A long time ago the people weren’t proud of their culture and where they came
from and they weren’t happy with their whakapapa.
There was a young boy called Maui that lived in the village. He was proud of
his ancestors and he was as strong as a warrior. Maui prized his past. He sang
songs and dedicated his Haka to his ancestors. His Haka was as intimidating as
Maori warriors at war.
One of his brothers was jealous because Maui was proud of his ancestors and
he wasn’t, he tried to kill Maui’s ancestors by killing the things they had
created. He started chaos between Maui’s family and his ancestors. Maui was so
mad because his brother had messed up their rituals and tradition’s, he had
thrown all the hangi rocks away so they couldn’t cook their food in the
traditional way.
Slowly Maui felt all that his culture
stood for was dying and Maui knew he had to try and keep his culture alive so
his ancestors could live on in him. Maui shouted at his brother and told him it
was all about Mana.
Maui’s brother felt bad after that because he realised that Maui was right
so he made peace with Maui and together they fixed all the things that their
ancestors had given them that Maui’s brother had destroyed and all the evil
spirits left Maui’s brother because he had found his Mana again.
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