How Māui found the secret of fire /
Gossage, Peter, 1946-2016,
How Māui found the secret of fire / Peter Gossage. - 3rd ed. - Auckland, N.Z. : Puffin, 2012. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Previously published: North Shore, N.Z. : Puffin, 2008.
On a mission to discover how fire is made, Māui visits his Aunty Mahuika. Each time he is given a flame he tells her he has lost it, until he eventually has lost all but one of her flames. In a rage she flings her last flame into a kaikomako tree. Māui takes a piece of hard mahoe wood and rubs it against a branch of the tree, bringing fire for eternity to his people. Suggested level: junior, primary.
9780143505648
Māori (New Zealand people)--Folklore--Children's nonfiction.
Maui (Polynesian deity)--Folklore--Children's nonfiction.
Māui
398.208999442
How Māui found the secret of fire / Peter Gossage. - 3rd ed. - Auckland, N.Z. : Puffin, 2012. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Previously published: North Shore, N.Z. : Puffin, 2008.
On a mission to discover how fire is made, Māui visits his Aunty Mahuika. Each time he is given a flame he tells her he has lost it, until he eventually has lost all but one of her flames. In a rage she flings her last flame into a kaikomako tree. Māui takes a piece of hard mahoe wood and rubs it against a branch of the tree, bringing fire for eternity to his people. Suggested level: junior, primary.
9780143505648
Māori (New Zealand people)--Folklore--Children's nonfiction.
Maui (Polynesian deity)--Folklore--Children's nonfiction.
Māui
398.208999442