Pania of the Reef

Pania of the Reef PDF Author: Peter Gossage
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143505655
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Pania is a creature of the sea, but she is fascinated by the land. She falls in love with a young chief who tries to make her stay on shore. The is the legend of how Pania became the Reef that today lies off the coast of Napier.

Pania of the Reef

Pania of the Reef PDF Author: Peter Gossage
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143505655
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
Pania is a creature of the sea, but she is fascinated by the land. She falls in love with a young chief who tries to make her stay on shore. The is the legend of how Pania became the Reef that today lies off the coast of Napier.

Maui and Other Legends

Maui and Other Legends PDF Author: Peter Gossage
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143309291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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"A beautiful collection of artist Peter Gossage's beloved Maori myths, in one stunning volume.Peter Gossage's memorable retellings of Maori oral myths have captivated the children of New Zealand for generations. Their dramatic and distinctive illustrations with minimal yet evocative language form a powerful combination, and each has earned its place among the beloved classics of our literature. These are exciting, magical tales of adventure and intrigue. Several feature the remarkable culture hero Maui - the quick-witted and the trickster - whose exploits include slowing the sun in its course across the sky, fishing up the North Island/Te Ika a Maui, discovering the secret of fire and his attempt to trick the goddess of death and become immortal. Maui and Other Legends contains eight essential legends. In this volume you will find timeless favourites such as How Maui Found his Mother, Battle of the Mountains, Pania of the Reef and many more. The treasury includes- How Maui Found his Mother How Maui Found his Father and the Magic Jawbone The Fish of Maui How Maui Slowed the Sun How Maui Found the Secret of Fire How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death Battle of the Mountains Pania of the Reef"

Battle of the Mountains

Battle of the Mountains PDF Author: Peter Gossage
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143505631
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
Tongariro is forced to battle three strong mountains, Taranaki, Tauhara and Putauaki, to keep his wife, Pihanga, safe from them. This is the story of how he successfully banishes them to the positions where they stand today.

How Maui Found the Secret of Fire

How Maui Found the Secret of Fire PDF Author: Peter Gossage
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143505648
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Maui the trickster wants to know what will happen if he puts out all the fires in his pa. When his people wake they are very angry and Maui must go to the volcano to visit Mahuika, the goddess of fire. Peter Gossage's superbly retold stories of Maui are now New Zealand classics.

How Maui Slowed the Sun

How Maui Slowed the Sun PDF Author: Peter Gossage
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143503392
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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The days seem to pass at a rate too fast to accomplish all his chores. Maui sets out to capture the sun, succeeds, and lengthens the hours of daylight. Suggested level: junior, primary.

How Maui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone

How Maui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone PDF Author: Peter Gossage
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143505198
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Maui wants to know two things: who is his father and where does his mother go during the day? One day he follows her and finds himself in the underworld.

Pania of the Reef

Pania of the Reef PDF Author: V. May Cottrell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 7

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How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death

How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death PDF Author: Peter Gossage
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143504634
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages :

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Peter Gossage's Maui series is well-known and loved. The six titles in the series have been repackaged and redesigned for a new generation of readers, without losing the integrity of the initial artwork. The books follow Maui's birth, his abandonment by his mother and his search for her, his search for his father and discovery and eventual owners of his grandfather's magic jawbone, and his fishing up of Te Ika a Maui (the North Island). How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death is the story of how Maui sets out to find the Goddess, succeeds, and is reborn.

The Fish of Maui

The Fish of Maui PDF Author: Peter Gossage
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143505174
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Maui's jealous brothers don't want him to come fishing with them. Maui is cleverer than they are, however, and not only does he trick them, but he catches the best fish of all.

The Bone Tiki

The Bone Tiki PDF Author: David Hair
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 073040014X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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Book Description
What do you do when you meet a tohunga makutu? You run. When reality dissolves and myths and legends come alive?You run faster. And when the dead come to life and blood debts have to be paid, will you have the courage to do what must be done? Matiu Douglas has a bone tiki he stole from a tangi. His father's important new client wants it. Badly. And he has some very nasty friends. When Mat is forced to flee for his life, an unexpected meeting with a girl called Pania sets his world spinning. Suddenly he's running through the bush with a girl-clown, a dog who is way too human, and a long-dead warrior. Fearful creatures from legend are rising up around him, and Mat faces a terrifying ordeal. And there is nowhere left to hide . . . not even in another world. A breathtaking adventure set in two parallel New Zealands, from exciting new author David Hair.