TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kahukiwa,Robyn
AU  - Kaa,Keri
TI  - Paikea
SN  - 0140509127
U1  - 398.20993 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - Puffin
KW  - Māori (New Zealand people)
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Children's nonfiction
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Ngāti Porou (New Zealand people)
KW  - Whales
KW  - Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki
KW  - Pūrākau
KW  - reo
N1  - In Māori; Illustrations on lining papers
N2  - 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
ER  -