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Healthy eating and activity storybooks (Māori and English) -  Teaching resource

This teaching kit contains four glossy storybooks featuring Māori superheroes Hina and Maui.

Free

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Each softcover book is around 20 pages long and is beautifully presented with bright and engaging illustrations set to an English narrative supported by Te Reo. The four storylines cover key topics around healthy eating and activity choices. Suitable to be read 1:1 or to an entire class.

About 'Nga Mahi Matatoa a Hina raua ko Maui' - 'The Adventures of Hina and Maui'

When Robyn Kahukiwa observed her mokopuna playing with Action Man, Superman and Wonder Woman she was determined to give them their own super hero characters that would inspire their imagination form their own culture and experience. Robyn Kahukiwa created her Super Heroes series featuring the dynamic duo with their Polynesian whakapapa, brother and sister Hina and Maui. Te Hotu Manawa Māori was so inspired by Robyn's Supa Heroes that, with her permission, they produced these four books that further supported the super hero adventuers of Hina and Maui.