Te Pakanga a nga Maunga/Battle of the Mountains

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Iconic author and illustrator Peter Gossage's retelling of a legend about the mountains of New Zealand's central North Island is now available as a bilingual Maori-English story, translated by H_x0113_ni Jacob. Gossage's classic retelling of the Maori myth of Mt Taranaki, Mt Tauhara and Mt P_x016B_tauaki is now available in a bilingual Maori-English edition, translated by H_x0113_ni Jacob. Me pakanga a Tongariro ki _x0113_tahi atu maunga kaha e toru, ki a Taranaki, ki a Tauhara, ki a P_x016B_tauaki, mo tana wahine mo Pihanga te take. Koia nei te paki o tana pana i a ratou tokotoru ki nga wahi e t_x016B_ nei ratou i _x0113_nei ra. He tauira kei muri o te pukapuka e hanga ai koe i au ake maunga. Mau ano e whakahaere tau ake pakanga a nga maunga! He putanga reo Maori-reo Pakeha o t_x0113_nei tino pakiwaitara o Aotearoa. Tongariro is forced to battle three strong mountains, Taranaki, Tauhara and P_x016B_tauaki, to keep his wife, Pihanga, safe from them. This is the story of how he successfully banishes them to the positions where they stand today. Other bilingual editions available- Te Hopu a Maui i a te Ra/How Maui Slowed the Sun Te-Ika-a-Maui/The Fish of Maui Read all the Maori myths by Peter Gossage!

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Peter Gossage (Author) Peter Gossage (d. 2016) was the storyteller and illustrator of more than 20 books for children. With his first book How Maui-tiki-tiki-a-Taranga Found His Mother published in 1975, Peter's iconic illustration style and deceptively simple storytelling will be familiar to many as classics in New Zealand homes and classrooms. He was a master of retelling important Maori myths. The powerful combination of dramatic and distinctive illustrations with minimal yet evocative text has earned each tale its place among the beloved classics of our literature. In 2013, Peter was awarded the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book for How Maui Slowed the Sun. H_x0113_ni Jacob (Translator) H_x0113_ni Jacob (Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Porou) lives in _x014C_taki and is a freelance Maori language translator and writer.