Te hopu a Māui a te rā = How Māui slowed the sun / How Māui slowed the sun

Gossage, Peter, 1946-2016,

Te hopu a Māui a te rā = How Māui slowed the sun / How Māui slowed the sun written and illustrated by Peter Gossage ; translated by Merimeri Penfold. - 1 volume of unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm

Revives the original bilingual edition, substituting macrons for double vowels. Picture story book for children.

"He poto rawa nga ra, he roa rawa nga po. Oti ana i a Māui he whakaaro e ata rere ai te rai te rangi ... Faced with very short days and very long nights, Maui comes up with a plan to slow the Sun's passage through the sky"--Publisher information.


Text in Māori and English.

9780143774877 0143774875


Māori (New Zealand people)--Folklore--Children's nonfiction.
Maui (Polynesian deity)--Legends--Children's nonfiction.
Māui
Tama-nui-te-rā
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