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Peter Gossage (22 October 1946 – 30 July 2016) was a New Zealand author and illustrator. Known for his children's picture books based on Māori mythology, Gossage published over 20 books with deceptively simple storytelling popular inside and outside of classrooms.
In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero and a trickster, famous for his exploits and cleverness. Māori names of Māui include Māui-tikitiki ("Māui the top-knot"), Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga ("Māui the top-knot of Taranga"), Māui-pōtiki ("Māui the last born"), and Māui te whare kino ("Māui the house of trouble").
Actor Auli'i Cravalho and the 'Moana 2' creative team break down the cultural significance of the sequel's earworm, performed with gusto by Dwayne Johnson.
This version of Maui incorporates elements of the Māui from Māori mythology and other Polynesian narratives. Maui was also the subject of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's song "Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man" in his most well-known album, Facing Future, which is the highest selling Hawaiian album of all time.
However, later analyses suggest that the first settlers did not arrive until 900–1200 CE. [1] Hawaiian oral tradition lists an unbroken chain of twenty-five rulers (the Moʻi of Maui) beginning with Paumakua the first Ali'i Nui of Maui. Maui's oldest known temple enclosures are at Halekiʻi and Pihana from about 1200. The structures were ...
"That was multiple sessions to get that song down," the actor says of "Can I Get a Chee-Hoo?", his challenging "Moana 2" track. Dwayne Johnson says Maui's new “Moana 2” song was vocally ...
But Moana 2 is not some tale of Maui's dark night of the soul. It's bursting with the humor, adventure, and musical numbers we've come to know and love (Johnson says to look out for one from Maui ...
Unwilling to lose his hook in another confrontation, Maui abandons a tearful Moana who asks the ocean to find someone else to restore the heart and loses hope. The ocean obliges and takes the heart, Moana breaks down crying feeling hopeless but Tala's spirit appears, inspiring Moana to find her true calling.