He Paki Taonga i a Maui

Fully and exclusively written in Maori language and aimed at Maori and non-Maori children aged seven to eleven, this book’s lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga Maori held at Aotearoa New Zealand’s famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations. The book’s pukorero, or story teller, is Maui, the great Pacific hero and trickster. The stories are from both long ago and recent times and have been chosen in consultation with Te Papa’s matauran...