Manawa Hine: Women Who Swam Against the Tide (ePub)

Manawa Hine: He wahine e tohe ki te tai - Women who swam against the tide
Text by Kuini Rikihana

Illustrations by Sarah Wairau

Translated by Heni Jacob

From Kuini Rikihana, author of Illustrated Maori Myths and Legends, comes Manawa Hine, a collection of adventure-packed stories celebrating the feats of fearless Maori women within the domain of Hinemoana. Kahe Te Rau o te Rangi swims a treacherous channel in the dark of night to save her people, with her baby on her back. Hinepoupou, left for dead by her abusive husband, sets out on a long-distance swim home accompanied by her dolphin ancestors and fuelled by thoughts of revenge. Huria Matenga battles through raging seas to rescue sailors from a sinking ship. Pania of the Moana turns the tables on her husband, refusing to let him control her. Through Kuini Rikihana's creative re-telling of these women's stories, we learn what is possible with a healthy measure of self-belief and the unwavering conviction that we are never acting alone.

Koia tenei, ko Manawa Hine, te hua o te ringa auaha o Kuini Rikihana, kaituhi o te Illustrated Maori Myths and Legends. He paki matatoa e whakatairanga ana i nga mahi whakahirahira a etehi wahine Maori aumangea i te ao o Hinemoana. Ara a Kahe Te Rau o te Rangi, ka kauria e ia te au kino i te po hei whakaora i tona iwi, ko tana kohungahunga tonu tana pikau i a ia e kauhoe ana. Ko Hinepoupou ia, ka whakarerea atu ki te mate e tana tane kino, engari ka kauhoe roa ano ko ia ki tona kainga i tawhiti, he tupuna aihe ana hoa haere, me tana manakonako ano ki te kimi utu mo te he o tana tane. Tera hoki a Huria Matenga ka kakari nui ki te wai pukerikeri ki te whakaora kaumoana i te waka kua paea. A, ko ta Pania, te kohine i kaimomotu ki te moana, he tukaha atu ki tana tane, he atete atu i ana mahi tukino. Ra roto mai i ta Kuini Rikihana, tana taki auaha i nga paki o nga wahine nei, ka kite ai koe i nga mea whakahirahira ka taea, ki te whakapono koe ki a koe ano, ki te whakapono ano koe ko o tupuna, ko o atua kei te arahi, kei te tiaki i a koe.