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Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills

James Cowan (1870 - 1943)

In this little book I have endeavoured to interweave with descriptions of the most picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills some of the Maori poetic legends and historical traditions which belong to the Range, and which have not previously been recorded. - Summary by Preface

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Travel & Geography

Language: English

Keyword(s): māori folk-tales (1), canterbury port hills (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Beeswaxcandle
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Play 01 Chapter 1: The Story of the Rocks Beeswaxcandle
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Play 02 Chapter 2: The Port Hills and Their Names Beeswaxcandle
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Play 03 Chapter 3: Round the Sugarloaf Beeswaxcandle
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Play 04 Chapter 4: Rapaki: A Village by the Sea Beeswaxcandle
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Play 05 Chapter 5: The “Ahi-a-Tamatea”: How the Sacred Fire Came to Witch Hill Beeswaxcandle
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Play 06 Chapter 6: Hills of Faery: The Little People of the Mist Beeswaxcandle
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