Maui and the Giant Fish
The Maui and the Giant FishIt was Maui's idea to board the shipwreck. So, one evening while his Jacuzzi was sleeping, he sneaked into the body of her boat together with an old jawbone of his Maurirangawhenu (grandmother and ancestor). Before Maui could go home, Maui was too far behind, so Maui said that his brethren would take off their line when he said a Karakia for good fortune.
After that Maui leaned back to see his brethren catch fish. It was Maui's turn, so he tethered the holy jawbone to a cord, but his brethren declined to give him a lure, so Maui snapped his nostrils and used the bleeding, then cast the cord out to sea. It was Maui's turn.
He was immediately caught and his brethren persisted in cutting the line. She grabbed and drew and slowly brought a huge fish to the top of the water above her swim. Does the legend matter in New Zealand today? Nowadays Maui and the giant fish legend is of great importance for New Zealand.
North Island'Te Ika a Maui' is called after the boat from Maui. Maui' s Fishhook has ended up in a very specific area, as it is the first part of the earth to see the sundown every single second. A number of New Zealand attractions are still associated with the characteristics of myths.
Like Nga Whatu Ika a Maui (the fish's eyes) in Wairarapa, Te Waha or te Ika a Maui (the fish's mouth), Cape Palliser and Turakirae at both ends of the cove are the pine and the Rimutaka, Tararua and ruaine peaks form the fish's vertebra.