Kupe and the giant wheke

 Hello everyone this week, we read about a legendary character called Kupe who found his fishing lines were empty because of a giant octopus who was eating all the fish. 

Main characters in the story are Kupe, his wife Hine-Te-Aparangi and Muturangi, the owner of Te Wheke  the giant octopus.

Kupe said he would kill Muturangi’s pet, Te Wheke. After that, the following things happened: Kupe returned home and told his wife what happened. A giant octopus can travel a long way. Kupe, Hine te Aparangi,and their children loaded up the waka with food and plantey of drinking water. They sailed far out to sea and dropped their fishing lines to tempt Te wheke to come closer. For weeks they chased Te wheke.

In the end, two major things happened. Hine-Te-Aparangi saw something unusual. It was Aotearoa AND Te Wheke was escaping but Kupe caught him and he died.