The Seven Stars of Matariki
Author(s): Toni Rolleston-Cummins and Nikki Slade-Robinson
A wonderfully illustrated tale celebrating Matariki. An adventurous young man called Mitai lives with his seven handsome brothers in the village of Maketu. He watches his brothers become bewitched by seven beautiful women, and under their spell, the brothers no longer eat, look after themselves, work in their gardens or hunt. Realising the women are patupaiarehe, fairy women, he knows they must be cast far away. They are given to Urutengangana, the god of the stars, and he places the patupaiarehe in the heavens farthest from the earth. Yet once a year, at winter solstice, he allows their beauty to shine in the eastern sky.
Product Information
Shortlisted for Storylines Notable New Zealand Books: Picture Books 2009.
General Fields
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- : Huia Publishers
- : UNKNOWN
- : 0.181437
- : 01 June 2008
- : 210mm X 300mm X 25mm
- : 01 November 2022
- : books
Special Fields
- : Toni Rolleston-Cummins and Nikki Slade-Robinson
- : Nikki Slade Robinson
- : English
- : 28
- : colour illustrations