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"Readers who like adventure and mythology would enjoy To Trap a Taniwha, and although it is not a large book, it has language that will stretch young readers too."
-Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
Armed with the courage of their convictions, two girls embark on a perilous journey to challenge their leaders' actions.
Cousins, Te Kawenga and Kakati learn of a plan being hatched against a neighbouring iwi and strange activity occurring at a seasonal fishing camp. A huge trap is being built to snare and kill Ureia, the taniwha of Hauraki iwi. The cousins fear the retribution that will be taken on their people if Ureia is killed. So they take a dangerous journey to defy the decision of their people and try and save the taniwha.
This book is also available as a Māori-language edition, He Raru Ki Tai.
Paperback
Jane Cooper
Illustration by Story Hemi-Morehouse
88 pages
H: 210mm W: 138mm