the four winds of te manu tukutuku

for inquiry we have been learning about our school's cultural narrative and we learned about the four winds of te manu tukutuku. Enjoy and comment

The Creation Of Te Waipounamu

 Rangi the sky father married Pokoharua-te-Po and had four sons called Araki,Rakiroa,Rakirua and Rarakiroa however Pokoharua-te-Po was heartbroken when Raki fell in love with Papatuanuku the earth mother. But before Rangi could descend from the heavens to come together with his second wife his children decided to have a better look at her.

 Araki and his brothers sailed down in their magnificent waka called Te Waka O Aoraki down to earth and circled round Papatuanuku and they were not very `enthusiastic when they saw her but they enthusiastic about finding more land.

 They sailed south and saw nothing then a huge storm erupted out of nowhere luckily they new a karakia that would lift the waka back up to the heavens. But they said the karakia wrong and the waka began to sink the terrified brothers clambered onto the west side of the upturned waka and huddled together and their hair turned white and they turned to stone and became the southern alps and the waka turned into the south island.