Māori Legends

Kīkī Kehua nā Kāterina Mataira i tuhituhi, i whakaahuatia. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Maori Studies and Research, University of Waikato, c1976

Dame Kāterina Mataira developed a te reo Māori kitset during the 1970s. It included ten picture books (four of which are displayed here), a cassette tape, and a manual, in which she asserts that “bilingualism is the inherent right of every New Zealand child since he derives from, and shares in, a bicultural society” The picture books, “essentially for children to look at and be read to” were deliberately made black and white so that they were easy to reproduce and so that children could colour them in themselves. Created by various writers and illustrators, they span a range of topics and have all sorts of colourful characters -  everything from a ghost (Kīkī kehua) to a flea (Kutu Wahanui). Mataira made these for a Preschool and Junior Primary Māori Language Programme during her time as a research fellow at the University of Waikato.

Kīkī Kehua nā Kāterina Mataira i tuhituhi, i whakaahuatia. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Maori Studies and Research, University of Waikato, c1976
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Kutu Wahanui nā Cheryl Waititi rātou ko Lynette Anderson ko Rowena Kingi i tuhituhi; nā Nehu Gage kā whakaahua. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Maori Studies and Research, University of Waikato, c1976

Kutu Wahanui nā Cheryl Waititi rātou ko Lynette Anderson ko Rowena Kingi i tuhituhi; nā Nehu Gage kā whakaahua. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Maori Studies and Research, University of Waikato, c1976
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Ko Noke nā Kāterina Mataira i tuhituhi, i whakaahuatia. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Maori Studies and Research, University of Waikato, c1976

Ko Noke nā Kāterina Mataira i tuhituhi, i whakaahuatia. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Maori Studies and Research, University of Waikato, c1976
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Oma Rāpeti nā Kāterina Mataira i tuhituhi, i whakaahuatia. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Maori Studies and Research, University of Waikato], c1976

Oma Rāpeti nā Kāterina Mataira i tuhituhi, i whakaahuatia. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Maori Studies and Research, University of Waikato], c1976
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