Ngā Taonga e Waru mā Te Wheke
Author / illustrator: Steph Matuku, Laya Mutton-Rogers
Translator: Kāwata Teepa
Publisher:
Huia Publishers
ISBN:
9781775506591
Date Published:
7 November 2021
Pages:
36
Format:
Paperback
RRP:
$20.00
This is the Māori language edition of The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke.
Te Wheke the octopus loves to collect things – pirate coins, glossy pearls, sparkly lamps, old toys, broken toasters. But one day, he wants to get eight treasures all at once, and that gets him into trouble.
Tamati and his little sister, Aria, are playing on the beach when Aria hurts herself and can't stop crying. Te Wheke, an octopus, hears her and says he can help. But he tricks Tamati by throwing him a gold coin and a shiny pearl, and while both Tamati's hands are full, he snatches Aria. To save his sister, Tamati devises a plan to give the octopus eight gifts - one for each of its arms - so that he is forced to let go of Aria to hold them all. With the last gift, though, he tricks the octopus, throwing a snare that wraps around its body, and Tamati, Aria and Mum capture Te Wheke.
