Favourite Maori Legends

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Good with no dust jacket. (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Loss to outer blank margins of leaves up to page 16 from insect damage, no loss of text. Bookstore's label on front endpaper, Crusader Bookroom, Wellington Christchurch Hamilton. ; 142, [2 (blank)] pages. Illustrated boards. Page dimensions: 184 x 123mm. Illustrated by Roger Hart. "For hundreds of years these stories have been told to Maori children and adults in the house of amusement at night, or on the marae, by the storytellers and learned men of the tribes. They would not all be known to a single iwi or hapu (tribe or subtribe), for they come from every part of the islands of New Zealand, which were known to the Maori as Aotearoa." - from the Foreword. Text in English. Contents: The Land of Spirits : Hutu and Pare; Putawai; Tama-nu-a-Rangi and Ruku-tia; Hine-Marama; The Fairy People : Ihenga and the Patupaiarehe; Ruru; Patupaiarehe of the Takitimu Mountains; Kaumariki; Monsters of River and Forests : Hotu-Puku; The Talking Taniwha of Rotorua; Taniwha of Kaipara; Te Kai-Whakaruaki; Giants and Supernatural Creatures : Kupuwai of the Matau; Houmea and Uta; Te Ngarara-Huarau; Te Ruahine-Mata-Maori; The Wives of Kametara; Toangina; Rongo-Kako; Tamarau; Heroes and Deeds of Daring : The Mana of Kahurangi; Taukata, Hoaki and the Kumara; The Finding of Tau-Tini-Awhitia; Tama-Rere-Ti; Tau-Toru the Hunter; The Abduction of Rona; The Mauri of Pukekohe; Te Hononga; Glossary. .