Paikea
Kahukiwa, Robyn
1940-
creator
author,
illustrator.
Kaa, Keri
author,
translator.
text
nz
Auckland, N.Z
Puffin
1993
monographic
eng
mao
[48] p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Tells of Paikea, an ancestor well-known throughout Polynesia and New Zealand. These stories are from Ngati Porou. Suggested level: junior, primary, intermediate, secondary.
Tells the story of Paikea's legendary journey across the sea from Hawaiki to Aotearoa. It shows how Paikea's mystical prowess could transform him into a taniwha, a tipua or a man. The author's version of the story of Paikea, an ancestor well-known throughout Polynesia, comes from Wiremu Pōtae, of Tokomaru Bay, who told it to William Colenso. Suggested level: junior, primary.
juvenile
he kōrero pūrākau tahito nā Robyn Kahukiwa ; ko te huri ki te reo Māori nā Keri Kaa.
In Māori.
Illustrations on lining papers.
u-nz---
Māori (New Zealand people)
Folklore
Children's nonfiction
Voyages and travels
Folklore
Children's nonfiction
Ngāti Porou (New Zealand people)
Folklore
Children's nonfiction
Whales
Folklore
Children's nonfiction
Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki
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