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Tipene, Tim, 1972-

Māui - sun catcher = Māui - te kaihao i te rā / Māui - te kaihao i te rā Tim Tipene ; illustrated by Zak Waipara ; Māori translation by Rob Ruha. - Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia, 2016. - 32 unnumbered pages; colour illustrations; 28 cm. - Indigenous voices . - Indigenous voices. .

The modern Māui is an intermediate-school boy who lives with his Mum and three older brothers in a city where the day is never long enough to get things done. Māui grasps the mantle: Mum, I'm gonna catch that Sun for you. That Sun who's always on the run. With their woven flax net, the brothers drive to the pit where the Sun lives, and make their play to slow the day. This bilingual book- in English and Māori - brings Māui into the 21st century in a fun and colourful retelling - the first in the international Indigenous Voices series.--

Junior, primary National Library of New Zealand


Parallel text in English and Māori.

ISBN: 9780947506148 0947506144

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Maori (New Zealand people)--Folklore --Juvenile fiction.
Maui (Polynesian deity)--Legends--Juvenile fiction.
Folklore--New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers--Juvenile fiction.
Mythology, Maori.--Juvenile fiction.
Maori language materials--Bilingual --Juvenile fiction.
Māui.
Tama-nui-te-rā.
Reorua.
Pūrākau.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sun--Rising and setting --Folklore

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki.

LC Class. No.: PZ8.1.T449 / Mau 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 398.208999442