This pūrākau describes the dramatic quest by Rahi to rescue his wife Tiara from Te Puhuru, who is an expert in casting spells. The story is said to have led to the invention of the game of kī-o-rahi.

This pack contains wide range of response activities including:

• A guided reading plan exploring key literacy elements including inference and deduction, language use, making connection and text organisation, along with key questioning to promote emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry. 
• An independent learning contract complete with explainer videos for activity clarity
  
• A wide range of response activities to support developing and embedding key literacy skills including sentence and word work, spelling, and cloze activities. 

Themes explored include: eruptions, family, giant eagle, hōkioi, kidnapping, kī-o-rahi, kites, lizards, Māori, mauri, pūrākau, spells, special power, taniwha, tohunga, tohunga mākutu, traditional stories, Tāwhirimātea, volcanoes, whānau, wind