How Maui Brought Fire to The World (magnetic story)
38.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Curious to know where fire comes from, Māui travels to the end of the earth to meet Mahuika, the Atua of Fire to find out. These things are never simple, but cheeky Māui has a few tricks up his sleeve! Each image is printed on card and laminated with a small magnet on the back. Each legend comes in a ...Show more
Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha of Tuarā-Rangaia by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’ ...Show more
How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death by Peter Gossage
21.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
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.
How Maui Slowed the Sun (magnetic story)
38.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Fed up with short days, Māui decides to teach the sun a lesson, and with his doubtful brothers in tow he sets his death defying plans into motion. Each image is printed on card and laminated with a small magnet on the back. Each legend comes in a flax kete to keep everything together easily. Illustr ...Show more
Maui me te Ahi a Mahuika (#3 Purakau o Aotearoa) by Donovan Bixley; Darryn Joseph; Keri Opai
20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language | Series: Pūrākau o Aotearoa
Donovan Bixley re-tells the story of how Maui captured the secret of fire. The traditional tale but with Donovan's unique twist and trademark humour. The pictures are bright and bring their own level of humour to the book. Darryn Joseph and Keri Opai ensure that the story is accurate and culturally appr ...Show more
Tawhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod (Tāwhaki) by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Tāwhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his wife Hine-piripiri and revived. This near-death experience revealed Tāwhaki’s status as ...Show more
The Search for Maui (#1 This Land) by Mark Abnett
25.00 NZD
Category: General Graphic Books
A brand-new graphic novel series arising out of Aotearoa, with familiar yet other-worldly characters, settings and themes. The Earth shook and twisted. New lands arose, the old were destroyed and a deadly fever raged. From the ashes, a new continent is born in the Pacific Ocean. TE RIU-A-MAUI ... In the ...Show more
Myths and Legends of Aotearoa - 15 timeless tales of New Zealand by Annie Rae Te Ake Ake
30.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and 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.
Te Kokorangi ( Te Kо̄kо̄rangi ): Te Aranga o Matariki (The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki - Te Reo Māori Edition) by Witi Ihimaera, Hēni Jacob; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
25.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
E kimi ana a Te Kokorangi i etahi pia hou tokowha hei ako i nga korero o Matariki me te maramataka. Kowhiria ana etahi tama tokotoru, me tetahi kotiro, he pani, ko Aria te ingoa. Tohe ana a Aria kia haere ano ko tana kuri haunga i tona taha. Ka ahua hoha a Aria i nga akoranga, kaore hoki ia e pai kia to ...Show more
Ngake me Whataitai ( Whātaitai ) by Ben Ngaia & Laya Mutton-Rogers
20.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
This is a traditional story told in te reo Māori from the perspective of the Kāhui Maunga people about Ngake and Whātaitai. These two taniwha inhabited Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington Harbour, long before the ancestral migrations. The story tells how the shape and landscape of Wellington, its harbour a ...Show more
How Maui Found His Whanau (magnetic story)
38.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
The epic adventures of the legendary demigod Māui start the day he is born. The tides sweep Māui to the shores of his ancestor who will teach him all he needs to know to find his way home again. Each image is printed on card and laminated with a small magnet on the back. Each legend comes in flax kete ...Show more
Ari and her Whānau- A story of Puanga (magnetic story)
38.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends