Extra links for the extra curious: What is our connection to te taiao?

Pūrākau – is a children's animated series of story time focused on Māori myths and legends. Available on Māori Television on Demand.

Māori creation traditions – Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal provides a useful summary on Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

The Māori gods – the first in a series of four animations based on a graphic novel developed for Te Taura Whiri, the Māori Language Authority. Available in te reo Maori too on the same channel.

How The Universe Works: Extreme Stars – Full Epilogue – a moving summary about what we are made of,  and how our place in the universe, and the universe itself, is impermanent.  

Pūrākau topic explorer – The Topic Explorer, by the National Library of New Zealand helps you find quality, curated resources on a range of topics to support and inspire inquiry. Each topic features a carefully selected set of resources, including websites, images, videos, books, and more.

How Māui defied the goddess of death – A beloved Māori myth about how Māui challenges Hine-nui-te-Pō, as told by the iconic author and illustrator Peter Gossage.

Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes by Gavin Bishop (2021) – a stunning, once-in-a-generation compendium on the pantheon of Māori gods, exploring Aotearoa’s most exciting legends.

Pūrākau: Māori myths retold by Māori writers, edited by Witi Ihimaera and Whiti Hereaka (2019) Ranginui, Papatūānuku, Māui, Tawhaki . . . our enduring stories retold by Māori writers.

Māreikura: Exploring the goddess in Māori women explore this gorgeous jewellery exhibition from Neke Moa communicating the essence of atua wāhine from Aotearoa.

Māreikura – a beautiful waiata honouring women, from Papatūānuku through genealogy to where we are now. Listen to the Modern Māori Quartet talk about the meaning in the waiata.