Pūrākau : Māori myths retold by Māori writers / edited by Witi Ihimaera and Whiti Hereaka.
"Ancient Māori creation myths, portrayals of larger-than-life heroes and tales of engrossing magical beings have endured through the ages. Some hail back to Hawaiki, some are firmly grounded in New Zealand and its landscape. Through countless generations, the stories have been reshaped and pass...
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[Auckland] :
Penguin Random House New Zealand,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Witi Ihimaera & Whiti Hereaka Prologue / Whiti Hereaka
- Part 1. Creation. :
- 1. The beginning
- Te Pō / Patricia Grace
- 2. Ranginui and Papatūānuku
- We, who live in darkness / Hone Tuwhare
- Papatūānuku / Whiti Hereaka
- 3. Mankind and mortality
- Skin and bones / Tina Makereti
- Hine-ahu-one / Patricia Grace
- Hine-tītama: Ask the posts of the house / Witi Ihimaera
- Part 2. The ancestors. :
- 4. Māui
- Headnote to a Māui tale / Keri Hulme
- Born. Still / Briar Grace-Smith
- Māui goes to Hollywood / David Geary
- Me aro koe ki te hā o Hineahuone! / Jacqueline Carter
- 5. Tāwhaki and Rata
- Tāwhaki: Real life / Paula Morris
- Rata / Hēmi Kelly
- 6. Moon and mist
- Moon story / Patricia Grace
- Hinepūkohurangi and Uenuku / Kelly Joseph
- 7. Kupe
- Kuramārōtini / Briar Wood
- Waka86 / Robert Sullivan
- Part 3. The sea to the land. :
- 8. From the sea
- A story from the sea / Witi Ihimaera
- Shapeshifter / Tina Makereti
- 9. Pounamu
- I have a stone / Keri Hulme
- Te ara poutini / Tina Makereti
- 10. From the earth
- Moving mountains / Clayton Te Kohe
- The kūmara god smiles fatly / Hone Tuwhare
- The potato / Witi Ihimaera
- Part 4. Mythical beings. :
- 11. Ogresses
- Kurungaituku / Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku
- Blind / Kelly Ana Morey
- 12. Taniwha and Patupaiarehe
- Te Pura, warrior taniwha of Te Wairoa / Renée
- Getting it / Keri Hulme
- Hine Tai / Apirana Taylor
- īhe & her / Frazer Rangihuna
- Part 5. Rarohenga :
- 13. Journey to the underworld
- Rarohenga and the reformation / D.Avid Gear.y
- Niwareka and Mataora / Witi Ihimaera
- Waka99 / Robert Sullivan..