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Queen Rikihana Hyland brings together a collection of her favourite Maori myths and legends - from Maui, to the love story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai, and Turongo and Mahinarangi.Contents
Contents : The creation -- Maui, the demi-god (his birth - meets his father - Makea-tu-tara - magic weapon - tames the sun - fished up Aotearoa - stole fire from Mahuika - death) -- Tautini-awhitia’s journey in the seedpod canoe -- Ao-kehu and the Taniwha Tutae-poroporo -- Kopuwai, the ogre of the Matau -- Te Kapo the Taniwha -- Patupaiarehe - the fairy people (Te Kanawa encounters the patupaiarehe - Tawhaitu is abducted by Whanawhana - How Kahukura learnt net- making from the fairies) -- Hinemoa and Tutanekai -- Turongo and Mahinarangi.
