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The story of how Aotearoa was discovered by Kupe, told and illustrated by award-winning author Mat Tait.
Kupe's voyage to Aotearoa!
Kupe found that a huge, fearsome wheke (octopus) was taking all the fish in the ocean and the people of Hawaiki had nothing to eat.
So Kupe chased that wheke across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (the Pacific Ocean).
Finally Hine-te-Aparangi, Kupe's wife, saw land and a long white cloud: Aotearoa!
Find out what happened when the wheke and Kupe had a massive battle...
36 pages, 300 x 235 mm
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