In the beginning there was te kori-the nothingness. Ranginui sky father holding papatuanuku in his arms: one of their sons Tane Mahuta forced them apart. Maui said to his brothers you must paddle out to town Eko the great fishing grounds poi. Ah said maui ko tenei te wa this is the place: my fish hook of the grandmother jawbone.” Maui donna ah-hoo,” Maui cast his line. A pool on the fishing line was the signal. “Ah where cried Maui’s brothers he has A good catch of ika. The fish of maui became the north island of new zealand. Maui and his brothers went to go visit papatuanuku the earth mother. There waka got stuck on A reef in the ocean. As the waka turned upside down: but to save themselves they climbed the waka and turned into stone. The great waka became the south island, and so maui became the tallest mountain arataki the saver.