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Land of the Long White Cloud : Māori myths, tales and legends / [selected by] Kiri Te Kanawa ; illustrated by Michael Foreman.

Kaituhi: Momo rauemi: TextTextReo: engmao Kaiwhakaputa:Auckland, N.Z. : Viking, 1989.Whakaahuatanga: 118 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0670826146 (hardback)
Ngā marau: DDC classification:
  • 398.20993 20
Contents:
The birth of Maui -- Maui and the great fish -- Maui tames the sun -- Kupe's discovery of Aotearoa -- Hinemoa and Tutanekai -- Kahukura and the fairies -- The talking Taniwha of Rotorua -- Te Kanawa and the visitors by firelight -- Mataora and Niwareka in the underworld -- Legends about lakes, rivers and trees. The enchanted hunting-ground -- The trees of the forest -- Lake Te Anau -- Hotu-puku -- Putawai -- Rona and the legend of the moon -- Hutu and Pare -- Three little bird legends. The ground parrot and the albatross -- Kakariki and Kaka -- Maui and the birds.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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For children.

Simultaneously published London : Pavilion.

The birth of Maui -- Maui and the great fish -- Maui tames the sun -- Kupe's discovery of Aotearoa -- Hinemoa and Tutanekai -- Kahukura and the fairies -- The talking Taniwha of Rotorua -- Te Kanawa and the visitors by firelight -- Mataora and Niwareka in the underworld -- Legends about lakes, rivers and trees. The enchanted hunting-ground -- The trees of the forest -- Lake Te Anau -- Hotu-puku -- Putawai -- Rona and the legend of the moon -- Hutu and Pare -- Three little bird legends. The ground parrot and the albatross -- Kakariki and Kaka -- Maui and the birds.

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