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maoengBattle of the mountains
32 unnumbered pages :

colour illustrations.

Summary: Tongariro is forced to battle three strong mountains, Taranaki, Tauhara and Putauaki, to keep his wife, Pihanga, safe from them. This is the story of how he successfully banishes them to the positions where they stand today. Peter Gossage's retelling of a legend about the mountains of New Zealand's central North Island, translated by Heni Jacob. (Publisher)
Parallel text in Māori and English.