by Peter Gossage
$20.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
Three mountains battle against Tongariro to win the love of his wife, Pihanga. Find out how Tongariro banishes Taranaki, Tauhara and Putau to the positions they stand in today when he overcomes their approaches to Pihanga. Make the mountains using the outlines in the back of this book, and fight your ow ...Show more
Counting the Stars: Four Maori Myths by Gavin Bishop
$19.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
A sequel to Taming the Sun and Riding the Waves, Gavin Bishop's latest stunning book contains four more Maori myths, including two well-known legends (Ranginui and Papatuanuku and Hinemoa and Tutanekai) and two less well-known legends (The battle of the birds and Kae and the whale). Aimed at children 3- ...Show more
He Paki Taonga i a Maui (Maui's Taonga Tales te reo edition) by David Brechin-Smith; Stephanie Tibble
$29.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends | Series: Maui's Taonga Tales
Fully written in te reo Māori and aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this book’s lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealand’s famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations. The book’s pūkōrero, or story teller, is Māui, the ...Show more
Hinepau (Maori edition) by Gavin Bishop / Katerina Mataira
$19.50 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
Hinepau, a Maori woman with the sunset red hair and the greenstone coloured eyes is a weaver, but all of her weaving is inside out or back to front. Is she a witch? The rest of her tribe thinks so, so she is sent away to live on her own in a hut surrounded by a hundred flax bushes. There she sits all da ...Show more
How Maui Fished Up the North Island (Tales of Aotearoa #1 HB) by Donovan Bixley; Darryn Joseph
$24.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends | Series: Tales of Aotearoa
In this fresh retelling of How Māui Fished Up the North Island, Donovan Bixley applies his unique twists and trademark humour to this much-treasured story. Māui is reimagined as a cheeky younger brother, on the type of hilarious fishing trip with the whanau that will be familiar to many Kiwi youngsters. ...Show more
How Maui Found His Mother by Peter Gossage
$19.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
Peter Gossage's vibrantly illustrated retelling of the tale of Maui's search for his mother. After being cast into the sea as a baby, Maui grows up being educated by Tama, his uncle, about the Maori gods, nature and the ways of mastering magic. As he gets older he begins to wonder who is mother is and o ...Show more
How Maui Slowed the Sun by Peter Gossage
$19.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
Winner of the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a much-loved bookFaced with too short days and long nights Maui comes up with a plan to slow the sun's passage through the sky. With the help of his brothers, Maui sets out for the home of the sun to catch it and make it move more slowly.
How Maui Slowed the Sun (Board Book) by Peter Gossage
$15.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
Peter Gossage's much-loved retelling of this famous Maori myth is now available as a sturdy board book. Faced with very short days and very long nights, Maui comes up with a plan to slow the Sun's passage through the sky. Peter Gossage's much-loved retelling of this famous Maori myth has captivated you ...Show more
Illustrated Maori Myths and Legends by Queenie Rikihana Hyland
$31.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
Queenie Rikihana Hyland here brings together a collection of her favourite Maori myths and legends - from the creation and the ever-popular mischief-making of Maui, to the great love stories of Hinemoa and Tutanekai, and Turongo and Mahinarangi. The stories are brought to life by the vivid illustrations ...Show more
Maori Tales of Long Ago by A. W. Reed
$32.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
Maori Tales of Long Ago is a fresh facsimile edition of a classic collection of sixteen stories adapted from Maori mythology for a young readership. The tales were originally published by A.W. & A.H. Reed during the late 1940s in two hardback volumes, Maori Tales of Long Ago and Wonder Tales of Maor ...Show more
Meariki: Te Rapunga i Te Pono (Nga Waituhi o Matawehi) by Helen Pearse-Otene
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends | Series: Nga Waituhi o Matawehi
Meariki is a slave to the people of Ngai Kuwai and must obey the chief and look after his only daughter, Hineamuru. When Hineamuru is abducted by a warlock, Meariki and Pehi, a young warrior and Hineamuru's lover, go on a hazardous journey to rescue Hineamuru. Pehi is brave but arrogant, while Meariki i ...Show more
Myths and Legends of Aotearoa: 15 timeless tales of New Zealand by Annie Rae Te Ake Ake
$29.99 NZD
Category: Maori Myths & Legends
Fifteen timeless and essential Maori myths and legends are retold by gifted storyteller Annie Rae Te Ake Ake in this stunning, one-of-a-kind treasury. Illustrated by young Kiwi artists, this classic collection is a testament to the many and vibrant cultures of Aotearoa past, present and future.