Kupe's voyage to Aotearoa, told and illustrated by award-winning author Mat Tait. 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 . . .
Mat Tait
Age: From 4 years
Hardback, 36 pages
H: 300mm W: 235mm
Weight: 456 grams