Maui and the great ika

In the beginning there was te kori (nothingness).Then the te ata (the dawn)  and
the father (Ranginui) and mother (papatuanuku).The mum and dad had children
they were all male,Maui was their favourite son.

One beautiful night Maui and his Tane Mahuta (Maui’s brothers) went out to fish.
Maui’s brother was paddling and then all of a suddenly Maui yelled
“ko tenei te wahi” (This is the place).

He grabbed his grandmas jawbone and tied to the rope. He swinged it like a
cowboy and throwed it in the sea and it went deep deep into the sea.Then
suddenly there was  a pull from the fish and it was a signal that he caught the fish.
Then the boat started circling around and Maui shouted“I have a great fish”.
He pulled and pulled and the fish began to come up.The water was rising and it
hit Maui and his brothers.

Maui woke up and saw that he was on a island. It was indeed that Maui catched a
great fish.Te ika o maui ( the fish of Maui).It became the North island of
New Zealand. Maui stepped on the surface and then it magically
grew plants,trees,bush,hills and many other things.

Maui and his brothers left on a voyage to go and and visit mother.When
disaster came,there canoe got trapped to the reef in the ocean. There canoe
flipped upside down and the brothers fell into the ocean. To save themselves
they climbed the great canoe and the cold south wind froze them to turn into
stones. They cuddled together to keep warm.

Now they are mountains called the Southern Alps.