Embedded Files
Te Ara a Kewa - as told by Syd Cormack - Originally from School Journal 1993
He Kōrero mō te Pīngao
School Journal part 1, Number 2, 2001
(Click here to access a scanned PDF copy)
Pīngao used to be used for tukutuku and ranranga (weaving), but it becoming scarce and hard to find.
Read this sotry of this taonga and how it was a gift given to us by Tāne Mahuta.
Tales from the mythologies of Creation, Maui and Aoraki
Tales from the mythologies of Creation, Maui and Aoraki
How the Kiwi Saved the Forest (Ready to Read)
This tale is set at a time in the mythical past when Kiwi can fly, but when the trees of the forest are dying. When Tāne-hokahoka (guardian of the birds) and Tāne-mahuta (guardian of the trees) ask each bird to come and live on the forest floor and eat the insects that are destroying the trees, only Kiwi is prepared to give up his life in the sky.
Explorers of the Sunrise
Text and audio available
The Winds of Tawhirimatea - Connected 1, 2004
CLICK to ACCESS - Music Unit (Level 2) related to The Winds of Tawhirimatea
Kupe and the Giant Wheke
The Story of Taranaki
This traditional story, known by many iwi in the Taranaki area, tells how Mount Taranaki was once called Pukeonaki and stood in the centre of the North Island, close to Mount Tongariro.
The two mountains fought over Pihanga, a nearby mountain. Tongariro won and Pukeonaki left in anger and grief, travelling to his present position and forming the Whanganui River on the way.
The people who came to live in the region later named him Taranaki.
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Hinepūkohurangi me Te Maunga
This comic by Ngāi Tūhoe writer Maraea Rakuraku explores the pūrākau of Hinepūkohurangi and Te Maunga from a contemporary perspective.
Pōtiki is travelling home with his dad, fresh from reciting his pepeha at school. As he reads a comic retelling the pūrākau of how Hinepūkohurangi fell in love with Te Maunga, he comes to see his surroundings and his pepeha in a new light. The comic shifts between the two narratives – the car ride and the pūrākau comic – creating a layered, meditative story that touches on place, belonging, whakapapa, and the power of storytelling.
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Rātā me te Rākau - Rātā & the tree - Junior Journal 57
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Aoraki's Canoe
Originally published by the Department of Education in 1989 - You will need to go and dig through your resource rooms for this one!!
It will be worth the search!!
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