A long long time ago there were six
brothers. They were called Tu,
Tane, Tawhirimatea, Tangaroa, Haumia and Rongo. Their mum and dad love the mum and the mum love the dad. The brothers wanted to be free so
Tu tried to kill his mum and dad but the other kids said, No don’t. We should push them away from each other so Tane tried to push them. He struggled to do it and so they asked
Tawhirimatea but he said, “No I do not want to do it. It is just cruel to mum and dad.” So Tane had a idea. He lay on his
back and then he put his legs straight
and pushed his dad away and the brothers were all gods. The
Maoris say when it rains it is their dad crying.
