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mao eng Pakiwaitara orokohanga nō Aotearoa = Ocean fever : creation stories from Aotearoa Ocean fever creation stories from Aotearoa Creation stories from Aotearoa
62 pages
colour illustrations.
New Zealand authors; New Zealand illustrators. On cover: By students of Manurewa West School with David Riley. Contents: Introduction -- Te wero pūtātara Kuini a Tangaroa / Ayla Henderson -- Ko Kiwi rāua ko Kererū / Gissell Huch -- He aha ai te pātangaroa ki te ngaoki / John Talanoa -- Ko Kea kino, ko Kea haututū / Kaden Brown -- Ko ngā hoa tūturu o Taniwha / Kairyn McGee -- Me pēhea te whiwhinga o te kina i o rātou koikoi / Laylor Kemp -- Nga tohorā apo / Mele Wilson-Toki -- Me pēhea te whiwhi a te tūī i a rātou kumikumi / Saige-Liaze Toomer-Sam -- Nā te tōnga me te whitinga o te rā mīharo o Tāwhirimātea / Sariah Penney -- He Pāua mokemoke / Sasha-Rose Losia -- Te tukutuku pungawerewere tūmatarau / Theos Hopa, Noah Selwyn, Payson Hemana -- Ko Kākāriki te munamuna / Troyden Thompson -- He rāngai moana / Kaitlyn Tuigamala, Juanjahvue Tukerangi, TeWhenua Wehipeihana-Day -- Te ngaronga o nga waewae o Pāua / Stacey Madden.
Summary: He moana kirikā will tell you why kina shells are so spiky, why stingrays fly in the water and where Tangaroa got all his friends from. It's a book of origin stories written by children, for children, and features art by children too. (Publisher)
Parallel text in Te reo Māori and English.