Baskets of Fire – School Journal Level 2 November 2018
“Baskets of Fire” is a pakiwaitara – a traditional Māori story that explains natural phenomena or why something is the way it is. This pakiwaitara tells how the Ngāti Tūwharetoa explorer Ngātoro-i-rangi discovers Mount Tongariro and wants to claim it for his people.
- legends
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- gods
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- Hawaiki
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- Tongariro
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- Lake Taupō
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- explorers
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- mountains
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- traditional stories
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- volcanic activity
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- magical powers
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- volcanoes
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- fire
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- myth
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- tikanga Māori
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- Māori
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- atua
