Maori Folklore - Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealanders (1854) - 10 May 2013

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Maori Myths and Legends (1854) or Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealanders TOWARDS the close of 1845 Sir George Grey was unexpectedly requested to administer the affairs of New Zealand. On arrival he found the Maori tribes engaged in hostilities with the Queen's troops, against whom they had contended with considerable success. He quickly realised he could neither successfully govern, nor hope to conciliate, with a people whose language, manners, cusatoms and religion he was quite unacquainted. He decided that he should be acquainted with the language of the New Zealanders in order to redress their grievances. With no published Maori dictionary, nor books to study its construction, he found this to be a most difficult task. Here are 23 Maori myths and legends collected and published by Sir George Grey, Govenor of New Zealand, during his tenure in Aotearoa from 1845 to 1854.
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