On the Landcare Research site, this is a
Māori-language resource for children.
More suggestions and sources
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mist. 4th ed. Auckland: Reed, 1996.
The lore of the whare-wānanga. Written
down by H. T. Whatahoro from the teachings of Te
Matorohanga and Nepia Pohuhu; translated by S.
Percy Smith. 2 vols. Christchurch: Kiwi, 1998
(originally published 1913–15).
Miller, David. ‘The insect people of the Maori.’
Journal of the Polynesian Society 61
(1952): 1–61.
Pond, Wendy. ‘Parameters of oceanic science.’ In
Science of Pacific Island peoples: fauna,
flora, food & medicine, edited by John
Morrison and others, 109–123. Suva: Institute of
Pacific Studies, 1994.
Thornton, Agathe. The birth of the universe
– Te whānautanga o te ao tukupū: Māori oral
cosmogony from the Wairarapa. Auckland: Reed,
2004.