LIST OF CONTENTS
Reading edition
CHAP. PAGE
INTRODUCTION. With 2 Illustrations 1
I. TIKI—THE ANCESTOR OF MANKIND. With 3 Illustrations 5
II. THE CREATION OF HAWAIKI. With 3 Illustrations 9
III. THE POI-DANCE. With 3 Illustrations 15
IV. THE CREATION OF THE STARS. With 5 Illustrations 20
V. THE CHANT OF RANGI-NUI. With 2 Illustrations 26
VI. TANE—THE CREATION OF NATURE. With 2 Illustrations 30
VII. THE FIGHT OF NIGHT AND DAY. With 2 Illustrations 34
VIII. MAUI—THE CREATION OF NEW ZEALAND. With 6 Illustrations 37
IX. MAHUIKA. With 2 Illustrations 52
X. MAUI AND MAHUIKA; MAUI’S FIGHT WITH THE SUN. With 3 Illustrations 56
XI. THE DEATH OF MAUI. With 2 Illustrations 62
XII. TE AROHA O HINEMOA: a Legend. With 2 Illustrations 66
XIII. MAUI AND IRAWARU: a Tradition. With 1 Illustration 71
XIV. NGA PATU-PAIAREHE, THE CHILDREN OF THE MIST [by James Cowan]. With 3 Illustrations 74
XV. TIHI-O-TE-RANGI. With 3 Illustrations 80
XVI. THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. With 3 Illustrations 86
XVII. THE COMING OF THE MAORI [by James Cowan]. With 3 Illustrations 93
XVIII. TRADITION—TAMA-TE-KAPUA. With 4 Illustrations 100
XIX. A TANGI. TE REINGA [by James Cowan]. With 3 Illustrations 107
XX. NGAWAI. THE BURIAL OF TE HEU-HEU ON TONGARIRO. With 4 Illustrations 114