How Maui Found the Secret of Fire

A beloved Maori myth about Maui and Mahuika, the goddess of fire, as told by the iconic author and illustrator Peter Gossage.

Maui the trickster wants to know what will happen if he puts out all the fires in his pa.

When his people wake they are very angry and Maui must go to the volcano to visit Mahuika, the goddess of fire.

Peter Gossage's superbly retold stories of Maui are now New Zealand classics.

Read all the Maori myths by Peter Gossage!