Traditional stories from southern New Zealand =
Subtitle: He kōrero nō Te Wai Pounamu
By: translated and edited by Christine Tremewan.
Contributors: Tremewan, Christine.; Wohlers, J. F. H. 1811-1885.
Publisher: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [Christchurch, N.Z.]
Language: eng; mao
Number of pages: 426
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people) -- Folklore.; Tales -- New Zealand.; Mythology, Maori.
Genres: Folklore.
Other titles: Kōrero nō Te Wai Pounamu
Notes: Stories in Maori and English with summaries, commentaries and notes in English.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-402) and indexes.
Based on a manuscript written by J.F.H. Wohlers in about 1850.
Table of contents: title: Tūtaka-hinahina : light dawns in a dark world; title: Whakatau : the archetypal avenger; title: Tāne : creator of light and life; title: Hāpopo : an archetypal victim; title: Paikea : an insult avenged; title: Māui : trickster and innovator; title: Rongo-i-tua : the coming of the kūmara to Aotearoa; title: Tinirau and Hine-te-iwaiwa : two famous lovers; title: Whaitiri and Tāwhaki : the woman from the skies and her chiefly grandson; title: Rata : canoe builder and avenger; title: Pungarehu and Kōkōmuka-hau-nei : a journey to a strange land; title: Pīoioi and Kūkuruatu : two thieving bird brothers; title: Rona : an unfaithful wife and a vengeful husband; title: Tama : the origin of tattooing; title: Hine-i-te-puwha and Tautini : the tale of a fish-hook; title: Whiro and Tura : a voyage to death and a voyage to life; title: Ruru-teina : a victory for the youngest son; title: Paowa : an encounter with a witch.