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How Tonga got its name = Ko e founga hono ma'u 'e Tonga 'a hono hingoá / a legend retold by David Riley = Liliu fo'ou'e David Riley ; Tongan translation by Julienne Faletau= Lilu faka-Tonga 'e Julienne Faletau ; pictures by Chad Robertson = Tā fakatātā'i 'e Chad Robertson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Tongan Series: Riley, David, Pasifika superheroes ; Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand : Reading Warrior , [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 16 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780995135390
Other title:
  • Ko e founga hono ma'u 'e Tonga 'a hono hingoá [Parallel title]
Subject(s): Summary: "Maui threw his line and hook into the ocean. He felt the hook catch onto something huge and heavy. "Wow, it's beautiful!" Maui said. Na'e lí 'e Maui 'ene lainé mo 'ene māta'ú ki he 'osení. Na'a ne ongo'i 'oku 'i ai ha me'a lahi faka'ulia mo mamafa 'oku ma'u 'e he 'ene māta'ú. "Oiauee, oku faka'ofo'ofa!" Ko e lea ia 'a Mauí."--Back cover.
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Junior Non Fiction Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's Children's Non Fiction 919 COUNTRIES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available I2206609
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"This is an adaptation of a story recorded in Rutherford, Noel ed. (1977). Friendly islands: a history of Tonga. Oxford University Press: Melbourne".

"Maui threw his line and hook into the ocean. He felt the hook catch onto something huge and heavy. "Wow, it's beautiful!" Maui said. Na'e lí 'e Maui 'ene lainé mo 'ene māta'ú ki he 'osení. Na'a ne ongo'i 'oku 'i ai ha me'a lahi faka'ulia mo mamafa 'oku ma'u 'e he 'ene māta'ú. "Oiauee, oku faka'ofo'ofa!" Ko e lea ia 'a Mauí."--Back cover.

Parallel text in English and Tongan.

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