The fish of Maui = Te ika a Maaui /

Gossage, Peter, 1946-2016,

The fish of Maui = Te ika a Maaui / by Peter Gossage ; translated by Merimeri Penfold. - Auckland, N.Z. : Lansdowne, 1981. - [34] p. : col. ill. ; 33 cm.

Maori myth retold for children.

"Kahore ngā tuākana o Māui i hiahia kia haere ia i tō rātou taha ki te hī, he hae nō rātou. Heoi anō, ka mau i a Māui atamai te ika whakamīharo katoa. He putanga reo Māori-reo Pākehā o tēnei tino pakiwiatara o Aotearoa = Māui's jealous brothers don't want him to come fishing with them. But clever Māui catches the best fish of all. A bilingual Māori-English edition of this iconic tale of Aotearoa"--Back cover.


Parallel text in English and Maori.

9780143774884


Maui (Polynesian deity)--Children's nonfiction.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Folklore--Children's nonfiction.
Folklore--New Zealand--Children's nonfiction.
Māui
Atua
Reorua
Pūrākau

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