Myths & Legends

Māori Myths 


Tūterakiwhano's Search

Below is the story of Tūterakiwhano's Search for his tipuna Aoraki. This is the story our Showcase of Wearable Art is built around. Please make sure you read it often over the next few weeks.

Te Namu - the Sandfly

Māori Myth of Creation

Myth, Legend, Fable, Tall Tale or Fairy Tale?

Listen to and read a variety of stories online (links below), from your own collection, the classroom library and the public library, then see if you can work out whether it is a myth, a legend, a fable, a tall tale or a fairy tale. Ask Mum, Dad or your Grandparents to share some stories with you that they were told when they were children. Oral stories are a very important part of our different cultures and many of these stories were passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth.

Use the descriptions below to help you classify the story, then add the title  to our classroom display. How many different stories can we read by the end of the term?

Here are some online links for you to listen to and read along with. 

This link has the Armadillo's Song