Ngā Atua Māori / The Māori Gods (#25 Te Reo Singalong + CD) by Sharon Holt
26.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language | Series: Te Reo Singalong
This book connects the Māori gods with children as guardians of the environment, using beautiful illustrations and a captivating song. We’re sure it will soon be a favourite with children and teachers. Includes: Repetitive sentence structure: “Ko wai au? Ko wai koe? Ko wai ia?” (Who am I? Who are yo ...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
Te-Ika-a-Māui / The Fish of Māui (Māori-English edition) by Peter Gossage; Nā Merimeri Penfold i whakamāori
21.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Peter Gossage's famous Maori myth about discovering Aotearoa's North Island is now a bilingual Maori-English edition, featuring Merimeri Penfold's translation.Kahore nga tuakana o Maui i hiahia kia haere ia i to ratou taha ki te hi, he hae no ratou. Heoi ano, ka mau i a Maui atamai te ika whakamiharo ka ...Show more
Tawhirimatea: A Song for Matariki (Book and CD) by June Pitman-Hayes
22.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Tawhirimatea, blow winds blow, Ra, warm us up with your sunshine glow. Papatuanuku, we plant seeds in you. Ua, rain, helps new life come through . . . Sing along to this catchy Matariki song celebrating Earth, sky, seasons and whanau. It's our very own Aotearoa, from forest to seashore, dawn light to st ...Show more
Traditional Maori Legends: Ngā Tai Kōrero by Warren Pohatu
21.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Tai Korero means 'the currents of speech', a reference to the Maori tradition of oral storytelling. This colourful book retells in simple form Maori stories and myths that have been passed down over centuries. Among the fourteen stories from around New Zealand are old favourites like 'Maui and the Fish ...Show more
Maui Sun Catcher/Maui te Kaihao i te Ra (Bilingual) by Tim Tipene
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
In this modern retelling of the beloved myth, Māui is a schoolboy who lives with his mother and four older brothers in a city where the day is never long enough to get things done.Māui grasps the mantle:Mum, I’m gonna catch that Sun for you.That Sun who’s always on the run. With their woven flax net, t ...Show more
Maui and the Secret of Fire (#3 Tales of Aotearoa) by Donovan Bixley; Darryn Joseph; Keri Opai
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Tales of Aotearoa
In the third of his Maui books, 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.
Te Pakanga a nga Maunga / Battle of the Mountains by Peter Gossage
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Iconic author and illustrator Peter Gossage's retelling of a legend about the mountains of New Zealand's central North Island is now available as a bilingual Maori-English story, translated by Heni Jacob. Gossage's classic retelling of the Maori myth of Mt Taranaki, Mt Tauhara and Mt Putauaki is now ava ...Show more
Swim: The Story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai by Chris Szekely (Retold by)
24.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
In the legend, Hinemoa lives by Lake Rotorua and Tutanekai on the island, Mokoia. Hinemoa falls in love when Tutanekai plays the flute, but Hinemoa's father considers him unsuitable. They vow to be together, and every night on the island,Tutanekai plays his flute to guide Hinemoa to him. With no canoe, ...Show more
Tuna raua ko Hiriwa (Tuna and Hiriwa) by Ripeka Takotowai Goddard
20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
This picture book, in te reo Maori , tells the story of how the tuna got its silver belly but forever had to live in the dark depths of the river. Tuna is in awe of a nymph, Hiriwa, that glows and dances along the river bank in the moonlight. Night after night he meets the nymph and basks in the moonlig ...Show more