Pukapuka-E
E-Books
We acknowledge the many iwi and hapū who have shared their stories with us and allowed us to bring them to life in a digital form.
The suite of e-books developed and made available on this site includes a series of teacher notes to support and guide the implementation of these stories in the classroom.
You can read all the e-books online. Contact us if you would like your own stories made into an e-book.
E-books best viewed in Chrome.
He tino ihumaea te mokopuna, a ka kaha tana ui pātai ki tōna koroua mō te tangata Tupaia. E penei ana, E Koro, ko wai a Tupaia? He aha te take ka rongonui ia?
He hautipua a Tupaia i tōna wā. He nui ngā kaupapa kua whai māramatanga, kua whai māohiotanga rānei, mai i te kaitāpikitia ki tērā o te tohunga kōkōrangi.
Ko Uawa tētahi taone pakupaku ki te tairāwhiti o te Ika a Māui. I tau atu te kaipuke Endeavour ki reira i te 24 o Oketopa, 1769.
Ka mihia a rangatira Topaa me tōna iwi i a Hēmi Kuki. Ka whakapuaretia ngā kōrero mō te whenua me āna kura huna.
Ka whakatere te waka Endevour ki Aotearoa e kapene Hēmi Kuki me te tohunga nō Tahiti a Tupaia. Ka tau atu ki Motuara ki te tauihu o te waka a Māui.
Te Maro, tasked with the responsibility for the wellness of the Turanganui-a-Kiwa river, used his scientific skills to create a healthy sustainable eco-system.
An inquisitive grandchild conversating with her grandfather asking, Koro, who is Tupaia? Why was he famous?
Tupaia was a man who mastered many areas in life, from an artist to an astronomer to a linguist.
Uawa, a small settlement on the East Coast. Endevour anchored in a bay at Uawa October 24, 1769. The bay, once know as Ōpoutama was renamed Cooks Cove.
James Cook was greeted by Chief Topaa and the people of Arapāoa. It was there Chief Topaa shared knowledge of mysteries and legends of the area.
James Cook and a Tahitian high priest named Tupaia navigated their way to Aotearoa and stumbled on the Motuara Island area now known as Queen Charlotte Sounds.
Ko te pātere tēnei e mihi atu ana ki ngā tūpuna o te wāhi nei o Waiau, o Hauraki whenua. Ka whai haere i te rerenga o tētahi manu aute.
Ka wehe a Paoa rāua ko Kiwa i Hawaiki ki te rapu whenua hou mō a rāua uri. Ka tau mai ki Aotearoa ki te wāhi e kiia ko Tūranga nui a Kiwa.
Ko Riki he kākā nō Meretoto. Ka māwhiti tana titiro ki te kaipuke o Endeavour i te wā e takahuri te waka ki te whakapai te takere. Ka horapa ngā riha ki uta.
Ko ngā tāngata kiritea me āna tohu nō ahurea kē ka noho manuhiri mai ki ngā iwi o te Peiowhairangi.
He whakairo kei te tū ki te taone o Tūranga. He tauihu e whakamana i ngā iwi kainga o Tūranga nui a Kiwa.
I nōhia a Marutūāhu ki Hauraki hei whenua mō āna uri. Ko Te Aroha kei roto, ko Moehau kei waho, ko Marutūāhu te tangata.
This story is told from a Ngāti Tamainupō perspective. It tells of the conception of Tamainupō and the origins of his name and birth in Kāwhia.
Paoa and Kiwa, sea-voyagers embarked on a journey from Hawaiki to Aotearoa on a waka called Horouta. Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, home to decendants of Paoa and Kiwa.
Riki the bird from Meretoto, casts a watchful eye over the ship Endeavour. Due to the infecstation of rats from Endeavour, Riki would soon find himself alone.
Ko ngā tāngata kiritea me āna tohu nō ahurea kē ka noho manuhiri mai ki ngā iwi o te Peiowhairangi.
Te Tauihu Tūranga Whakamana, a large sculpture in the shape of a tauihu (canoe prow), articulating the relationship of Māori to the area of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa.
Marutūāhu, chief of Ngāti Whanaunga, moved to Hauraki with his tribe. It's surrounded by Te Aroha (in-land) and Moehau (coastal) mountains.
Ngā Waka Kōrero o Te Tai Rawhiti is a comp ilation of stories told from the iwi’s perspective of voyages from and also few return voyages to Hawaiki.