Nga Taniwha i te Whanga-nui-a-tara (The Taniwha of Wellington Harbour)
Author(s): Moira Wairama
Te Reo Māori | NZ Picture Books
Moira Wairama's stunning Maori-language retelling of the legend about two taniwha and Wellington Harbour, with illustrations by Bruce Potter.
E noha ana e rua nga taniwha i tetahi roto kanapanapa. Kei te pirangi a Ngake kia haere ki Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa engari kei te pirangi tona hoa, a Whataitai, ki te noho i te roto.
Ma to raua tautohetohe ka whakarereke te roto mo ake tonu ra.
He korero purakau tenei mo te hangatanga o Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara.
Product Information
Discover the dramatic Maori legend about the creation of Wellington Harbour in this story written entirely in te reo Maori.
Finalist - LIANZA Te Kura Pounamu (te reo Māori) 2012
General Fields
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- : Penguin Group New Zealand, Limited
- : Puffin
- : 0.164
- : January 2011
- : .2 Centimeters X 23 Centimeters X 27.9 Centimeters
- : New Zealand
- : books
Special Fields
- : Moira Wairama
- : colour illustrations
- : 32
- : 398.20993
- : Bruce Potter
- : Bruce Potter
- : Maori language ed.
- : Paperback