Awarua the Taniwha of Porirua
Rereroa the albatross teaches her friend Awarua, the taniwha, how to fly.
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Series: School Journal Level 2 May 2016
Reading year level: 4
Category: Fiction
Topics: Awarua, landforms, legends, Mana Island, myths, Porirua, Rereroa, taniwha, traditional stories, Whitireia
Awarua the Taniwha of Porirua
Words by Wiremu Grace
Illustrations by Lee Watt
In the process, Awarua creates some of the geographical features around the Porirua area, such as the flat top of Mana Island, which was caused when she crash-landed on top of the island, and the valley in Whitireia.
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School Journal Level 2 May 2016
Inside this School Journal are two stories (Awarua The Taniwha of Porirua; My Name Is Davy Lowston), there is one poem (Te Marama) and two articles (Night Light; Tunç Tezel: Star Man)
1 of 5My Name is Davy Lowston
This text is a fictionalised recount. Davy Lowston was among a group of sealers set down on the Open Bay Islands (off the west coast of the South Island) in 1810.
2 of 5Te Marama
Tonight I can’t sleep.
3 of 5Night Light
This article presents facts and phenomena about the moon, such as tides and phases of the moon.
4 of 5Tunç Tezel - Star Man
An interview with astrophotographer Tunç Tezel.
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