Whakatau-pōtiki: Māhuhu app for iPhone and iPad

On May 7th and 8th, 2015, Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei collaborated with KIWA and Selwyn College to create a trilogy of interactive digital books over a two day period.

The Ngāti Whātua students listened to an oral retelling of one of their ancestral stories, then reinterpreted the story using text, illustrations, voice recording and sound effects to produce this book.

Part one of the trilogy is Whakatau-pōtiki - Māhuhu, the story of how one of Hawaikis great leaders had two sons who constantly argued over everything.
When resources became scarce in Hawaiki, his sons began to argue about who should run the garden that fed their people, memorably during Māhuhu - or the blessing of the soil. So Whakatau-pōtiki decided to settle the argument with an unusual solution...

FEATURES:

• Swipe-to-Read™ to hear the words and playback the story at your own pace.
• Auto Play to enjoy the narration.
• Touch pictures to hear different sound effects.
• See special animation effects bringing the picture to life.
• Read-to-me and read-it-myself options
• Record your narration
• Colour in the illustrations
• A child-friendly user interface

This KIWA™Book includes the narration, text, and user interface in these languages:

English

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