He raru ki tai / Jane Cooper ; nā Story Hemi-Morehouse ngā pikitia.

By:

Cooper, Jane, 1939- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Morehouse, Story Hemi [illustrator.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Wellington : Huia Publishers, 2022Description: 92 pages ; 19 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781775507239
1775507238

Uniform titles:

To trap a taniwha Māori

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

NZ823.3 23

Summary: ''An adventure story set in seventeenth-century Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland when the hapū of Ngā Oho/Ngā Iwi predominated. Armed with the courage of their convictions, two girls embark on a perilous journey to challenge their leaders' actions. Cousins, Te Kawenga and Kakati learn of a plan being hatched against a neighbouring iwi and strange activity occurring at a seasonal fishing camp.A huge trap is being built to snare and kill Ureia, the taniwha of Hauraki iwi. The cousins fear the retribution that will be taken on their people if Ureia is killed. So they take a dangerous journey to defy the decision of their people and try and save the taniwha''--Publisher information.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Junior Māoritanga	Manaia LibraryPlus Children's	Māoritanga	COOP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		i2225997
Junior Māoritanga	Waverley LibraryPlus Children's	Māoritanga	COOP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		i2225998

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''An adventure story set in seventeenth-century Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland when the hapū of Ngā Oho/Ngā Iwi predominated. Armed with the courage of their convictions, two girls embark on a perilous journey to challenge their leaders' actions. Cousins, Te Kawenga and Kakati learn of a plan being hatched against a neighbouring iwi and strange activity occurring at a seasonal fishing camp.A huge trap is being built to snare and kill Ureia, the taniwha of Hauraki iwi. The cousins fear the retribution that will be taken on their people if Ureia is killed. So they take a dangerous journey to defy the decision of their people and try and save the taniwha''--Publisher information.

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