Illustrated Māori myths and legends / Queenie Rikihana Hyland ; illustrated by Patrick Puru.
Publisher: Reed Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people) -- Folklore; Mythology, Maori; Legends -- New Zealand
Genres: Folklore
Notes: In English.
Previously published as Paki waitara: myths and legends of the Māori, 1997.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Māui, the demi-god. Māui's birth ; Māui meets his father, Makea-tū-tara ; Māui's magic weapon ; Māui tames the sun ; How Māui fished up Aotearoa ; How Māui stole fire from Mahuika ; The death of Māui; title: Tautini-awhitia's journey in the seedpod canoe; title: Ao-kehu and the taniwha Tūtae-poroporo; title: Kōpūwai, the ogre of the Matau; title: Te Kāpō the taniwha; title: Patupaiarehe - the fairy people. Te Kanawa encounters the patupaiarehe ; Tāwhaitū is abducted by Whanawhana ; Ho Kahukura learnt netmaking from the fairies; title: Hinemoa and Tūtānekai; title: Tūrongo and Māhinārangi.