Legends of Aotearoa

Introduction by Sidney Moko Mead.
Legends of Aotearoa was first published in 1855 under the title Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race, as furnished by their Priests and Chiefs. This was a translation of the bulk of Nga Mahi a Nga Tupuna 'The Deeds of the Ancestors', Grey's collection of legends published in 1854. This reprint is a facsimile of the text of Polynesian Mythology, published by Brett in Auckland in 1885.

Silver Fern Echoes, 1988. Yellowing to page edges.