Navigating the stars : Māori creation myths / Witi Ihimaera.

By:

Ihimaera, Witi Tame, 1944- [author,, editor.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780143774990
0143774999

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

398.208999442 23

Summary: "Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama downinto the land of the dead, Maui to the ends of the earth, and the giants and turehu who sailed across the ocean to our shores ... From Hawaiki to Aotearoa, the ancient navigators brought their myths, while looking to the stars - bright with gods, ancestors and stories - to guide the way"--Publisher information.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Māoritanga	Hāwera LibraryPlus Non Fiction	Māoritanga	398.2089 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	I2204081
Māoritanga	Pātea LibraryPlus Non Fiction	Māoritanga	398.2089 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	I2204080
Māoritanga	Stratford Non Fiction	Māoritanga	398.2089 IHI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	A00881703

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama downinto the land of the dead, Maui to the ends of the earth, and the giants and turehu who sailed across the ocean to our shores ... From Hawaiki to Aotearoa, the ancient navigators brought their myths, while looking to the stars - bright with gods, ancestors and stories - to guide the way"--Publisher information.

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