Maori Myths And Legends

Before anything else there was Tekaia the nothingness then came the sky father and the earth mother. One of their son’s got angry of seeing nothing but darkness so he pulled the sky father and the earth mother apart. Soon after Maui was born he was the first demigod. Soon he became the best fisherman in his village.

One day he went on a fishing trip with his four brothers Roto, Mua, Pea and Taha they went so far out that all sight of land was lost. Maui felt something hit the side of the Waka “stop!” He yelled to his brothers “we’re here” Maui grabbed his powerful fish hook that he made from his grandma's jaw bone, he threw it into the sea. As something big pulled the rope Maui yelled “I’ve got a great fish” Maui pulled and pulled using all of his power to lift the fish he pulled up the great fish of Maui that is also named the North Island of New Zealand.  

As the brothers went to go see their earth mother, they got caught in a bad storm and their Waka got stuck on some rocks and as the ice cold water and the freezing cold wind turned the brothers to stone they became the South Island of New Zealand.