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Navigating the stars : Māori creation myths / Witi Ihimaera.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Auckland] : Penguin Random House New Zealand., 2020. Description: 432 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780143774990
  • 0143774999
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Navigating the starsDDC classification:
  • 398.208999442 23
LOC classification:
  • GR375 .I45 2020
Summary: "Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama downinto the land of the dead, Maui to the ends of the earth, and the giants and turehu who sailed across the ocean to our shores ... From Hawaiki to Aotearoa, the ancient navigators brought their myths, while looking to the stars - bright with gods, ancestors and stories - to guide the way"--Publisher information.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Located at Event Centre Non Fiction 398.208999442 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not For Loan a00795050

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama downinto the land of the dead, Maui to the ends of the earth, and the giants and turehu who sailed across the ocean to our shores ... From Hawaiki to Aotearoa, the ancient navigators brought their myths, while looking to the stars - bright with gods, ancestors and stories - to guide the way"--Publisher information.

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