The fish of maui

Maui’s brothers Roto, Mua, Pae and taha planned to go fishing one of the brothers sneakily whispered” To the other brothers don't tell maui all the other brothers are without telling”,they all agreed not to tell maui. they planned to go early next morning late that night maui  maui sneaked out to the canoe and found a place to hide. There for the rest of the night one move not one. sound. The brothers pushed the canoe out  When it was far enough maui brothers maui pounced up and told to go on further. Maui paddled threw the night by the light of the moon soon his brothers were all asleep. In the morning maui found his spot when maui’s brothers woke up they were all grumpy and unhappy. His brothers did not want to give any bate to maui so he struck himself to his nose and smeared blood onto his jawbone. Maui  flung his jawbone around his head and flung it into the ocean with a mighty power. The magic jawbone got stuck on a carving on a marae of a sleeping fish soon maui began to pull and heave with all his might it began to stir it came up very slowly finally it was at the surface maui said to his brothers I’m going to get my jawbone do not touch. His brothers whacked the smooth back with paddles oars because they didn't like maui coming so they hit the poor beast  .

That is why the north island of new zealand looks like a battered sting ray!