Maui Legends

As part of Matariki we re-read the legend of Maui. We then retold a legend
and created art work. Below is mine and Phoebes  work.

Maui’s Fish

Long, long ago Maui’s brothers said that they were going fishing so Maui said that he wanted to go with them but they said no. So that night Maui hid in his brothers waka, so that in the morning when he woke up he could go fishing  with his brothers. That morning the brothers set off on to the ocean but the brothers didn’t notice Maui until he jumped out of his hiding space. The brothers allowed Maui to fish with them but they didn’t let him use any bait so he got his grandfather’s magical jawbone and stabbed himself in the nose so that he could use the blood as bait so that the fish would eat it and the jawbone would hook into the mouth of the fish. Maui then caught something on his fishing line and Maui noticed that the fish was not just a normal fish it was something giant. So he tugged and tugged and then he pulled and pulled.  Maui knew he could pull it up and he wanted to prove to his brothers that he can fish and that he has the strength to pull what ever was down there up so he started to pull like he has never before and he felt something coming up but before he could guess what it was he had pulled up a giant stingray. Maui’s brothers were jealous that he pulled the stingray up so they started to stab the stingray. Now the stingray Maui pulled up is what we call the North Island and they called there waka the South Island and Stewart Island is known as the anchor.

Retold by Nevey and Phoebe