Illustrated by Roger Hart with text by A. W. Reed

Published: A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1972 first edition.

Hardcover. Slight wear to dust-jacket, and a tear at top of spine. 48 pages. 245x188mm. Numerous colour, and b/w paintings. Detailed line drawings.

"This rich and magnificent body of mythology and legend has inspired Roger Hart in his art. HIs paintings have a bold yet eeirie quality which reflects no only the New Zealand landscape but those strange forces which sometimes seem to haunt it still."

"The Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend. Here A. W. Reed recounts some of their most important and popular tales. The stories range from the creation of the world and the coming of life, death and knowledge, to supernatural tales of love, terror and adventure."