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Children's Māori Books

Advised not available as at April 2009. Junior picture book. "There was something strange on the beach the morning Riki and Niwa went fishing. The first thing they saw was a kind of house made out of driftwood. Riki and Niwa looked inside the riftwood house. There, crouched in the house, was the strangest creature they had ever seen… This story is about Riki and Niwa's meeting with a marakihau and the gift that he gives them. The text cleverly combines English and Maori vocabulary suitable for a reading age of 6-9 years. Beautifully illustrated.