Tangaroa's Gift
By (Author) Mere Whaanga
Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Scholastic New Zealand
1st September 2018
Revised edition
New Zealand
Children
Fiction
32
This is the story of how Paua came to have his colours. Paua is sad and lonely. The other sea creatures mock his slowness and unattractiveness. Tangaroa, god of the sea, takes pity on him and gives him a dazzling shell of many colours. But the jealousy of the other sea creatures results in Paua still being miserable, so Tangaroa decides to hide his beauty within his shell, where only he can see it.