Te Wehenga: The separation of Ranginui & Papatūānuku

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Stunning retelling of the Māori creation story about the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother.​

Te Wehenga is the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother.
​Award-winning illustrator Mat Tait has written and illustrated this stunning retelling of the Māori creation story for a new generation.

Te reo Māori and English are woven together in a seamless bilingual approach to the text, with the visceral illustrations powerfully underlining the mana of the story.

Mat Tait

Hardback

Mat Tait

60 pages

H: 285mm W: 258mm

Weight: 662 grams