In strange and marvellous tales of the supernatural, heroes battle with giant lizards, enormous birds and taniwha. Sometimes they are menaced by fairies, beautiful creatures with uncanny powers who fall in love with human women. The heroes triumph over evil adversaries, and they undertake dangerous journeys to the underworlds and the distant island of Hawiki. The great Maori story-tellers of the nineteenth century wrote these stories as they were accustomed to tell them. This illustrated anthology presents their writing in the original Maori and in accomplished, lively translations that make these taonga accessible to a wider audience.
- ISBN10 0790005344
- ISBN13 9780790005348
- Publish Date 19 February 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 December 2009
- Publish Country NZ
- Imprint Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English