Tuna rāua ko Hiriwa
Goddard, Ripeka Takotowai
creator
author.
Andrews, Kimberly (Kimberly Tethera)
author.
text
Children's stories, New Zealand.
Children's stories, Māori.
Picture books for children.
nz
2016
monographic
mao
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
"This picture book in te reo Māori tells the story of how the tuna got its silver belly but forever had to live in the dark depths of the river. Tuna is in awe of a nymph that glows and dances along the riverbank of the Rangitīkei in the moonlight. Night after night he meets the nymph and basks in the moonlight, hoping that he will also glow, but he remains the same. Disappointed, he hatches a plan to take the nymph's light. But the moon sees what Tuna does, and in her anger, she prevents Tuna from swimming in her moonlight again. This legend-like story weaves a tale about why eels are seldom caught when the moon is full"--Publisher information.
Junior, primary National Library of New Zealand.
juvenile
nā Ripeka Takotowai Goddard ; nā Kimberly Andrews ngā pikitia.
Picture story book for children.
National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing in Publication (CiP) record.
Eels
Children's picture books
Tuna
Marama
Awa
Pukapuka whakaahua
Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki
Pakiwaitara
Rangitikei River (N.Z.)
Children's picture books
Moon
Children's picture books
899.4423
9781775502265
1775502260
NZ1
160509
20240318100353.0
ocn964968890
eng