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Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha Of Tuarā-Rangaia

Hirini Moko Mead

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Description:This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them.In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’s daughter, speaks to the taniwha. Through her words a spell is broken, and the taniwha transforms into a young warrior, Te Haeata, who had been cursed by a tohunga long ago. Pōhutukawa and Te Haeata fall in love and live out their lives together.But Te Haeata never quite shakes off the spell, and in old age, he transforms into an eel and becomes a guardian in the Rangitāiki river.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha Of Tuarā-Rangaia. To get started finding Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha Of Tuarā-Rangaia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Huia Publishers

Release: 2022

ISBN: 1775506576

Description: This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them.In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’s daughter, speaks to the taniwha. Through her words a spell is broken, and the taniwha transforms into a young warrior, Te Haeata, who had been cursed by a tohunga long ago. Pōhutukawa and Te Haeata fall in love and live out their lives together.But Te Haeata never quite shakes off the spell, and in old age, he transforms into an eel and becomes a guardian in the Rangitāiki river.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha Of Tuarā-Rangaia. To get started finding Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha Of Tuarā-Rangaia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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