Myths And Legends W3 T2 Weekly reflections

Kia Ora. Today I wrote a Maori myths and legends of why it rains so much here on the West Coast of New Zealand.

Maui was a keen fisherman who discovered a magical fish on his travels to the West Coast. This fish was said to be able to evaporate into the clouds, then be part of the swirly clouds.

When Maui goes fishing he casts his line into the clouds. He catches a fish made of vapour so it makes the clouds lighter. When he does not catch a fish, the fish in the clouds eat his bait and the clouds get too heavy with the weight of the bait, so it rains.

Maui has a lot of fishing success in the summer, hence why it doesn’t rain for weeks in the summer. It is said that Maui shares his fish with his brothers and they reward him with hot sunny summers.

Maui doesn’t mind when he doesn’t catch a fish because the rain helps replenish the beautiful green rain forest and wildlife that can be found on the Wild West Coast.