Long long ago when the world was plain there was nothing but a long great green and blue land and the occasional tribe.
Pretty plain isn’t it?.
One of these tribes was Kahungunu, this tribe was feared for it’s reputation to kill. They were so feared that when they launched their Waka into the great oceans of Tangaroa everyone fled.
But one day when they were heading home Maui dropped his patu and it sunk deep, deep into the ocean, Maui jumped overboard to get it.
The others threw down their hook and it hooked up Maui so he wouldn't drown, but just as Maui found his patu and was about to return to the surface, he saw a big fish, he hooked it and tugged.
His brothers then pulled it up and fished up new land.That is how the North Island came about. The South Island however is a whole other legend.
Maui then went back to his whanau and offered new land, they accepted his offer and came to their new land.
Moral: take chances
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